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Jackson kids face hurdles to coping with his death

5 hours ago from AP Health

CHICAGO (AP) -- No matter how unusual their lives may have been so far, Michael Jackson's children now face a universal trauma felt by all kids...

Top 10 Apollo hoax claims

8 hours ago from The Guardian - Science

Sceptics claim to have the photographic evidence that proves the moon landings were shot in a studio – do they have a case?

Neil Armstrong: I want to be alone

8 hours ago from The Guardian - Science

Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon. Pretty impressive. So impressive that 40 years later, people still make documentaries wondering what that must've been like. Being Neil Armstrong (Sun, 9pm, BBC4)...

An easy upper-body stretch

8 hours ago from LA Times - Health

Here's an easy stretch that feels great after an upper-body workout -- or any time your shoulders and back feel tight. Remember to keep your hips raised for maximum benefit.

Environment Groups Find Less Support From Justices

11 hours ago from NY Times Science

Environmental groups lost all five of their cases before the Supreme Court last term, a trend scholars see continuing as the court moves to the right.

Tart cherry juice: A lip-puckering pain remedy?

17 hours ago from LA Times - Health

Some athletes tout its effects on post-workout aches, but so far, there's little research to back such claims. Some athletes are turning to a lip-puckering remedy for post-workout pain and weakness: tart cherry...

How are 'normal' ranges for kids determined?

17 hours ago from LA Times - Health

A common-sense approach for kids Whether it's social skills, intelligence or athleticism that's under consideration, children run the gamut. In many situations, determining the cut-off points for "normal"...

For children, embrace the average

17 hours ago from LA Times - Health

A 'normal' kid used to be, well, normal. But now a lot of parents, sadly, don't think that's good enough. When my son's preschool teachers recommended that we send him to speech therapy,...

Whose side are advocacy groups on?

17 hours ago from LA Times - Health

The names might sound impressive -- but when parsing their message, you'll want to know who they serve. Obesity is a national health crisis -- or it isn't. Vaccines cause autism -- or...

Deducing Societal Trends From Second Life

20 hours ago from Scientific Blogging

Do friends wear the same clothes or see the same movies because they have similar tastes, part of the reason they became friends or, once a friendship is established, do...

Infertile couples encouraged to look at lifestyle

23 hours ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Adelaide study has recommended that infertile couples seek advice about their lifestyle before embarking on IVF treatment or other assisted reproductive technology.

Patient Money: Weight Loss on a Sliding Financial Scale

1 day ago from NY Times Health

A dieter’s commitment to weight loss can sometimes be linked to how much money he or she is willing to spend.

Overweight Kids Experience More Loneliness, Anxiety

1 day ago from Science Daily

As childhood obesity rates continue to increase, experts agree that more information is needed about the implications of being overweight as a step toward reversing current trends. A new study...

The BCA "Plethora of evidence": The Fallon Paper

1 day ago from Science Blog

After a long, long wait, the BCA published its list of 'evidence' on the Simon Singh case. There was one paper that no-one could find for a while that has...

Middle-aged singletons at higher dementia risk: study

1 day ago from Physorg

People who live alone in middle age face nearly double the risk of developing cognitive problems in later life compared with married or cohabiting counterparts, according to a study published...

Logic as Inquiry

1 day ago from Scientific Blogging

For some thousands of years “logic” was viewed as the “theory of inquiry” – “inquiry into inquiry” if you will. This was almost certainly the case with Plato, definitely the...

Doubts Cast On Credibility Of Some Published Clinical Trials

1 day ago from Science Daily

Randomized controlled trials are considered the "gold standard" research method for assessing new medical treatments. But new research shows that the design of a remarkable 93 percent of 2235 so-called...

Brain-Controlled Wheelchair Is "95 Percent Accurate"

1 day ago from National Geographic

A new brain-computer interface turns thought into action with lightning speed, allowing precise piloting of a wheelchair, experts say. Their advice: "Imagine playing the piano or jogging."

Poor health among indigenous peoples a question of cultural loss as well as poverty

1 day ago from Science Centric

The health problems of Indigenous peoples around the world are intimately tied to a number of unique factors, such as colonisation, globalisation, migration, and loss of land, language and culture....

Promoting safer childbirth - a Sri Lankan success story

1 day ago from Science Centric

Despite recent internal conflict, Sri Lanka has emerged as a success story in promoting safer childbirth. The country's significant decline in maternal deaths will be presented today at the Royal...

WEEK IN PHOTOS: Ugliest Dog, "Miracle" Birth, and More

1 day ago from National Geographic

Filipino inmates dance to "Thriller," a girl rests 1,400 feet in the air, and an elderly ape has a baby in this week's best news photos.

UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News

1 day ago from UPI

LRO transmits first lunar images … Potential Alzheimer's drug target found … Study: Outdoor cats easy prey for coyotes … Memory decline reversed in mouse model ... Health/Science news from...

A Science Of Human Language - Part #9

1 day ago from Scientific Blogging

A Science Of Human Language - Part #9 This series, which commenced here, is about quistic grammar, a semantic grammar.  It is called quistic grammar because it is based on the...

Clownfish provide clues to animal conflicts

1 day ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- Animal societies are hotbeds of conflict and cooperation, with creatures helping each other one moment and fighting the next. Biologist Andrew Zink has developed a new theoretical framework...

Doctors take N.B. government to court over fee freeze

1 day ago from CBC: Health

The New Brunswick Medical Society has taken its fight against the provincial government's two-year fee freeze to the next level by launching its promised court action.

Deadly Cable Crossing Is Only Way Out

1 day ago from National Geographic

Despite falling nearly ten stories from it and losing a child in 2008, the Combatas—like the other seven families of a Bolivian village—continue using a crucial river-spanning cable. Video.

What prompts young people to take positive action to promote sustainable development?

1 day ago from Science Centric

A major change in education is the shift towards sustainable development. The United Nations has declared 2005-2014 as the decade for integrating sustainable development into all aspects of education and...

Sexist jokes favour the mental mechanisms that justify violence against women

1 day ago from Science Centric

Sexist jokes (and all the variants of this kind of humour) favour the mental mechanisms which urge to violence and battering against women in individuals with macho attitudes. Those are...