Highlighting some of the coolest science news we’ve
seen lately.
1. Birds of a feather
really do flock together. A recent study finds that you and your friends have similar DNA.
2. Can science help us understand our political differences? Experiments in this new study show that conservatives respond significantly more rapidly to threatening stimuli.
3. You won’t believe the
camouflage this gecko is capable of. The only thing better is its name: the
satanic leaf-tailed gecko.
4. Ivan Seah Yu Jun
explains Alzheimer’s disease in under 5 minutes in this TED video.
5. So your friends scoff when you rather fist bump than handshake. Now science has justified your action. Fist bumps are the best way to greet someone without adopting their germs.
Science quote of the
week:
"All the conditions of happiness are realized in
the life of the man of science." –Bertrand Russell
Contributed by: Bill Sullivan
Hibbing, J., Smith, K., & Alford, J. (2014). Differences in negativity bias underlie variations in political ideology Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 37 (03), 297-307 DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X13001192
Christakis, N., & Fowler, J. (2014). Friendship and natural selection Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111 (Supplement_3), 10796-10801 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1400825111
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