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Memories of eating influence your next meal – new research pinpoints brain...
What you had before sways what you eat next time – but only if you remember.MaxSokolov/Shutterstock.comOf course you know that eating is vital to your survival, but have you ever thought about how your...
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Offices are too hot or too cold – is there a better way to control room...
Someone's too hot and someone's too cold.Collage by The Conversation, combining images by Monika Wisniewska and Antonio Guillem/Shutterstock.com, CC BY-NDIn any office, home or other shared space,...
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Toward a circular economy: Tackling the plastics recycling problem
An escalator with a pile of plastic bottles at the factory for processing and recycling. Alba_alioth/Shutterstock.comWhy has the world continued to increase consumption of plastic materials when at the...
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In 'airports of the future,' everything new is old again
Just because an airport looks impressive doesn't mean it functions well.AP Photo/Emrah GurelAs massive new airports open across Asia and the Middle East, U.S. airports are enhancing security...
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Is winter miserable for wildlife?
Yes, I am a bit chilly, why?tim elliott/Shutterstock.comWhile the weather outside may indeed get frightful this winter, a parka, knit hat, wool socks, insulated boots and maybe a roaring fire make...
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Can genetic engineering save disappearing forests?
Ash tree killed by the invasive emerald ash borer.K Steve CopeCompared to gene-edited babies in China and ambitious projects to rescue woolly mammoths from extinction, biotech trees might sound pretty...
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Data breaches are inevitable – here's how to protect yourself anyway
Prepare to protect yourself.FXQuadro/Shutterstock.comIt’s tempting to give up on data security altogether, with all the billions of pieces of personal data – Social Security numbers, credit cards, home...
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It's cold! A physiologist explains how to keep your body feeling warm
It's all about holding on to the heat you have.Jason Rosewel/Unsplash, CC BYWhether waiting for a bus, playing outside or walking the dog – during the colder winter season, everyone is looking for ways...
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Why paper maps still matter in the digital age
Which is the right map for you?Icatnews/shutterstock.comTed Florence is ready for his family trip to Botswana. He has looked up his hotel on Google Maps and downloaded a digital map of the country to...
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Are microbes causing your milk allergy?
Millions of Americans suffer from food allergies.Albina Glisic/Shutterstock.comIn the past 30 years, food allergieshave become increasingly common in the United States. Changes to human genetics can’t...
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Have you caught a catfish? Online dating can be deceptive
You should see the one that got away.FedBul/Shutterstock.comOn the internet, you can become anyone you want to– at least for a while. And though deception doesn’t fit well with lasting romance, people...
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Women are better than men at the free throw line
As basketball season comes into full swing, consider another competition – the one between the blue and pink teams. The battle of the sexes is as old as time. It is the subject of conversation in any...
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Data privacy rules in the EU may leave the US behind
Should privacy mean different things depending which side of the Atlantic you live on?pixinoo/Shutterstock.comFrance made headlines on Jan. 21 for fining Google US$57 million– the first fine to be...
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Gene drive technology makes mouse offspring inherit specific traits from parents
Genetically engineered mice are invaluable for learning about human disease.As mouse geneticists, we spend a lot of time waiting for mice to make more mice. Their small size, ease of care and...
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University scientists feel the pain of the government shutdown, too
Federal and university employees normally work side by side on many big science projects.ITAE, CC BY-NDI am very fortunate. My work involves research on topics of interest and importance (OK maybe I’m...
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I studied buttons for 7 years and learned these 5 lessons about how and why...
Press here – to do what, exactly?Pornthip Pongpakpatporn/Shutterstock.comAll day every day, throughout the United States, people push buttons – on coffee makers, TV remote controls and even social...
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Can you life-hack your way to love?
True love could be hiding inside mounds of data.xtock/Shutterstock.comThere’s never been a shortage of dating advice from family, friends and self-help authors. Yet in the digital age, people are...
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Together, more heat and more carbon dioxide may not alter quantity or...
The Soybean Free Air Concentration Enrichment (SoyFACE) research facility at the University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignClaire Benjamin/RIPE Project, CC BY-NDResearchers around the world are trying to...
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How to have productive disagreements about politics and religion
Psychology research suggests a new tool for your ‘disagreement toolbox.’ Dragon Images/Shutterstock.comIn the current polarized climate, it’s easy to find yourself in the midst of a political...
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How Facebook went from friend to frenemy
How do you feel about Facebook?AlesiaKan/Shutterstock.comAs Facebook celebrates 15 years of virtual friendship, social science has compiled an expansive body of research that documents the public’s...
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