Are you REALLY a match? AI influences people’s decision to swipe right in dating apps by repeating certain profiles, study finds Researchers gave participants a series of photos and asked who they’d date Photos that appeared more than once did better than those explicitly labeled as ’90 percent compatible’ with the subject When it came … Read more
Extroverts are more likely to break lockdown rules, a study into how personality affects the likelihood that individuals will stay home during the pandemic has found. Researchers from Cambridge and the US analysed the behaviours and personalities of more than 101,000 people worldwide during the first wave of COVID-19. The researchers also found that people who … Read more
The people of Nazareth may have forced Jesus out of town because of their intolerance to new ways of thinking and resistance to change, a new book suggests. This was driven by a staunch adherence to Jewish law and is also the reason the city wholly rejected Roman culture and influence. Nazareth is the biblical … Read more
Smiling really DOES make you happier: Study finds expressing happiness influences the brain to generate positive feelings For decades, researchers have studied how acting happy could influence happiness A team at the University of Tennessee has analyzed 50 years of data on the subject They found there is a clear connection between acting happy and … Read more