http://www.crikey.com.au now with extra source Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:25:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.newscientist.com/special/living-in-denial http://www.newscientist.com/special/living-in-denial#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 23:42:57 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=140249 New Scientist is running a great series of special reports into denialism: how it works, how it spreads, how companies manufacture it, and why it's so hard to fight.]]> http://www.newscientist.com/special/living-in-denial/feed/ 0 http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2010/05/ask-an-academic-in-the-buff.html http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2010/05/ask-an-academic-in-the-buff.html#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 02:53:10 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=140051 http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2010/05/ask-an-academic-in-the-buff.html/feed/ 0 http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/How-Our-Brains-Make-Memories.html?c=y&page=6 http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/How-Our-Brains-Make-Memories.html?c=y&page=6#comments Mon, 17 May 2010 01:48:55 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=138981 http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/How-Our-Brains-Make-Memories.html?c=y&page=6/feed/ 0 http://timesonline.typepad.com/science/2010/05/cameron-clegg-andchimps.html http://timesonline.typepad.com/science/2010/05/cameron-clegg-andchimps.html#comments Thu, 13 May 2010 00:55:50 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=138150 http://timesonline.typepad.com/science/2010/05/cameron-clegg-andchimps.html/feed/ 0 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/09/magazine/09babies-t.html?ref=magazine http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/09/magazine/09babies-t.html?ref=magazine#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 00:45:06 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=136858 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/09/magazine/09babies-t.html?ref=magazine/feed/ 0 http://www.livescience.com/culture/Apple-fanaticism-100502.html http://www.livescience.com/culture/Apple-fanaticism-100502.html#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 00:37:56 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=135732 http://www.livescience.com/culture/Apple-fanaticism-100502.html/feed/ 0 http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/340/apr27_1/c2276?maxtoshow=&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&resourcetype=HWCIT http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/340/apr27_1/c2276?maxtoshow=&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&resourcetype=HWCIT#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 03:02:34 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=134688 http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/340/apr27_1/c2276?maxtoshow=&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&resourcetype=HWCIT/feed/ 0 http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/8607/ http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/8607/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 01:03:10 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=132263 Frank Furedi explains why Europe's flight ban is based far more on our "worst-case thinking" than level-headed risk assessment. ]]> http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/8607/feed/ 0 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/14/dining/14curious.html http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/14/dining/14curious.html#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 04:43:28 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=131683 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/14/dining/14curious.html/feed/ 0 http://scienceblogs.com/cortex/2010/04/dont_choke.php http://scienceblogs.com/cortex/2010/04/dont_choke.php#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 01:20:43 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=131486 Jonah Lehrer explains how and why our brains let us down, and the surprisingly simple ways they can be rewired for success.]]> http://scienceblogs.com/cortex/2010/04/dont_choke.php/feed/ 0 http://discovermagazine.com/2010/apr/16-the-brain-athletes-are-geniuses http://discovermagazine.com/2010/apr/16-the-brain-athletes-are-geniuses#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 01:11:48 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=131473 http://discovermagazine.com/2010/apr/16-the-brain-athletes-are-geniuses/feed/ 0 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/08/world/08psych.html?hp http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/08/world/08psych.html?hp#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:01:11 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=129311 Wikileaks video of the US military shooting at Iraqis were playing a video game, it's because, in their minds, they were, explains a former army psychologist; that's exactly how they're trained to kill.]]> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/08/world/08psych.html?hp/feed/ 0 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304364904575166581279549318.html http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304364904575166581279549318.html#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2010 00:16:14 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=128962 NBC is putting "behavior placement" into its TV shows, with storylines about recycling and eating well to influence viewers' habits and make them attractive to eco-conscious advertisers.]]> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304364904575166581279549318.html/feed/ 0 http://www.mint.com/blog/how-to/price-anchoring/ http://www.mint.com/blog/how-to/price-anchoring/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 01:00:20 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=128672 Mint explains the simple but surprisingly effective marketing tactic of "price anchoring": stick a product's price next to a much higher one, and it will suddenly seem like a steal. ]]> http://www.mint.com/blog/how-to/price-anchoring/feed/ 0 http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-EdContributors/Article.aspx?id=171412 http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-EdContributors/Article.aspx?id=171412#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:02:56 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=126083 Michael Jacobson... before less-helpfully suggesting Israel should therefore recruit terrorists from good homes as spies.]]> http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-EdContributors/Article.aspx?id=171412/feed/ 0 http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2010/03/22/100322crbo_books_kolbert?currentPage=all http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2010/03/22/100322crbo_books_kolbert?currentPage=all#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:24:09 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=124728 http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2010/03/22/100322crbo_books_kolbert?currentPage=all/feed/ 0 http://newmatilda.com/2010/03/15/why-offshore-detention-popular http://newmatilda.com/2010/03/15/why-offshore-detention-popular#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:13:50 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=123529 Zoe Krupka gives a psychological analysis on the group thinking behind it: it lets us separate ourselves from the problem.]]> http://newmatilda.com/2010/03/15/why-offshore-detention-popular/feed/ 0 http://www.forbes.com/2010/03/11/born-to-be-a-billionaire-entrepreneurs-management-assessment_2.html http://www.forbes.com/2010/03/11/born-to-be-a-billionaire-entrepreneurs-management-assessment_2.html#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:25:54 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=122969 do have to be born with the right kind of smarts and personality to make it big. Forbes has a blunt breakdown of what it really takes.]]> http://www.forbes.com/2010/03/11/born-to-be-a-billionaire-entrepreneurs-management-assessment_2.html/feed/ 0 http://www.livescience.com/culture/why-we-anthropomorphize-100303.html http://www.livescience.com/culture/why-we-anthropomorphize-100303.html#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:39:09 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=120785 cats as Hitler and dogs like bees: we're selfish, lonely and controlling.]]> http://www.livescience.com/culture/why-we-anthropomorphize-100303.html/feed/ 0 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/09/science/09tier.html?partner=rss&emc=rss http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/09/science/09tier.html?partner=rss&emc=rss#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:33:09 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=115498 New York Times articles to see what kind of news people like to share -- and why. The results are not what you might expect.]]> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/09/science/09tier.html?partner=rss&emc=rss/feed/ 0 http://futurity.org/society-culture/online-poker-more-you-win-more-you-lose/ http://futurity.org/society-culture/online-poker-more-you-win-more-you-lose/#comments Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:25:15 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=111771 http://futurity.org/society-culture/online-poker-more-you-win-more-you-lose/feed/ 0 http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/jan/17/are-your-friends-making-you-fat http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/jan/17/are-your-friends-making-you-fat#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:21:38 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=110332 http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/jan/17/are-your-friends-making-you-fat/feed/ 0 http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/jan/15/why-men-use-prostitutes http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/jan/15/why-men-use-prostitutes#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:29:25 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=109953 http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/jan/15/why-men-use-prostitutes/feed/ 0 http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/12/climate-psychology/ http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/12/climate-psychology/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:14:01 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=104894 http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/12/climate-psychology/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/18/crikey-clarifier-scientology-wtf/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/18/crikey-clarifier-scientology-wtf/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/18/crikey-clarifier-scientology-wtf/ Crikey intern Michelle Loh waded into the morass… ]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/18/crikey-clarifier-scientology-wtf/feed/ 7