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Secret to workplace happiness? Remember what you love about the job, study urges
Urging employees to simply rethink their jobs was enough to drop absenteeism by 60 per cent and turnover by 75 per cent, a new University of Alberta study shows. read more
Bad science: How BBC misread the evidence on Down's syndrome
As usual, it's not Watergate, it's just slightly irritating. "Down's births increase in a caring Britain," said the Times.
Explanation For 'Face Blindness' Offered
For the first time, scientists have been able to map the disruption in neural circuitry of people suffering from congenital prosopagnosia, sometimes known as face blindness, and have been able...
Expressing Emotions In E-mail So As Not To Be Misinterpreted
How do people use emoticons, subject lines, and signatures to define how they want to be interpreted in email? The authors find that "a shift to email interaction requires a...
Baffling chronic pain linked to rewiring of brain
Scientists peered at the brains of people with a baffling chronic pain condition and discovered something surprising. Their brains looked like an inept cable guy had changed the hookups, rewiring...
Prejudice Affects Perception Of Ethnic Minority Faces
Prejudice can be a powerful influence, biasing the way we think about and act towards ethnic minorities. Now, a new study revels that the way people view ethnic minority faces...
Get going on dusty mental health report, moms say
Two mothers who took their frustrations with mental health care to Newfoundland and Labrador's legislature Tuesday say they were surprised to learn government has not done anything with a five-year-old...
Interview: Integrative biology
Mina Bissell talks to Kathleen Too about the concept and future of integrative biology
Girls prefer the arts, boys prefer science
Our new schools minister, Sarah McCarthy Fry, thinks that girls might be more interested in science if there were no boys in class and lessons were
Talk to the Hologram Dec. 1 at ASC
Holograms haven't changed much in the 30 years from Princess Leia to election night. Both were illusions. This time it's for real. And it talks back.
Jonathan Jones: My love-hate relationship with the Science Museum
In Joseph Wright of Derby's paintings, 18th-century Britons gather to witness scientific wonders.
Last night's TV
Sporting magnificent quiffs that speak of hours in front of the mirror, three handsome lads swagger around, eyeing up the young women. Harassed dads try to keep their daughters in...
Temporary workers at N.C. mental hospital testify they were intimidated into keeping quiet about patient beating
Two temporary workers testified Tuesday that Cherry Hospital employees tried to cover up an August beating by intimidating them to keep quiet and ignoring the battered patient's complaints.
Jackie Leach Scully: In so many discussions of ethics and belief today, fantasy takes the place of empiricism
Jackie Leach Scully: As the debate over 'choosing' deaf children shows, in so many discussions of ethics and belief today, fantasy takes the place of empiricism
In sickness and health: Caring for ailing spouse may prolong your life
Older people who spent at least 14 hours a week taking care of a disabled spouse lived longer than others. That is the unexpected finding of a University of Michigan...
Think tank calls for 'home MOTs'
A Government advisory body says major changes must be made to technology and policy to meet the UK's emissions goals.
What to get a geek
Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: It's hard to know what to buy for a science geek — so hard that we're offering geeky prizes for the best holiday gift idea.
Amoebas turn to family during tough times
When times are tough, many of us turn to family and develop closer ties. So, too, with amoebas.
Scientists find more evidence the aging brain is easily distracted
Canadian researchers have found more evidence that older adults aren't able to filter out distracting information as well as younger adults.
How knowledge is power: researchers link education, personal control
Well-educated people feel a greater sense of personal control in their lives and new University of Toronto research pinpoints some of the reasons why.
Newsletter helps parents, one month at a time
David Riley's work has reached thousands of children and parents across Wisconsin and the country, but for him, a chance conversation at a pizza parlour was a powerful reminder of...
New Tool Trains Athlete Brains To React 53 Percent Faster
Researchers have discovered how to train the brain of athletes to improve their overall athletic performance.
L.A. Weight Loss closing Atlantic Canadian franchises
A chain of weight loss franchises in Atlantic Canada is closing its doors, with one owner citing the worsening economic crisis.
IV drug users unfairly excluded from needle program, CB group says
A group set up to fight drug abuse in Cape Breton believes intravenous drug users are being unfairly excluded from a provincial program to safely collect used needles.
Psychologist studies ways to improve soldiers' work-life relationship
The U.S. military provides its members with policies to help balance their work and family commitments. But a researcher at Kansas State University has found that simply providing programs might...
In pictures: Tribal Portraits: Vintage & Contemporary Photographs from the African Continent
Tribal Portraits: Vintage & Contemporary Photographs from the African Continent is at Bernard J Shapero Rare Books until 23 December
'Embryo adoption' service seeks to give infertile couples a chance to have a family
The day the frozen embryo arrived via FedEx was the day Maria Lancaster began experiencing firsthand what she had always believed: that human life begins at conception.
Face-to-face interaction crucial in a digital world
Scott Garvis and Robert Kelly are in the business of effective communication. They work well together, but disagree over the use of a BlackBerry.