Saturday, October 9, 2021

The size of scientific fields may impede the rise of new ideas: Fundamental progress may be stymied if quantitative growth of scientific endeavors—in number of scientists, institutes, & papers—is not balanced by focusing attention on novel ideas

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Slowed canonical progress in large fields of science. Johan S. G. Chu and James A. Evans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, O...

Children do not judge animals (chicken, cows, & pigs) to be appropriate food sources; 41pct of children claimed that bacon came from a plant

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Children are unsuspecting meat eaters: An opportunity to address climate change. Erin R. Hahn, Meghan Gillogly, Bailey E. Bradford. Journal ...

Language offers a unique window into psychology; natural-language processing & comparative linguistics are contributing to how we understand topics as diverse as emotion, creativity, & religion

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From Text to Thought: How Analyzing Language Can Advance Psychological Science. Joshua Conrad Jackson et al. Perspectives on Psychological S...

Sexual differences in human cranial morphology: Is one sex more variable or one region more dimorphic?

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Sexual differences in human cranial morphology: Is one sex more variable or one region more dimorphic? Marco Milella, Daniel Franklin, Maria...

Online men adopting a long-term mating strategy also displayed canines more than women adopting a long-term mating strategy; men show they can provide investment to court women which is more relevant to them than it is to men

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Dependents as Signals of Mate Value: Long-term Mating Strategy Predicts Displays on Online Dating Profiles for Men. Mackenzie J. Zinck, Laur...