In the last 15 years, elite researchers have increased their share of citations from 14 to 21 percent, according to new research from Aarhus BSS at Aarhus University. The uneven distribution can have negative consequences for research. In the span of only 15 years, a small academic elite has increased its share of academic citations ...
Twitter users are three times more likely to follow back the accounts of strangers if they share the same political bias, according to a new study that sheds light on the phenomenon of “echo chambers” on social media. The peer-reviewed study saw researchers, including from the University of Exeter Business School, conduct a field experiment ...
There are things in life that can be predicted reasonably well. The tides rise and fall. The Moon waxes and wanes. A billiard ball bounces around a table according to orderly geometry. Studying chaos opens a window into understanding functions that are not predictable. Some of the things that defy easy prediction: The hurricane that ...
Eating too much junk food has been linked to poor sleep quality in teens, a University of Queensland-led study has found. Researcher Associate Professor Asad Khan said frequent consumption of soft drinks and fast foods was strongly associated with sleep disturbance in adolescents around the world: “This is the first study to examine unhealthy diets and stress-related sleep disturbance ...
Millions of years ago, several species of crocodiles of different genera and characteristics inhabited Europe and sometimes even coexisted. But among all these species, it was thought unlikely that crocodiles of the genus Crocodylus, of African origin, had ever lived in the Mediterranean basin. The remains found in the Italian regions of Gargano, Tuscany, and ...
Your brain responds differently when talking to a person from a different socioeconomic group than during a conversation with someone of a similar background, a novel new imaging study shows. While neuroscientists have used brain imaging scans to track in great detail the neural responses of individuals to a host of factors such as stress, ...
Revegetating green spaces within cities can improve soil quality and has been linked to better immune health in humans. To better understand the relationship between soil composition and different urban vegetation types — lawns, vacant lots, parklands, and woodland areas — our researchers sampled soil from the City of Playford council area in South Australia ...
Gut health through the gut’s microbiome — a complex, dense mixture of bacteria, fungi, and other microbes — plays an integral role in human health. A new Yale study reveals just how early the microbiome is formed and begins delivering this benefit in utero. The gut microbiome begins to mature in utero For the first ...
Intermittent fasting, also known as time-restricted eating, is the “in” diet right now, but a new study revealed surprising results. Dieters achieved minimal results during a three-month period and lost an average of just 2 pounds, slightly more than those who did not follow the diet — and most of the weight shed was not ...
A growing body of research suggests the planet Venus may have had an Earth-like environment billions of years ago, with water and a thin atmosphere. Yet testing such theories is difficult without geological samples to examine. The solution, according to Yale astronomers Samuel Cabot and Gregory Laughlin, may be closer than anyone realized. Cabot and ...
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