Witnessing cringeworthy moments improves the observer’s self-perception, elderly Britons perceive themselves as having less control over social-assistive robots if they are poor, and bed-wetting Turkish kindergartners experience shame and anxiety.
In Japan, erectile function among young men was determined to be low by the first nationwide survey employing the internationally validated Erection Hardness Score.
Italian scientists found that women whose orgasms are simultaneously clitorally and vaginally stimulated report the greatest intensity on the Orgasmometer scale.
In Europe, conservatives are outbreeding progressives.
Swedes may avoid chocolates that become “contaminated” through association with political parties they dislike, and Swedes with low resting heart rates are significantly less likely to commit suicide.
Japanese drinkers who experience “Asian flush” report worse sleep.
Researchers reported weaning a forty-six-year-old Tibetan woman with a history of “seeking instant gratification” off Ambien, noted the positive effects of ecstatic epilepsy, observed socially inappropriate non-obscene behavior in a quarter of Polish Tourette’s patients, synthesized fifty-three theoretical models of delusion, analyzed how Western Buddhist environmental activists’ cultivation of equanimity and understanding of impermanence affects their anxiety over climate change, and determined that neither men nor women find trolley problems funny
In 2024, Mount Fuji was snowless until the latest autumn date on record.
Pentoxifylline can mitigate the damage caused by subjecting stallions to scrotal heat stress, and aqueous extract of rosemary was found to improve the cryopreservation of Pantja-goat semen, whereas melatonin, which guards against delusion in elderly Chinese patients, does the same for Jamnapari-goat semen.
A deep-learning model was trained to use facial expressions to gauge the pain of goats, which is presently measured only during castrations.
Doctors in Germany suggested a way to waste less propofol.
Skeletons recovered from Henry VIII’s flagship Mary Rose suggest that handedness affects collar-bone chemistry and fracture risk.
The ability to stand on one’s non-dominant leg declines sharply with age
Albatross struggle to find food in very stormy weather.
Cool LED headlights are more disruptive to moth flight than warm ones.
The smell of cat fur discourages rodents from eating wheat seeds at Buenos Aires chicken farms.
Formerly imprisoned Coloradans reported exposure to wildfire smoke and raw sewage during their incarcerations.
Brain scans corroborated the unpleasant psychoacoustic effects of Aztec death whistles.
Zero-sum mindsets persist even in scenarios that objectively favor cooperation, dishonest people are likelier to spread infectious diseases, and prosocial women are likelier than prosocial men to have a best friend.
Assamese tribesmen were found to identify with elephants through a sense of mutual loss, poverty, and uncertainty.
Scientists suggested that human culture is superior to that of other animals because it can integrate limitless sequences of subgoals.
The Pet Bereavement Questionnaire was adapted for use in China.
Percentage by which Democratic campaigns outspent Republican campaigns at Sweetgreen last year: 70, By which Republican campaigns outspent Democratic campaigns at McDonald’s: 2,700
Percentage of Democrats who say that Trump’s reelection was illegitimate: 32
Chance that an American has lied about whom they voted for: 1 in 4, That a Gen Z American has done so: 1 in 2
Rank of November 6, 2024, among the days with the most account deactivations on X since Elon Musk acquired the company: 1
Factor by which the number of abortion pills ordered in the United States on November 6 exceeded the daily average: 17
Estimated amount by which the total net worth of the world’s 10 wealthiest people increased that day: $64,000,000,000
Rank of “password” among the most common digital passwords used by CEOs: 2, Of “123456”: 1
Median net worth of a single American woman with no children: $87,200, Of a single American man with no children: $82,100
Percentage change over the past year in the portion of first-time U.S. home buyers who are single women: +26
Portion of New York City public school students who are homeless: 1/8
Percentage by which this portion increased over the past year: 23
Percentage of people caught smuggling fentanyl into the United States since 2019 who are Mexican citizens: 18, Who are American citizens: 81
Minimum number of American children who have been prescribed Ozempic or other GLP-1 medications: 31,000
Percentage by which girls are more likely than boys to receive such a prescription: 50, By which boys are more likely to be prescribed human-growth hormone: 100
Portion of people over seven feet tall who have played in the NBA: 1/10
Portion of Americans who know what the term “neurodivergent” means: 1/3
Portion of these Americans who are neurodivergent themselves: 3/5
Percentage of medical cases that ChatGPT accurately diagnoses on the basis of a list of symptoms: 90, That doctors do, on average: 74
Factor by which the average wait to receive approval for federal disability benefits has increased since 2019: 2
Estimated number of Americans who died in 2023 while waiting for such approval: 30,000
Rank of 2024 among the deadliest years on record for humanitarian workers: 1
Portion of hospitals in Gaza that have been direct targets of Israeli missile strikes since October 7, 2023: 31/36
Estimated percentage of Gazans killed by the Israeli military in this period who were women or children: 70
Estimated percentage of plant life in Gaza that has been destroyed: 83
Percentage change since 1973 in the average American’s carbon emissions: −36
Factor by which per capita U.S. carbon emissions exceed the global average: 3
Percentage by which the average American worker’s contribution to the country’s GDP exceeds their income: 170, By which the price of an average luxury bag exceeds its production cost: 900
Percentage change since 2000 in the portion of disposable income that Americans give to charity: −21
Portion of Americans who believed in 2010 that working hard would result in a better life: 1/2, Who believe this now: 1/4
Percentage of Americans who report experiencing the “Sunday scaries”: 45
Average time at which their onset is felt: 3:54 pm