Bullied youths are much more likely to have violent fantasies, new study shows
About 97% of the most-bullied boys and 73% of the most-bullied girls have violent fantasies, according to a new study of 1,465 young people.
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New study finds 20% of people have a genetic variant that provides resilience to the cold
A new study finds that almost one in five people lack a certain protein in their muscles, which gives them better resilience to the cold.
New research suggests that overhunting by humans was not responsible for mass extinctions
It was not overhunting, but climate change that led to the extinction of huge North American animals like mammoths, a new study suggests.
How can you stop your cat from hunting wildlife? More meat, and more play-time, new study finds
How can you stop your cat from hunting wildlife? A new study shows cats hunt less when their owners give them lots of meat, and play-time.
New obesity drug called Semaglutide cuts body weight by up to 20%
About 35% of people who took a new obesity drug called Semaglutide lost more than 20% of their body weight, with 75% losing more than 10%.
How to become an astronaut: the European Space Agency is recruiting, for the first time since 2008
How to become an astronaut: the European Space Agency is recruiting astronauts, for the first time since 2008. Here's what you need to know.
This new study on pathological liars finds about 13% of people tell 10 lies per day
A new study has found that 13% of people are pathological liars, telling about 10 lies per day, which damages their social ties.
New study finds the number of Americans in “extreme distress” has doubled since 1993
A new study has found that the proportion of American adults suffering from “extreme distress” has almost doubled since 1993.
Fathers with bad grades in high school go on to have the same leadership opportunities as mothers with a 4.0 GPA
A new study finds fathers who had high school GPAs of 1.0 have similar leadership opportunities to women who had high school GPA s of 4.0.
Study: expertise beats celebrity endorsements when it comes to COVID-19 advice
Pandemic advice linked to celebrity endorsements by Kim Kardashian or Tom Hanks carries less weight than an endorsement by Anthony Fauci.