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American businesses spend close to US$100 billion each year to secure top advertising spots in search engine results – even though it’s not exactly a secret that most online shoppers scroll right past them. In fact, organic links – results…
A recent study published in Alcohol and Alcoholism reveals a surprising link between intelligence in adolescence and drinking habits later in life. Researchers found that individuals with higher IQ scores in high school were more likely to be moderate or…
A new meta-analysis found that yoga interventions improve self-reported symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) immediately after the intervention. However, no improvement was observed when symptoms were assessed by a clinician. These interventions also reduced both immediate and long-term symptoms…
The second season of  Silo, Apple TV’s dystopian sc-fi drama, is off to a powerful start with yesterday’s premiere. Based on the trilogy by novelist Hugh Howey, was one of the more refreshing surprises on streaming television in 2023: a…
New research published in Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences challenges a popular belief: men do not necessarily spend more on gifts for affair partners than for their committed partners. Instead, both men and women spend more on maintaining long-term relationships, with significantly…
Scientists taught rats to drive to a certain destination, but the rodents took a detour, suggesting they enjoy both the journey and the rewarding destination.
These leathery turtles spend most of their lives buried motionless in river mud, but burst into action to catch their unsuspecting prey.
Large language model AIs might seem smart on a surface level but they struggle to actually understand the real world and model it accurately, a new study finds.
A large-scale cross-cultural study published in Evolutionary Psychological Science found that people in relationships, particularly satisfying ones, report higher emotional wellbeing and life satisfaction than singles. Menelaos Apostolou and colleagues investigated whether single individuals are emotionally better off than those…
It’s Half-Life 2 week at Ars Technica! This Saturday, November 16, is the 20th anniversary of the release of Half-Life 2—a game of historical importance for the artistic medium and technology of computer games. Each day up through the 16th, we’ll be running…
