“To quantify the potential cost of hopelessness on electricity consumption, we regressed the preference of the ideal wattage for a ceiling fixture onto the hopelessness scale and found that it costs participants on average 20.6% more electricity to feel 1 point less hopeful toward the economy and career prospect.” – explain Ping Dong and Chen-Bo […]
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Oddies in air & sea: Hitchcock, pelicans, & flying rays
Some oddities from the air and the sea: A new study about what got Into Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds” birds: “Mystery behind Hitchcock’s birds,” Sibel Bargu [pictured here], Mary W. Silver, Mark D. Ohman, Claudia R. Benitez-Nelson and David L. Garrison, Nature Geoscience, vol. 5, nos. 2–3, 2012. Published online 22 December 2011. “On 18 […]
Headline of the Day: Eyes Shoot Rays, They Say
Today’s Headline of the Day is from a now- (and perhaps always)-undated press release issued by Ohio State University. It says: DOES SOMETHING LEAVE OUR EYES DURING VISION? MANY ADULTS SAY YES It was probably sent out in 2001, as it refers to this study: “The persistence of a misconception about vision after educational interventions,” […]