July 2012
72 posts
Selling On eBay? Get Higher Bids With a Red...
“The color red influences consumers to become more aggressive in online auctions and affects how much they are willing to pay for products as varied as video game consoles and Florida vacation packages, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. The color blue can influence consumer offers when negotiating directly with a seller.”
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Female Money Doesn't Buy Male Happiness: Macho Men...
“Macho men whose partners earn more than they do have worse romantic relationships, in part because the difference in income is a strain for them, according to a new study by Patrick Coughlin and Jay Wade from Fordham University in the US. Conversely, men who are not so traditional in their masculinity do not place as much importance on the difference in income and, as a result, appear to...
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Physicists Study Homer's Iliad and Other Classics...
“The truth behind some of the world’s most famous historical myths, including Homer’s epic, the Iliad, has been bolstered by two researchers who have analysed the relationships between the myths’ characters and compared them to real-life social networks.”
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120725090933.htm
“The strenuous purposeful money-makers may carry all of us along with them into...”
– Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren – in 1930, iconic economist John Maynard Keynes penned a hopeful vision for post-Occupy humanity (via explore-blog)
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The Dark Knight Rises, and Crashes: Students...
“Batman returns to cinemas for the Dark Knight Rises next month (July 20) — but unless he has invested in a new cape, he may fall into some trouble.
Physics students have calculated that the superhero’s method of using his cape to glide from tall buildings — as seen in Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins — would result in him hitting the ground at...
“Everything carries me to you. As if Everything that exists, aromas, lights,...”
– Pablo Neruda (via wordsthat-speak)
