When is diversity a bad thing?  When it comes to environmental action, according to a new paper from  the University of East Anglia (UEA).  Scandinavian countries, low in ethnic and…

Two new studies explore the development of reasoning and perspective-taking in young children. How to Pass the False-Belief Task Before Your Fourth Birthday As social creatures, humans must…

Accountability plays a very important role in the realization of educational aims, goals, and objectives. Thus recognizing the “Who is/are” in its formation and/or its implementation is important.…

In a little less than three weeks, a federal budget sequestration, which would have severe consequences for agencies that fund scientific research, will take effect unless a deal can be made between…

It's a good idea to know a second language for lots of reasons but English has long been the business standard.  How do cities ranks? A new list of 25 global cities has the answer. "English…

For decades, solar power has been touted as a way to partly solve the energy problem. Solar energy offers opportunities for use in developing countries and solar cells can sometimes conveniently be…

We can read words and phrases and even solve multi-step mathematical problems without conscious awareness, say a team of psychologists at the Hebrew University. They conducted experiments which they…

A few years ago, my wife had a milestone birthday and decided she wanted to run a marathon.  Now, I don't even like to drive 26 miles much less run that far - that Greek guy is famous because he…

What can Kung Fu Nuns teach CERN scientists about cosmic energy?   To start with, they would have to convince CERN scientists that 'cosmic energy' actually exists, and they recently got a chance…

"[...] Given the fact that the nil hypothesis is always false, the rate of Type-I errors is 0%, not 5%, and [...] only Type-II errors can be made, which run typically at about 50% [...] [T]ypically,…