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This article was updated on 25.11.2019 The Aussie company Imugene, is hoping a new virus could kill major types of cancer. The Australian scientists have engineered a new cowpox-based virus, closely related to the vaccina virus. They…

You know that feeling when your head hurts like it's been hit with a hammer the night before, and you feel like the ceiling is spinning like crazy? Admit it, we all do. Hangovers are something that everyone has experienced at least once in…

A new Yale University study shows that cognitive curiosity, cognitive ability, melancholy, and introversion predict social psychological skills. Introverts prone to melancholy show to be more astute at understanding how we behave in groups…

Why is it so easy to get people to do bad things? New research says people are easily convinced to do something when they feel less responsibility for their actions. Buy an “Intelligence is sexy” t-shirt! This research is comparable to…

Imagine if there was an "on" and "off" switch that we could flip in our brains to treat conditions like depression or chronic pain. As simple of a solution as that sounds like, the science of optogenetics has the ability to do just that.…

We've all done it at least once, come up with that great idea or plan and exuberantly have told everyone we know about it. I'm going to write a book, get fit at the gym for that marathon, start a new inspired school for the town! No harm in…

For the last 5 years or so, psychologist Paul Piff has been proving a very interesting theory: money makes you mean. Now before you agree or get offended, hear me out... Piff has done all kinds of research about the effects of money on…