While humans were in strict lockdown, wild mammals roamed further – new research
Researchers tracked 2,300 wild mammals during the strict 2020 lockdowns and found they moved 73% further than in the previous year.
June 8, 2023 • ~6 min
The allure of the ad-lib: New research identifies why people prefer spontaneity in entertainment
Audiences love improvised, off-the-cuff entertainment, and new research suggests it’s because spontaneity seems to offer a glimpse of the performer’s authentic self.
June 2, 2023 • ~5 min
Animals learn survival tricks from others -- even if they live alone
How the social lives of animals help them survive.
April 24, 2023 • ~7 min
Why so few UK homes are installing air-source heat pumps – and how to encourage takeup
The UK is next to last in Europe for heat pump sales – psychologists explain why take up is so low.
March 15, 2023 • ~7 min
Remarkable squirting mussels captured on film
Cambridge researchers have observed a highly unusual behaviour in the endangered freshwater mussel, Unio crassus.
March 11, 2023 • ~2 min
Blue ticks: what evolutionary theory tells us about the turmoil around social media verification
Signalling theory tells us lots about the way paid-for verification has disrupted the blue tick system.
March 7, 2023 • ~8 min
Rewarding accuracy instead of partisan pandering reduces political divisions over the truth
Researchers argue that the findings hold lessons for social media companies and the “perverse incentives” driving political polarisation online.
March 6, 2023 • ~6 min
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