Science Is Badass!

A semi-regular blog by Tim Barribeau, of all the science news he can't find a buyer for.

Semi-regular Science: Chimps and Mourning

Chimps are more or less our cousins in an evolutionary sense. I find it absolutely intriguing that the way they see and deal with death is something that we can identify with readily. While we might find it difficult to accept how at home they are with corpses, hanging around them for months at [...]

Psychopaths Feel Better Than You. New Reason To Be Depressed.

Psychopaths are scary, because, well, they’re just really scary. Movies teach us that, thanks movies, you’re the best!

Bateman, Lector, that guy from 'No Country For Old Men', Cruella de Ville, and some other dude, but you know he's bad because you can see his freaking brain through his skull and he looks super mean.

But what [...]

The Importance Of Language: Americans Prefer Gays To Homosexuals

This is why I love social sciences. It turns out that Americans have a much higher rate of support for gays and lesbians in the military instead of homosexuals. Depending on the wording of the question, support for “gay men and lesbians” is 70% support, 19% somewhat in favour, 7% oppose and 12% strongly oppose. If [...]