Leaving a Bitter Taste in the Mouth

25 February 2005

You know that old philosophical question: How do I know we both see the same colour when we look up at a blue sky? Some research just published asks the [...]

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I’ll Be There in About Ten Minutes

22 February 2005

How much money will you have next week? How much time will you have next week? Chances are you are thinking much more time than money according to a study [...]

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Tall Babies Earn More Later in Life

21 February 2005

The link between height and earnings is well established. Studies in the US have shown that people earn an extra £500 a year for each additional inch in height. Now, [...]

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Important Eurovision research

20 February 2005

"Dr Bruine de Bruin, a researcher in social and division sciences, analysed results from the...Eurovision Song Contests between 1957 and 2003." "...on average, the last competitor to appear in the [...]

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Autistic savant explains his incredible abilities

18 February 2005

"Daniel Tammet is an autistic savant. He can perform mind-boggling mathematical calculations at breakneck speeds. But unlike other savants, who can perform similar feats, Tammet can describe how he does [...]

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Antidepressant – suicide link reassessed

18 February 2005

New research published in the BMJ this week reviews years of research into the link between antidepressants and suicide. The results are mixed and the statistics are open to intepretation. [...]

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Hocus pocus: x-ray eyes and spoon-bending

17 February 2005

Did you know they've taken the word 'gullible' out of the dictionary? This one went around endlessly at school and I almost fell for it the first time, but never [...]

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