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Snack names influence how filling we imagine they will be — new research
Imagine being hungry in a grocery store and looking for a snack. You have a choice between Gobo granola bars or Kipi granola bars. Which do you reach for to fill you up?
SyndicatedDavid Sidhu, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Carleton University24 Sept 20264 min read
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End of humanity? Blow-by-blow account of what would happen if the Yellowstone supervolcano erupted now
Around 631,000 years ago — a geological blink of an eye — catastrophe unfolded in what is now north-western Wyoming, US. During what is thought to have been a series of immense volcanic eruptions, life within hundreds of kilometres of the b…
SyndicatedIlan Kelman, Professor of Disasters and Health, UCL21 Sept 202618 min read

Snack names influence how filling we imagine they will be — new research