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A new study exploring the number of alcohol-related injuries treated at Sydney emergency department has found the lockout seem to be having an impact.
For years, there have been questions about research showing connections between playing violent video games and aggressive behavior.
Some people believe different drinks make them feel differently. But the effect alcohol has on your mood depends on factors like where you are drinking it and how you’re feeling at the time.
And yet it’s still technically legal in the UK.
Sometimes a dog can have very good reasons for hating its humans.
A review of the research suggests
that pressure to put on a happy face could make us more aggressive.
It’s important to strike a balance between helping others and looking after yourself.
Aggression against sexual minorities is rooted in society-level stigmas that devalue LGBT individuals.
Spanking does not lead to better behavior by children. Instead, it could lead to some adverse, long-term consequences.
Commonly prescribed antidepressants increase the risk of suicidal thoughts in teenagers, so why isn’t this a bigger deal in drug trials?
Baseless claims about the damage done to kids’ development create needless panic. And they distract from legitimate, evidence-based concerns with which parents need to engage.
A study has shown that alcohol and oxytocin, often dubbed “the love hormone” are more similar than we thought.
Driverless cars could soon be cruising Australian roads if South Australia gives the go-ahead to reforms to its road legislation. The technology promises to increase safety on our roads, but what happens…
Everyone knows someone with a quick temper – it might even be you. And while scientists have known for decades that aggression is hereditary, there is another biological layer to those angry flare-ups…
The Headlines Business Standard: Violent video games make teens eat more, cheat more Scienceblog.com: Teens ‘Eat more, cheat more’ after playing violent video games The Times of India: Violent video games…
Sub-lethal exposure to some commonly used pesticides (such as neonicotinoids) can make big impacts on insect communities…
Humans respond to cute. Show us just about any little critter with a big round head and a pair of large, blinking-in-the-headlights eyes and cooing will ensue. Add to that a set of chubby cheeks, a button…
September is the peak of Australia’s own version of “home-grown terrorism” (as memorably described to me by a distraught and bleeding school principal, valiantly attempting to protect his pupils), when…
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