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Delaware license plates are super expensive, and this new study explains why

A study of Delaware license plate values finds that their mere scarcity has turned them into a valuable form of status signaling.

Do first impressions matter? A new German-Canadian study says no, not really; it found no evidence for the so-called “primacy effect."

A new study finds that cats and dogs living together can get along without much conflict, despite their (very) different temperaments.

A new study suggests that between 30 to 50 percent of big-game hunters in the Pleistocene and early Holocene eras in the Americas were women.

Can psilocybin cure depression? A new study finds that "magic mushrooms" greatly reduced depressive symptoms after as few as two doses.

A new study finds that politicians on Instagram get the most engagement when their photos depict them in a personal setting.

Although important characters seem to be randomly killed off, the deaths in Game of Thrones are not unpredictable, a new study shows.

No good deed goes unpunished, so what about bad deeds? A new study finds 18% of people would commit crime if there were no punishment.

A new study finds that not wearing a mask makes the size of your "cough cloud" between 7 and 23 times bigger than it otherwise would be.

A new study finds that 85% of men report having a best friend, versus 98% of women, though men were more likely to have a female best friend.