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A smartphone app designed to tackle the underlying psychological causes of premature ejaculation can significantly improve sex life and delay ejaculation, while offering a way to reduce stigma around the condition, say researchers.
New research co-led by Liu-Qin Yang, a professor of psychology at Portland State University (PSU), suggests that the true damage of a toxic boss goes far deeper than a bad mood — it fundamentally alters how employees perceive their own humanity. Published in the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, the study identifies “organizational dehumanization” as the primary mechanism that strips employees of their agency, leading to severe burnout and a collapse in workplace collaboration.
A clean energy future hinges on minerals such as copper, cobalt, lithium and rare earth elements. But the race to secure them puts pressure on the places where they are mined, often affecting communities contributing the least to climate change. To secure CRM sources, the United States and European Union are moving supply chains to aligned regions. But simply shuffling where minerals are mined does not automatically make extraction more ethical or sustainable. In a commentary published in Nature Energy, researchers propose a new framework of “just-shoring” to shift focus from competition and security to the rights and interests of those whose lands are most at risk.
According to the results, without the exceptionally high sea surface temperatures in the North Atlantic and in the Mediterranean, rainfall on the most extreme day of the episode could have been up to 40% lower. The study highlights the importance of high-resolution global simulations to better understand the impacts of climate change and improve preparedness for its social and economic effects.
Researchers from the University of Seville are participating in an international study that sheds new light on the genetic diversity of Andalusian society between the 8th and 11th centuries AD and reinforces the historical significance of the dolmen as a sacred space used throughout the ages
An artificial intelligence-based projection makeup system from Science Tokyo lets users describe a mood or style in their own words and instantly see matching makeup colors on their faces. The technology learns each person’s preferences in real time and displays results under realistic lighting that reflects individual skin tone and texture, making it more true to life than traditional virtual makeup apps that project effects onto two-dimensional displays.
Kyoto, Japan -- If you were a bee, how would you choose a flower to land on? You might go to the most beautiful one, as pollination biologists have long suggested that flowers with striking colors attract pollinators more easily. Or perhaps, as other studies indicate, you might go where other bees are feeding, like seeing a long line outside a restaurant and thinking it must be worth the wait.
This raises the overlooked possibility of a floral "bandwagon effect": that even a less striking flower may attract as many pollinators as a brightly colored one, simply by securing early visitors. A team of researchers at Kyoto University was inspired to investigate this prospect and its implications.
"I began to wonder whether pollinators' use of social information might also influence plant reproductive success by shaping how plants attract and secure pollinators," says corresponding author Lina G Kawaguchi.