Eureka! Science News - EEUU

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Sexist jokes favor the mental mechanisms that justify violence against women

Sexist jokes favor the mental mechanisms that justify violence against women Sexist jokes (and all the variants of this kind of humour) favour the mental mechanisms which urge to violence and battering against women in individuals with macho attitudes. Those are the conclusions of a study carried out at the University of Granada, that will… Seguir Leyendo Sexist jokes favor the mental mechanisms that justify violence against women

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Social class, gender and ethnic group determine adolescents’ sexual-affective education

Social class, gender and ethnic group determine adolescents\’ sexual-affective education The social class, the gender and the ethnic group are three essential dimensions, not only in the social differentiation, but also in the affective sexual education of the adolescents, where it is necessary to take part in order to promote sexual and gender equity and… Seguir Leyendo Social class, gender and ethnic group determine adolescents’ sexual-affective education

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Development of an artificial simulator of the nervous system to do research into diseases

Development of an artificial simulator of the nervous system to do research into diseases Researchers of the University of Granada have developed a simulator, so-called EDLUT (\’Event driven look up table based simulator\’), which permits to reproduce any part of the body\’s nervous system, such as the retina, the cerebellum, the hearing centres or the… Seguir Leyendo Development of an artificial simulator of the nervous system to do research into diseases

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6 out of every 10 university students present mathematical anxiety or fear of this subject

6 out of every 10 university students present mathematical anxiety or fear of this subject 6 out of every 10 university students, regardless their field of study, present any symptom of anxiety when it comes to deal with Mathematics, according to a research work carried out at the University of Granada. In addition, there are… Seguir Leyendo 6 out of every 10 university students present mathematical anxiety or fear of this subject

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A study proves that media can subtly induce society to justify violence against women

A study proves that media can subtly induce society to justify violence against women The media can induce some people to justify, without noticing it, cases of violence against women which appear in press, as they often look for the assumed «reasons or causes» which provoked the crime, «which leads people to look for a… Seguir Leyendo A study proves that media can subtly induce society to justify violence against women

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Researchers develop a new technique to date forensic death based on corpse microorganisms

Researchers develop a new technique to date forensic death based on corpse microorganisms A group of scientists of the University of Granada has developed a new technique of forensic dating based on thermo-microbiology, which will allow to determine more accurately the time of a death which has not occurred under controlled natural conditions or as… Seguir Leyendo Researchers develop a new technique to date forensic death based on corpse microorganisms

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Victims of traffic accidents are not correctly indemnified for lost profit

Victims of traffic accidents are not correctly indemnified for lost profit Spain is the only country in the EU where the victims of traffic accidents are not correctly indemnified for lost profit (compensated for the profit not realized due to damages) in cases of death or invalidity of the victim of a traffic accident. Those… Seguir Leyendo Victims of traffic accidents are not correctly indemnified for lost profit

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Simple method strengthens schools, other buildings against earthquakes

Simple method strengthens schools, other buildings against earthquakes Civil engineers using a specialized laboratory at Purdue University have demonstrated the effectiveness of a simple, inexpensive method to strengthen buildings that have a flaw making them dangerously vulnerable to earthquakes. The flaw is widespread in China, Latin America, Turkey and other countries. The buildings have too… Seguir Leyendo Simple method strengthens schools, other buildings against earthquakes

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Sea bed provides information about present climatic change

Sea bed provides information about present climatic change Lately, every drought, flood or hurricane which happens in the planet is connected with climatic change, and therefore the interest of society and scientists is getting to know this phenomenon better. Climatic change is connected at present with the phenomenon of global warming. This is characterized by… Seguir Leyendo Sea bed provides information about present climatic change

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New anti-cancer components of extra-virgin olive oil revealed

New anti-cancer components of extra-virgin olive oil revealed Good quality extra-virgin olive oil contains health-relevant chemicals, \’phytochemicals\’, that can trigger cancer cell death. New research published in the open access journal BMC Cancer sheds more light on the suspected association between olive oil-rich Mediterranean diets and reductions in breast cancer risk. Javier Menendez from the… Seguir Leyendo New anti-cancer components of extra-virgin olive oil revealed