Elderly patients 23% more likely to die if their emergency surgery takes place on the surgeon's birthday
A new study has found that patients whose emergency surgery took place on the surgeon’s birthday were 23% more likely to die within a month.
References to depression and suicide in rap lyrics doubled from 1998 – 2018, in step with the nationwide "mental health crisis"
A study of rap lyrics in songs released between 1998 – 2018 found the number of references to suicide and depression more than doubled.
IQ and EQ: gifted people also have (a bit) more emotional intelligence
IQ and EQ are closely linked: a new study finds that gifted people also have higher emotional intelligence levels.
Study links some forms of spiritual training to narcissism and "spiritual superiority”
A new study finds that popular forms of spiritual training, such as mindfulness, correlate with narcissism and “spiritual superiority.”
Study finds users, not notifications, initiate 89% of smartphone interactions
It’s not your phone, it’s you: study finds users initiate 89% of their smartphone interactions, with only 11% initiated by a notification.
Study of Delaware license plates puts a price tag on social status signalling
A study of low-numbered Delaware license plates finds that their mere scarcity has turned them into a valuable form of status signalling.
