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study says

Jun 5, 2011 10:56 AM CDT

To Get Workers Working, Try Sarcasm

It helps them solve creative problems, study suggests

(Newser) - Hiring a new manager? Give Jerry Seinfeld a call. Sarcasm prompts employees to speed through tasks that require creative problem-solving, Israeli research suggests. Simple fury at your staff can also get them working quickly, but it’s only effective for more straightforward tasks. “The incongruent information inherent in sarcasm...

No Need for Guilt:
Gossip Helps Us

study says

May 20, 2011 12:25 PM CDT

No Need for Guilt: Gossip Helps Us

It can actually protect us, researchers say

(Newser) - Gossip needn’t prompt guilt: It’s an evolved self-protection technique, scientists say. Researchers showed subjects images of people and provided a little information about them, some of it banal, some of it positive or negative gossip, the Daily Mail reports. An image of a person was then placed in...

New Hidden Danger: Ski Wax

Mar 20, 2011 9:06 AM CDT

New Hidden Danger: Ski Wax

They can cause PFCs to build up in the blood

(Newser) - Bad news for ski addicts who crave speed: The ski wax that makes skis go faster could cause cancer. Scientific American reports on new research that suggests ski wax users are exposed to perfluorochemicals, with potentially deadly results. Two recent studies found high levels of PFCs in the blood of...

Happy Teens More Likely
to Become Divorced Adults

study says

Mar 6, 2011 9:36 AM CST

Happy Teens More Likely to Become Divorced Adults

Study of 2,276 people returns surprising result

(Newser) - Here's a less-than-intuitive finding: Happy teens are more likely to end up divorced than unhappy teens. The tidbit came out of a larger study of happiness, in which researchers looked at data on 2,276 people—that had been collected since they were born in 1946. A number of their...

Out-of-Body
Experience?
Nope, You're
Just Confused

study says

Feb 19, 2011 1:47 PM CST

Out-of-Body Experience? Nope, You're Just Confused

It's all a matter of a disoriented brain: scientists

(Newser) - Out-of-body experiences may feel spiritual—but scientists say they can explain them without reference to the supernatural: conflicting senses create the experience by addling the brain, they say. To explore the idea, researchers attached subjects to virtual-reality goggles that showed them a 3D-enhanced avatar of themselves. At one point, they...

Pessimism Can Block
Medicine's Effects

study says

Feb 17, 2011 9:44 AM CST

Pessimism Can Block Medicine's Effects

Study subjects' pain fluctuates based on belief in treatment

(Newser) - Patients who think their medicine won’t work may find that is indeed the case—just because they thought as much, a study finds. Researchers attached subjects to IV drips and applied heat to their legs, asking them to rate the pain the heat caused them on a scale from...

Climate Change: Sea Levels Threaten 180 US Cities by 2100

Rising Sea Could Sink Parts of 180 US Cities by 2100

study says

Feb 17, 2011 6:09 AM CST

Rising Sea Could Sink Parts of 180 US Cities by 2100

Miami, New Orleans among most endangered

(Newser) - By the end of the century, 180 coastal US cities could be partially submerged thanks to rising seas, finds a new study that looked at cities in the Lower 48 with populations of at least 50,000. The climbing sea poses a risk to, on average, 9% of the land...

There's More Dust
Than There Used to Be

study says

Feb 11, 2011 9:27 AM CST

There's More Dust Than There Used to Be

And there's no good way to get rid of it

(Newser) - If you feel like your house is only getting dustier, you may be right: There’s more dust in the world now than there once was, a study finds. In fact, the amount of airborne dust doubled in the 20th century. Where's it all coming from? There are a few...

More Than 10% of
Planet's Adults Obese

Feb 4, 2011 9:28 AM CST

More Than 10% of Planet's Adults Obese

Study also find US has highest BMI among high-income countries

(Newser) - Almost half a billion adults—10% of the adult population worldwide—were obese as of 2008, a new study finds. That’s nearly twice the 1980 rate, reports Scientific American . On average, each decade has seen a body mass index inch up 0.4 to an average of 23.8...

2010's Most Painfully Obvious
Scientific Discoveries

Dec 30, 2010 4:34 PM CST

2010's Most Painfully Obvious Scientific Discoveries

Meth is bad for unborn babies!

(Newser) - This year there were groundbreaking discoveries ... and then there were these gems. LiveScience compiles 10 of the most "duh" scientific findings of the year:

Meth is bad for your unborn child: A shocking study published in The Journal of Neuroscience found that kids born to moms who used meth

...

