Too Cute to Resist: How Design Influences Behavior

Do cute products sell better? To explore this question, researchers measured the effect of cute, playful and whimsical products on consumption and indulgence. Test participants...

No More Howling At The Moon: A Popular Myth Debunked

Ideas about the moon’s influence on human beings are ancient and widespread, so much so that even a majority of health professionals consider lunar...

How To Take Criticism Like A Pro

We humans are really good at dwelling on stuff that make us feel bad. This negativity bias was helpful to our ancestors when survival...

50 Shades of Bad Mood

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” In Romeo and Juliet, Juliet contends...

Sex Ed

Research of the X -rated variety indicates that the more time spent between the sheets is time very well spent. It’s estimated that half an hour of sex burns 144...

Seeing Green…With Creativity

The next time you need a boost of creativity, whether embarking on a creative project or struggling to solve a problem big or small,...