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Wearable tech confirms wear-and-tear of work commute

Posted: 19 Nov 2021 05:51 AM PST

Information about worker commutes from smartphones and fitness trackers can predict individual job performance, according to a new study.

Scientists capture humor’s earliest emergence

Posted: 18 Nov 2021 05:38 PM PST

Young children's ability to laugh and make jokes has been mapped by age for the first time using data from a new study involving nearly 700 children from birth to 4 years of age, from around the world. The findings identify the earliest age humor emerges and how it typically builds in the first years of life.

How grandmothers' brains react to the sight of their grandchildren

Posted: 16 Nov 2021 05:15 PM PST

Scientists have scanned grandmothers' brains while they're viewing photos of their young grandchildren -- providing a neural snapshot of this special, inter-generational bond.