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- Why yawning is contagious in bonobos: As with humans, yawning Is more contagious when individuals are closely related
- Remixed brain waves reveal soundtrack of the human brain
- Captive animals show signs of boredom, study finds
- In financial ecosystems, big banks trample economic habitats and spread fiscal disease
- 'Dirty money' affects spending habits, new study finds
- Grasshoppers change their tune to stay tuned over traffic noise
| Posted: 14 Nov 2012 02:28 PM PST Being socially close to another bonobo is more likely to make bonobo apes yawn in response to the other's yawns, according to new research. The researchers found that yawning in bonobos is more contagious when individuals are strongly bonded to one another as kin or close friends.  |
| Remixed brain waves reveal soundtrack of the human brain Posted: 14 Nov 2012 02:28 PM PST Scientists have combined and translated two kinds of brain wave recordings into music, transforming one recording (EEG) to create the pitch and duration of a note, and the other (fMRI) to control the intensity of the music. The research reveals an improved method to reflect the physiological processes of the scale-free brain in music.  |
| Captive animals show signs of boredom, study finds Posted: 14 Nov 2012 02:28 PM PST Wondering if your caged hamster gets bored? It's highly likely if the critter has nothing to do all day. Those are the findings of researchers in the first study to empirically demonstrate boredom in confined animals.  |
| In financial ecosystems, big banks trample economic habitats and spread fiscal disease Posted: 14 Nov 2012 10:46 AM PST Researchers have applied methods inspired by ecosystem stability and contagion models to banking meltdowns and found that large national and international banks wield an influence and potentially destructive power that far exceeds their actual size. As a result, the capital that current regulations require large banks to maintain should be based on the institution's systemic importance.  |
| 'Dirty money' affects spending habits, new study finds Posted: 14 Nov 2012 08:38 AM PST Looks matter -- even when it comes to money. A new study has found that currency's physical appearance dramatically affects consumer behavior.  |
| Grasshoppers change their tune to stay tuned over traffic noise Posted: 13 Nov 2012 06:49 PM PST Grasshoppers are having to change their song -- one of the iconic sounds of summer -- to make themselves heard above the din of road traffic, ecologists have discovered. The study is the first to show that human-made noise affects natural insect populations.  |
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