‘Facebook Addiction’ Study: People Who Crave Social Acceptance At Higher Risk Of Using Facebook Compulsively - Individuals who base their self-worth on social acceptance are prone to compulsive…

Study: Benevolent sexism (BS) has detrimental effects on women, yet women - even feminist women - prefer men with BS attitudes over those without, because the desirable effects of benevolent sexism outweigh the potential downsides.

People with any autoimmune disorder are around 40 percent more likely to develop psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia, research shows

Study: Harsh Childhood, Poverty Predict Preference For Authoritarian Leaders

Exposure to tobacco smoke linked to hearing impairment in children, Japanese study shows - Exposure to tobacco smoke before, during, and after pregnancy increases the risk of hearing problems in children.

'The cognitive roots of prejudice': Adding to existing knowledge regarding correlations between low cognitive ability and propensity towards prejudice, new study by the University of Queensland shows that less intelligent people tend to express more prejudicial attitudes against same-sex couples.

The economic cost of inadequate sleep: Inadequate sleep is a public health problem affecting more than one in three adults worldwide

‘The Selfie Generation’ - The more images a teenager posts on social media, the more aware they are of their appearance

Scientists at the University of Alberta have applied a machine learning technique using artificial intelligence to perfect and automate atomic-scale manufacturing…

Religious individuals are, on average, less humble about their intellectual prowess than non-religious individuals, and it is right-wing authoritarianism that accounts for most of the correlation between religiosity and lack of intellectual humility…

We have 'eyes in the back of the head,' study shows: Scientists used a visual search experiment to prove humans have the ability to perceive things beyond the limits of the visual field

World’s Oldest Known Spider Dies In Australia At The Age Of 43

‘Soda Tax’ Impact: Philadelphia Residents 40 Percent Less Likely To Drink Sugary Soda Each Day After New Tax

Audio quality has a significant impact on whether people believe what they're hearing, new study shows

More Americans Now Aware Of The Seriousness Of Opioid Misuse In The Country, Study Reveals

The poorer, the fatter: Obesity is not randomly distributed across the U.S

Study: Millions Of Americans Can Buy Marijuana Online, And The Demand Has Never Been Higher

Yale Study: Sad, Lonely Introverts Are Natural Born Social Psychologists: Introverts prone to melancholy are exceptionally good at accurately assessing truths about human social behavior…

Five Senators And A Big Pharma Trade Association Urge Tech Companies To Censor Drug And Pharmacy Websites

On Twitter, Lies Spread Much Faster Than The Truth, New Study Shows: According to a new MIT study, lies reach Twitter users up to twenty times faster than the truth

Senate Bill Meant To Punish Equifax Might Actually Reward It: Thanks to last-minute changes in legislation designed to discipline Equifax, the agency might end up making money off its own breach.

Reddit’s Financial Ties To Jared Kushner’s Family Under Scrutiny Amid Inaction Against The_Donald Hate Speech

Amazon Earned Billions In 2017, But Paid No US Income Taxes: “For states contemplating tax incentives for Amazon, the salient question is: what do you give a tax avoider who already has everything?”

San Francisco’s Fight For Net Neutrality And Civil Liberties Gains Momentum: If San Francisco's plan works, the city will have a publicly owned network offering service speeds of at least one gigabit, and ISPs will be forced to adhere to the strictest privacy and security rules in the country.

Reddit Refuses To Act As The_Donald Continues To Attack School Shooting Victims, So Advertisers Take Action

New Data Gives Credence To The Prevailing Sentiment That Facebook Is Becoming An ‘Old People’ Social Network: An estimated 2 million users under the age of 24 will leave Facebook in 2018…

Reddit’s The_Donald Was One Of The Biggest Havens For Russian Propaganda During 2016 Election, Analysis Finds

Researchers at the Oxford Internet Institute analyzed social media activity of American Facebook and Twitter users for three months

The FCC’s Repeal Of Net Neutrality Is Causing Unprecedented Spikes In VPN Usage: Who's really getting the last laugh? Americans are losing trust in corporations and the government…

Positive attitude toward math predicts math achievement, Stanford University Medical Center study finds

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