No, not everything about men’s sexual behaviour can be explained by testosterone

The sex hormone has been mislabelled – and too often used to excuse inappropriate actions.

Matthew Gutmann, Aeon

· Mar 21, 2020 · 11:30 pm

The buzz: The science of why coffee wakes you in the morning

The main active ingredients in coffee are caffeine and a suite of antioxidants.

Thomas Merritt, The Conversation

· Jan 23, 2020 · 08:30 pm

Born this way: Evolution has hardwired us to be lazy

A study shows that it takes us less effort to embrace mechanism of a sedentary lifestyle – escalators, elevators, cars.

Boris Cheval, The Conversation

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Matthieu Boisgontier, The Conversation

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Philippe Sarrazin, The Conversation

· Dec 24, 2019 · 11:30 pm

Food habits to drug use: A person’s fingerprints can reveal a lot more than just identity

Research indicates that a fingerprint could give a molecular signature that could reveal aspects of an individual’s lifestyle and environment.

Melanie Bailey, The Conversation

· May 01, 2018 · 11:30 pm

Naked Utopia: How England’s first nudists imagined the future

A century ago, utopian thinkers and practitioners predicted the coming of a nude world of liberated bodies.

Annebella Pollen, The Conversation

· Apr 16, 2018 · 11:30 pm

The human brain’s capacity for visual imagination is severely limited. Here’s why that matters

These limitations can constrain what we are able to achieve, in daily as well as in therapeutic interventions.

Rebecca Keogh, Aeon

· Dec 29, 2017 · 11:30 pm

Ayurveda, yoga and western medicine: Understanding the human body depends on medical tradition

A history of Ayurvedic medical concepts is being exhibited at London’s Wellcome Collection.

Suzanne Newcombe, The Conversation

· Nov 21, 2017 · 01:30 pm

Why do we find some voices sweet and soft, others rough or dark?

Voice is multisensory, it can not only be heard but seen, tasted and touched.

Pavlo Shopin

· Nov 20, 2017 · 07:30 pm

How five-month-old babies know what’s funny

Teasing is the infant’s attempt to playfully provoke another person into interacting.

Gina Mireault

· Feb 12, 2017 · 11:30 pm

Assessing agony: Is pain in the body or the mind or both?

And how do you measure it?

John Walsh, Mosaic

· Jan 15, 2017 · 02:30 pm

Watch: What would happen to your body if you never got out of bed? (It's not good)

Desperate to sleep in? This may get you moving.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 18, 2016 · 06:00 pm

How to run like an Olympian

Runners who are more economical, perform better in endurance running events.

Steve Preece, The Conversation

· Aug 07, 2016 · 02:30 pm