Forward markets—over-the-counter marketplaces that set the price of a financial instrument or asset—are used to trade…
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Why consumers forgo front-row seats: Sacrificing experience quality for togetherness
Researchers from Texas A&M University’s Mays Business School, Harvard University’s Harvard Business School and University of…
Sexing chicken eggs by scent
Fertilized chicken eggs can be sexed by “sniffing” volatile chemicals emitted through the shell, according to…
Study looks at reproductive inequality in humans compared to other species
In modern society, one parent may take a daughter to ballet class and fix dinner so…
Machine learning approach opens insights into an entire class of materials being pursued for solid-state batteries
A team of researchers at Duke University and their collaborators have uncovered the atomic mechanisms that…
Harvard study finds implicit racial bias highest among white people
If there’s one thing we should all be able to agree on, it’s that all human…
Study points out errors in illustrations of one of the most famous scientific experiments
Illustrations of scientific experiments play a fundamental role in both science education and the dissemination of…
First contact: Global team to simulate message from extraterrestrial intelligence to Earth
What would happen if we received a message from an extraterrestrial civilization? Daniela de Paulis, an…
Estonian researchers investigate using local herbs to fight Lyme disease
Approximately one in three ticks in Estonia and up to one in four in Tallinn carry…
Developing novel tools for applications of argumentation to behavioral economics
Consumer purchasing decisions can be considered as a form of preference-based human reasoning. There are two…