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New tiredness study reveals why a day of hard thinking is so exhausting | Science & Tech News
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A long, hard day of thinking can sometimes feel as exhausting as a day of manual labour, and experts think they know why. A new study has found that people may feel tired after intense mental work because it causes potentially toxic by-products to build up in the prefrontal cortex part of the brain. This…
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Online abuse: New study reveals which footballers are target of most abuse on Twitter | Science & Tech News
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A new report has revealed the scale of abuse targeting Premier League footballers on Twitter amid concerns about racist and hostile messages on social media. Research by Ofcom and the Alan Turing Institute has found that while the vast majority of tweets sent to footballers are positive, around 3.5% of them are abusive. The study…
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Dogs might be able to ‘see’ with their noses, a new study suggests | World News
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Dogs might be using their highly-sensitive noses to ‘see’ as well as to smell, a new study suggests. A team of vets, including Dr Philippa Johnson from Cornell University in New York, discovered that vision and smell are actually connected in the brains of dogs – something not yet found in any other species. The…
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Research shows a verbal insult is like a ‘mini slap in the face’ in study that looks at how words affect us | UK News
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A verbal insult will “get at you” and is like a “mini slap in the face”, according to new research. Scientists looked at the short-term impact of repeated insults as part of a study analysing links between emotion and language. The paper, published in Frontiers In Communication, found the verbal insults could have an impact…