Industry Dynamics

Scary warming at poles showing up at weird times, places

By Seth Borenstein | December 12, 2018 FILE - In this March 9, 2018, file photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the aurora borealis displays above Ice Camp Skate in the Beaufort Sea during Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2018. Scientists are seeing surprising melting in Earths polar regions at times they dont expect, like winter, and i...

The Joy of Giving Lasts Longer Than the Joy of Getting

The happiness we feel after a particular event or activity diminishes each time we experience that event, a phenomenon known as hedonic adaptation. But giving to others may be the exception to this rule, according to research forthcoming in Psychological Science , a journal of the Association for Psychological Science ...

A hormone released during exercise might protect against Alzheimer’s

Arctic Images/Getty By New Scientist Staff and Press Association A hormone released during exercise may protect the brain against Alzheimers disease . It may also explain the known positive effects of exercise on mental performance. Irisin is ahormone generated by muscle tissue that is carried around the body in the bl...

HPV vaccine benefits women who don't get it, study says

By Amy Norton, HealthDay News A new study of HPV prevalence and vaccination suggests that incidence of HPV is declining even for unvaccinated women because the risk of contracting it is going down. Researchers say the HPV vaccine is benefitting women who have not received it -- less circulation of HPV means a lowered c...

A Surprising New Way To Avoid Choking Under Pressure – Imagine You Have The Prize And Are Performin

The mental technique is called incentive reappraisal and its reflected in changed activity in a key brain structure By Christian Jarrett Choking is a ubiquitous and extremely frustrating human weakness as the stakes are raised, our performance usually improves, but only up to a point, beyond which the pressure gets too...