New Research

According to a recent study, cat owners fall into 5 categories in terms of their attitudes towards their pets' roaming and hunting.  Researchers from the University of Exeter surveyed cat owners in the United Kingdom and found they ranged…

New research conducted by Wonseok (Eric) Jang - Assistant Professor in the Department of Advertising College of Media and Communication at Texas Tech University suggests that our level of self-esteem dictates the way in which we present…

There's a popular school of thought which suggests we become an average of the five people we spend the most time with. Of course there's a little bit of chicken-or-egg logic here. We are usually attracted to people who share our own…

Ice cream for breakfast? New research says - go for it! A new study listed in excite.co.jp, led by Kyorin University professor Yoshihiko Koga, suggests that eating ice cream for breakfast may be beneficial for brain function. Researchers…

Understanding causation and the biology behind schizophrenia has been a mystery with seemingly endless possibilities- until now, thanks to Harvard geneticists. Dr. Steven McCarroll, along with several of his colleagues, analyzed the…

Depression has become an epidemic of sorts across the globe. It is estimated that 350 million people are affected by some form of depression every year. What is worse is that research shows that 11% of adolescents develop symptoms of…

A recent study in the scientific Journal Nature into the genome of the common octopus has concluded that our eight-armed, three-hearted, color-changing buddies are “something like an alien.” Buy an “Intelligence is sexy” t-shirt! Clifton…