Echinacea
Won't Ease Your Cold

study says

Dec 21, 2010 8:16 AM CST

Echinacea Won't Ease Your Cold

Herbal remedy no better than placebo, researchers find

(Newser) - For those battling colds this winter, the herbal supplement echinacea may be popular, but it won’t actually help ease the severity or duration of your misery, researchers find. Those who took the supplement in a 700-person study found their symptoms faded just 7 to 10 hours earlier than those...

Rest Up, Look Hot:
Beauty Sleep Is Real

study says

Dec 16, 2010 11:54 AM CST

Rest Up, Look Hot: Beauty Sleep Is Real

Better-slept people look healthier, more attractive

(Newser) - The notion of “beauty sleep” is no myth: people who get more sleep are more attractive, new research suggests. A researcher in Sweden took mid-afternoon photos of 23 people between the ages of 18 and 31; some had gotten plenty of sleep the previous night, while others hadn’t...

Wi-Fi Is Sickening Trees: Study

Nov 22, 2010 11:45 AM CST

Wi-Fi Is Sickening Trees: Study

Finds that Wi-Fi radiation can kill the epidermis of the leaves

(Newser) - The radiation created by Wi-Fi networks is causing significant harm to trees in the Western world, according to a recent study from the Netherlands. Growth abnormalities, bleeding, and cracking of the bark—which cannot be ascribed to a virus or bacterial infection—were found in about 70% of all trees...

Scientists Uncover ...
Sexiest Dance Moves

Sep 8, 2010 11:46 AM CDT

Scientists Uncover ... Sexiest Dance Moves

Hint: You don't want to engage in 'dad dancing'

(Newser) - Finally, scientists have answered the question that is surely foremost on your mind: What makes a person a good dancer? A new study to be published in a UK journal finds that women like men who know how to move their "core body region," a lead psychologist says....

We Need
$75K to Be
Happy

Sep 6, 2010 3:46 PM CDT

We Need $75K to Be Happy

Study finds that's the magic number

(Newser) - Money can't buy us love, but it can, apparently, buy us happiness—so long as we make $75,000 a year or more. A new study examined the responses of 450,000 Americans to a poll, and found that as income increased (from, say, $35,000 a year to $45,...

Mystery Swirls Around
Atlantic Garbage Patch

Aug 21, 2010 4:10 PM CDT

Mystery Swirls Around Atlantic Garbage Patch

It's just not growing, say scientists

(Newser) - Though you may be more familiar with its more famous cousin, the Texas-size Great Pacific Garbage Patch, there does indeed exist a mass of tiny plastic pieces in the Atlantic. But the North Atlantic Gyre is turning out to be the more mysterious of the two: A two-decades-long study released...

Your Planet-Saving
Grocery Bag Could Kill You

Your Planet-Saving Grocery Bag Could Kill You

There's a 12% chance it's covered in E coli. Wash it.

(Newser) - That planet-saving reusable grocery bag has the potential to kill something else: you. Some 12% of the 84 bags tested in a recent study contained traces of E. coli; scarier still, bacteria was found on all but one. The researchers, who reviewed bags used by grocery shoppers in Arizona and...

Humans Mated With
Neanderthals

Apr 29, 2010 1:16 PM CDT

Humans Mated With Neanderthals

Study of modern humans' genes proves it, say scientists

(Newser) - We all might have a little knuckle-dragger in us: A new study says that our ancestors interbred with Neanderthals. Anthropologists last week announced that they identified leftover Neanderthal genes in the DNA of humans living today. The study, which looked at the genetic data of 2,000 people living around...

Lucky Charms
Really Work

study says

Apr 29, 2010 11:07 AM CDT

Lucky Charms Really Work

Study shows they can affect performance

(Newser) - Wearing your "lucky underwear" to every big meeting may mean you're a little weird—but not crazy. A new study shows that believing in good luck can actually have an impact on performance. Researchers told a group of putters that they were playing with a "lucky ball"—...

In Recession,
Curves Are Beautiful

STUDY OF PLAYMATES FINDS

Apr 11, 2010 11:55 AM CDT

In Recession, Curves Are Beautiful

Tough times add weight to Americans' ideal beauty

(Newser) - During recessions, Americans’ idea of female beauty has more curves. That’s according to a pair of studies, which compared the waist, bust and other measurements of popular actresses and Playboy Playmates to yearly economic data. And in down cycles, the extra few inches associated with maturity and strength are...