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The sound of intellect: Job seeker's voice reveals intelligence Posted: 20 Feb 2015 11:26 AM PST A new study found that when hypothetical employers and professional recruiters listened to or read job candidates' job qualifications, they rated the candidates as more competent, thoughtful and intelligent when they heard the pitch than when they read it.

Amphetamine gets the job done: Using drugs to work long hours Posted: 20 Feb 2015 05:39 AM PST Drugs are usually associated with vulnerable social groups. New research reveals that amphetamine, however, is used by some in physically demanding manual jobs - to sustain long working hours.

Leader of the pack: Study of voles and owls show rise of individuals with greatest influence on collective group behavior Posted: 18 Feb 2015 07:27 AM PST Who takes charge during a disaster or at an accident scene? The question has intrigued sociologists since Gustave Le Bon first studied "herd behavior" in nineteenth-century France. The question of an individual's influence over the activity of a collective have perplexed researchers, in countless studies of this behavior, ever since.

How income fraud made the housing bubble worse Posted: 18 Feb 2015 06:30 AM PST New research reveals that, in low-income zip codes, IRS-reported incomes and earnings reported on mortgages in fact differed wildly from 2002 to 2005. The researchers place the blame for falsified earnings listed on mortgage applications -- which the researchers call "buyer income overstatement" -- on brokers producing mortgages intended to be sold as securities.