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- Cells programmed like computers to fight disease https://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/cells_programmed_like/ 12 comments
- What Is It Like to Be a Bat? (1974) [pdf] http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/iatl/activities/modules/ugmodules/humananimalstudies/lectures/32/nagel_bat.pdf 95 comments
- New study shows we work harder when we are happy http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/new_study_shows/ 43 comments
- Why I Don't Have A Girlfriend: An application of the Drake Equation http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/staff/phd_students/backus/girlfriend/why_i_dont_have_a_girlfriend.pdf 7 comments
- Why I don’t have a girlfriend: An application of the Drake Equation http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/staff/phd_students/backus/girlfriend 19 comments
- Ancient people began domesticating crops 10,000 years earlier than experts thought https://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/crops_evolving_ten/ 10 comments science
- Study suggests you can ‘pick up’ a good or bad mood from your friends https://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/study_suggests_you 4 comments science
- New method makes high-strength, lightweight steel on industrial scale, potentially making way for its use in vehicles. The new process allows low density steel-based alloys to be produced with maximum strength, while remaining durable and flexible—something that has been largely impossible until now http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/lightweight_steel_production_breakthrough_brittle_phases_controlled1 10 comments science
- Why a drop of liquid makes a splash - When a drop of liquid falls, a microscopically thin layer of air prevents it from spreading smoothly across a surface. The drop can’t push aside the air layer. In instead of wetting the surface, parts of the liquid fly off, causing a splash. http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/why_water_splashes 3 comments science
- Improving your sleep makes you feel as good as a lottery winner – leading to high levels of health and wellbeing over time - say University of Warwick psychologists. Quality of sleep more important than quantity for optimal health and happiness, based on sleep analysis of 30,500 people over 4 years. http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/better_sleep_feels/ 13 comments science
- Quality time rather than study time improves teens’ educational aspirations http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/quality_time_rather/ 13 comments science
- Is there any command line tool to merge multiple pdf pages into one pdf page? http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/statistics/staff/academic-research/firth/software/pdfjam/ 28 comments commandline
- Cancer drug 49 times more potent than Cisplatin in ovarian and bowel cancer. http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/cancer_drug_49/ 3 comments science
- Autistic and non-autistic brain differences isolated for first time http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/autistic_and_non-autistic/ 10 comments cogsci
- Autistic and non-autistic brain differences isolated for first time http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/autistic_and_non-autistic/ 6 comments science
- Wealthier men less likely to help partners with housework http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/wealthier_men_less/ 56 comments science
- Ebola outbreak "out of all proportion" and severity cannot be predicted http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/ebola_outbreak_147out_of_all_proportion148_and_severity_cannot_be_predicted1/ 3 comments worldnews
- Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics supplemented for 21st century care robots http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/asimov146s_three_laws/ 6 comments technology
- A hybrid-motor helps cells push their way through tissues: Research has uncovered how two cellular motors, previously thought to compete with each other, can actually work together to help cells squeezing through a crowded mass of cells http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/a_hybrid-motor_helps 4 comments science
- Epidemic outbreaks caused by environment, not evolution: Researchers have traced genetic changes in a bacterial pathogen over 450 years, and claim that epidemics of bacterial disease in human history may be caused by chance environmental changes rather than genetic mutations. http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/epidemic_outbreaks_caused/ 7 comments science
- Self-assembling anti-cancer molecules created in minutes: Researchers have developed a simple and versatile method for making artificial anti-cancer molecules that mimic the properties of one of the body’s natural defence systems. http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/self-assembling_anti-cancer_molecules/ 37 comments science
- Frequent childhood nightmares may indicate an increased risk of psychotic traits: Children who suffer from frequent nightmares or bouts of night terrors may be at an increased risk of psychotic experiences in adolescence, according to new research http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/frequent_childhood_nightmares/ 69 comments science
- Money makes people right-wing and inegalitarian: Lottery winners tend to switch towards support for a right-wing political party and to become less egalitarian, according to new research on UK data http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/money_makes_people/ 3 comments science
- Are we moving towards a totalitarian police state? (We being the UK and USA) http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/knowledge/culture/policestate 48 comments politics
- Peter Backus uses math to explain why you're alone http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/staff/phd_students/backus/why_i_dont_have_a_girlfriend.pdf 4 comments math
- Other Earths http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/knowledge/science/donpollacco/ 4 comments space
- Where can I go with Maths and Computer Science http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/dcs/teaching/courses/dm1 4 comments cscareerquestions
- Engineers figure out how to cheaply 3D print electronics. The second 3D printing revolution is here. http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/engineers_pave_the/ 850 comments science
- We may think the world enjoyed periods of relative freedom from war between the Cold War and 9/11 but new research shows that the frequency of wars between states increased steadily from 1870 to 2001 by 2% a year on average. http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/wars_steadily_increase/ 12 comments history
- Contrary to popular perceptions, living standards in the late medieval period were well above "bare bones subsistence." [PDF] http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/staff/academic/broadberry/wp/britishgdplongrun8a.pdf 66 comments history
- Why you don't have a girlfriend http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/staff/phd_students/backus/why_i_dont_have_a_girlfriend.pdf 6 comments reddit.com
- Why I don't have a girlfriend: An application of the Drake Equation http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/staff/phd_students/backus/girlfriend/why_i_dont_have_a_girlfriend.pdf 43 comments math
- Are You Living in a State of Happiness? -- 'When human beings give you an answer on a numerical scale about how satisfied they are with their lives, you should pay attention.' (listed state-by-state) http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/research_finds_the/ 23 comments reddit.com
- Carbon nanotubes: is there nothing they can't do? http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/nanotube_production_leaps/ 3 comments science