By Pat Kelly. Psychologists have reignited the debate over what actually makes something amusing and have come up with a formula to explain it.
Eat, drink and be merry?
February 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Pat Kelly. Researchers have claimed that the old ‘fat people are more jolly’ hypothesis may be at least partly true — at least when it comes to women.
A bunch of muppets
January 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Pat Kelly. A TV station in Cleveland, US, is using puppets to get around the ban on cameras in the courtroom.
Trying to keep a lid on toilet phobia
January 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Pat Kelly. The National Phobics Society (NPS) in the UK has launched a self-help book and DVD to tackle the growing problem of toilet phobia.
Gaming without guilt
January 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Pat Kelly. Video-gaming has taken on a more useful dimension after a group of players solved the structure of a protein that baffled scientists for more than 10 years.
The only way is up
January 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Pat Kelly. Budding astronauts and their endocrinologists can now be reassured that trips in zero-gravity conditions have no effect on their testosterone levels.
Beware of geeks bearing gifts
December 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
By Pat Kelly. The definitive list of what to buy a nerdy, science-obsessed friend or relative this Christmas has been published in The Scientist.
Of mice and men
December 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
By Pat Kelly. A new genetically-bred line of alcoholic mice may help addiction researchers to better understand the dynamics of alcoholism and the toxic effects on the human brain.
Not a black and white issue
December 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
By Pat Kelly. The Vatican is facing an ethical dilemma, with renewed calls for nuns to take oral contraceptives.
From smoke to coke?
December 14, 2011 By 2 Comments
By Pat Kelly. Tobacco has long been recognised as the main ‘gateway drug’ and new research has suggested that smokers are more inclined to crave cocaine.
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