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University of Vermont scientists Peter Dodds and Chris Danforth led a new Big Data study confirming that humans use more happy words than sad words.

Preference for Positive, Happy Words

October 21, 2022October 20, 2022 Science Connectedcommunication, computer science, engineering, language, linguistics, technology

Scientists have used a massive data set of billions of words from actual usage to find that people around the world use more happy words than sad words.

Archaeology Biology Neuroscience

Can You Smell Handshakes?

May 30, 2022May 30, 2022 Science Connectedbehavior, neurobiology, smell

Why do people shake hands? A Weizmann Institute study suggests one of the reasons for handshakes may be to discretely sniff each other.

All of Us project addresses the problem of lack of diversity in medicine

Citizen Science Diversity in Science Genetics and Heredity

All of Us: A Lack of Diversity in Medicine

April 15, 2022April 17, 2022 Science Connectedcitizen science projects, diversity, genome

With the release of its first 100,000 genomes this project is solving a dangerous problem: a startling lack of diversity in medicine.a

Gold jewelry from Senuna Roman Britain (Photo courtesy of Elizabethe via Flickr)

Archaeology

Archaeologists at Ancient Roman Gold Mines

March 9, 2022March 9, 2022 Science Connectedarchaeology, mining

Archaeologists in Spain studying Las Médulas, the largest known ancient Roman gold mine, found a bigger operation than previously thought.

Greek technical diver Alexandros Sotiriou discovers an intact ceramic table jug and a bronze rigging ring on the Antikythera Shipwreck. (Brett Seymour, Return to Antikythera 2014)

Archaeology

Underwater Archaeology, Ancient Shipwreck

March 2, 2022March 2, 2022 Science Connectedhuman civilization

An underwater archaeology team has retrieved new finds from an ancient Greek ship that sank over 2,000 years ago.

Archaeology

Prehistoric Human Settlements at the Bottom of the Sea

February 28, 2022March 18, 2022 Science Connectedhuman civilization

Researchers are studying the remains of human ancestors and prehistoric human settlements now submerged beneath Europe’s coastal seas.

Psychology STEM Education

Grit or Grades: What Drives College Graduation?

February 3, 2022January 31, 2022 Science Connectededucation

Does timely college graduation depend more on a student’s self-regulation or on their admission test scores? Researchers decided to find out.

Anthropology Archaeology

Nok Culture Pottery Adds Clues to Ancient Diets

February 1, 2022February 7, 2022 Science Connected

What is the ancestry of your food? New research has traced the origins of leafy greens and other plants in ancient West African cuisine back more than 3,500 years.

Psychology

Do You Want Therapy in Virtual Reality?

January 25, 2022January 25, 2022 Science Connectedmental health, virtual reality, VR

Given the choice between seeing a therapist in real life or in virtual reality, which would you choose? Research results may surprise you.