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Men have more trouble coping in a recession than women do. Could this be because testosterone makes them more miserly?

In New Scientist, Ewen Callaway quotes neuroeconomist Karen Redwine as saying, “Our broad conclusion is that testosterone causes men essentially to be stingy.” With team member Paul Zak, she gave a gel containing testosterone to 25 participants, which elevated their level of the male hormone to twice the normal amount, then gave them a test that revealed their level of generosity. They all also got a cream containing the female hormone oxytocin, which helps regulate childbirth (one of the ultimate examples of generosity).
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The slo-mo & wagon wheel illusions – Is time just an illusion? We have more and more evidence that this is the case. In order to understand how our brains work, Subscribers get to listen to the paper that Anne Strieber presented at the conference, which tells you why contactees and abductees are essential for future life on earth).

Action films often show dangerous events happening in slow motion. This is taken from real life, since so many people who have been in these types of situations report the sensation of time slowing down, which gives them more “time” to take defensive action against what is threatening them.
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After what we humans have done to it? – Will the earth ever recover from climate changeand pollution? Will WE survive? It turns out that the earth may recover but many of the animals on it won’t. It’s happened before: 55 million years ago earth had a sudden spike in global warming caused by too many greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. In those days, the CO2 did what it would do today: 85% of the gas dissolved in the ocean, while the remaining 15% went into the atmosphere. All this CO2 persisted for tens of thousands of years, increasing the temperatures of both sea and the land.
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Football player early deaths show it’s not possible – As the baseball season winds up for the year, we turn our attention to the NFL. Today’s athletes are bigger than ever, and size and strength can mean the difference between championships, scholarships and million-dollar paydays. But new research comparing the signs of metabolic syndrome in professional baseball and football players reveals that the larger professional athletes, especially football linemen, may encounter future health problems despite their rigorous exercise routines. Professional football players are twice as likely to die before age 50 as professional baseball players.
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