Device harvests energy from low-frequency vibrations | Susan Trolier-McKinstry

A piezoelectric energy harvester in a novel wristwatch-like device. Credit: Penn State Aug. 31, 2018 (Phys.org) -- A wearable energy-harvesting device could generate energy from the swing of an arm w ...

New study reveals why women take sexy selfies | Isabelle Dubach

Credit: University of New South Wales Aug. 27, 2018 (Phys.org) -- A new study has revealed the science behind sexy selfies, showing that women tend to sexualize themselves in environments with greate ...

Research methods that find serial criminals could help save tigers | Matthew Struebig, Freya St. John

Tiger on a trap camera. Credit: Matt Struebig Aug. 27, 2018 (Phys.org) -- A geographic profiling tool used to catch serial criminals could help reduce the casualties of human-tiger conflict, accordin ...

Fishing activity skyrocketed ahead of ban in South Pacific area | Grant R. McDermott

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Aug. 27, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Ahead of a full ban, fishing increased 130 percent in the Phoenix Islands Protected Area in the South Pacific, setting back projected efforts to ...

As CO2 levels climb, millions at risk of nutritional deficiencies | Sam Myers

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Aug. 27, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Rising levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) from human activity are making staple crops such as rice and wheat less nutritious and could result in 175 ...

Beauty Is Simpler, And Less Special, Than We Realize | Aenne Brielmann

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Aug. 20, 2018 (MedicalXpress) -- Beauty, long studied by philosophers, and more recently by scientists, is simpler than we might think, New York University psychology resear ...

Core thinking error underlies belief in creationism, conspiracy theories: study | Sebastian Dieguez

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Aug. 20, 2018 (MedicalXpress) -- It's not uncommon to hear someone espouse the idea that "everything happens for a reason" or that something that happened was "meant to be." ...

Video-based ethics program increases moral awareness, study finds | Cara Biasucci

A selection of video title slides from the new Ethics Unwrapped series "Scandals Unwrapped." Credit: the McCombs School of Business of the University of Texas at Austin Aug. 13, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Et ...

Study finds flaw in emergent gravity | Lisa Zyga

Illustration of a three-dimensional hypersurface. Credit: Wang and Braunstein. Published in Nature Communications Aug. 10, 2018 (Phys.org) -- A new paper undermines a key assumption of the theory of ...

Evaluating creativity in computational co-creative systems | Ingrid Fadelli

Three main trends in creative systems: creativity support tools, fully autonomous systems and co-creative systems. Credit: Karimi et al. Aug. 8, 2018 (TechXplore) -- Computer programs assist humans i ...

The Kek Wars, Part Two: In the Shadow of the Cathedral | John Michael Greer

July 25, 2018 (EcoSophia.net) -- In last week’s thrilling episode of The Kek Wars, we talked about the way that America’s managerial aristocracy and its broad penumbra of lackeys and hangers-on retre ...