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- Researchers discover new category of boredom
- "A new study of students in Germany reveals that there are five distinct types of boredom. That's one more than researchers had expected."
- The Determinants of Punishment: Deterrence, Incapacitation and Vengeance
- "victim characteristics are important determinants of sentencing among vehicular homicides, where victims are basically random and where the optimal punishment model predicts that victim characteristics should be ignored. Among vehicular homicides, drivers who kill women get 56 percent longer sentences. Drivers who kill blacks get 53 percent shorter sentences."
- University physicists study urine splash-back and offer best tactics for men
- "The team also report that they also found that many detergents used to clean urinals tend to make the problem of splash-back worse because it reduces surface tension. Thus dirtier urinals might be less messy." So cleaning the bathroom makes things worse? Does this explain male bachelor cleaning behaviour?
- Are Women Really Less Corrupt Than Men?
- "They found that 'there is little difference in corruption tolerance between men and women for countries that rank lowest on the Polity scale,' a popular measure of the level of democracy, but 'in more democratic countries… men are considerably more tolerant of corruption than women.'" Is this an example of women paying more attention to social pressure than men?