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Brain Scans Show Who's Likely To Trust Strangers

Brain Scans Show Who's Likely To Trust Strangers

Oct 16 2014 | comment(s)


Won't get fooled again. Credit: Tinfoil hat by Suzanne Tucker/Shutterstock

By Rebecca Slack, University of Sheffield

How do you decide if you can trust someone?

Is it based on their handshake, the way they look you in the eye, or perhaps their body language?

Toxic Playgrounds: Broken Hill Kids Exposed To Poisonous Dust

Toxic Playgrounds: Broken Hill Kids Exposed To Poisonous Dust

Oct 16 2014 | comment(s)

'Extreme Altruists' Are Motivated By Gut Instinct

'Extreme Altruists' Are Motivated By Gut Instinct

Oct 16 2014 | comment(s)


Intuitive processes may underlie decisions of those who help others while risking their own lives. Credit: AAresTT/Shutterstock

By Penny Orbell, The Conversation

If you noticed a person in grave danger would you act first and think later in order to save them? New research suggests people who put their own lives in danger to help others make the decision to do so without a second thought.

Why We Should Make Time For Remembering The Future

Why We Should Make Time For Remembering The Future

Oct 16 2014 | comment(s)

Pope Sets Off A 'Gay Earthquake'? No, The Church Has Hardly Moved

Pope Sets Off A 'Gay Earthquake'? No, The Church Has Hardly Moved

Oct 16 2014 | comment(s)


The extraordinary synod of bishops on family is meeting for two weeks at the Vatican. Credit: EPA/L'Osservatore Romano

By Timothy Jones, La Trobe University

How Are Nurses Becoming Infected With Ebola?

How Are Nurses Becoming Infected With Ebola?

Oct 16 2014 | comment(s)


Lab scientists working with Ebola use respirators, while surgical masks are deemed adequate for nurses at the front line. Credit: EPA/Anne-Marie Sanderson/DOH 

By C Raina MacIntyre