It’s a day that many singletons dread, but love it or hate it, Valentine’s Day is finally almost here. While many people use the occassion to pen love letters to their partner, others struggle to express their emotions on paper. Thankfully, help is at hand this year, in the form of a new AI bot … Read more
When playing The Sims 3, people with psychopathic traits are more likely to show aggressive and mean behaviour towards other characters, a study has found. The popular life simulation video game allows players to create — and also assume control over — virtual characters, their houses and neighbourhoods. Experts from Canada asked 205 people to … Read more
Do you have the mind of a genius? Tricky 15-question quiz reveals if you possess ‘superior intelligence’ The 15 question quiz designed to test intelligence was created by Terry Stein It was shared to PlayBuzz, with results revealing mental agility and intuitiveness Those who score nine and above are predicted to ‘probably’ have an IQ over … Read more
Homophobic men who exhibit toxic masculinity traits are more likely to be bullies who are violent and carry out sexual harassment, a study has suggested. Researchers from the US used data from 3,600 men and a new scale of harmful masculinities to explore how toxic masculinity can impact health and society. The team found ‘macho’ men … Read more
People with psychopathic and narcissistic personality traits are more likely to ignore coronavirus restrictions and to hoard food and toilet paper, research shows. Two studies found people with the traits often flouted mask-wearing, hand-washing, social distancing and stay-at-home measures at the height of the pandemic. The researchers believe this is because they either don’t believe … Read more
People with psychopathic and narcissistic personality traits are more likely to ignore coronavirus restrictions and hoard food and toilet paper, research shows. Two studies published today found these people often flouted mask-wearing, hand-washing, social distancing and stay-at-home measures at the height of the pandemic. The researchers believe people with these traits either don’t believe the … Read more
A combination of different healthy lifestyle habits such as being physically active, not smoking and a high-quality diet can reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer’s. Researchers from the Rush University Medical Center examined data on nearly 3,000 people from two longitudinal studies run by the National Institute for Aging. They found that people in the dataset … Read more
A net admin with more than 20 years of experience lists common traits of IT professionals who excel in their careers. Image: Deagreez, Getty Images/iStockphoto IT professionals who are great at what they do usually have certain traits or skills. By no means is the following list exhaustive or exclusive to IT–it’s merely based on … Read more