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Sexual Fantasy: The More You Scratch the More You Itch
Sexual fantasy has long been touted as a way to meet sexual needs or fill the gap between mates' out of sync libidos. This assumes sexual desire is like hunger:...
Success rates for organ transplants are increasing, but organ donations are decreasing, study shows
The number of living donor organs available for transplant has progressively declined over the past five years, according to a new study. In addition, the study showed that for the...
Failed college dreams don't spell depression, study finds
High school seniors, take note: A wise person once said, 'It is better to shoot for the stars and miss than aim at the gutter and hit it.'...
Playing on our instincts
Researchers have long known that lab animals’ behavior can be manipulated by artificially stimulating their natural instincts. Over-stimulating animals can provoke such extreme responses that they end up preferring artificial...
Men Take More Risks When Pretty Women Are Around
Young men took more risks in front of attractive woman than in front of man.
Parents oppose Philly school webcam spying lawsuit
(AP) -- Some suburban Philadelphia parents are seeking to halt a potential class-action lawsuit accusing their school district of using cameras in school-issued laptops to spy on students at...
Outreach program brings relief to traumatised London bombing survivors
A new mental health outreach programme set up after the 2005 London bombings has successfully identified and treated hundreds of survivors...
How can policymakers cope with ambiguity?
How might policymakers make reasonable decisions when they have limited information? That's the question Northwestern University's Charles F. Manski explores in his new paper, 'Vaccination With Partial Knowledge of External...
Behavioural problems in childhood doubles the risk of chronic widespread pain in adult life
Bad behaviour in childhood is associated with long-term, chronic widespread pain in adult life, according to the findings of a study following nearly 20,000 people from birth in 1958 to...
Patient Money: Stressful but Vital: Choosing a Nursing Home
Finding a good one takes research and perseverance, but unfortunately, the typical search is made under duress and with little time available.
Celebrate science every week | Claire McWhirter
Until Britain values science and maths like it values literacy, we're going to be stuck with our anti-scientific societyThis week is National Science and Engineering Week – a good a time to...
The Ethical Dog
Every dog owner knows a pooch can learn the house rules--and when she breaks one, her subsequent groveling is usually ingratiating enough to ensure quick forgiveness. But few people have...
New Delhi calls for IPI talks
NEW DELHI, March 19 (UPI) -- India called on Pakistan and Iran to sit down for trilateral talks in Tehran in May to hammer out lingering issues on a...
UC Davis researchers demonstrate link between brain chemical, cognitive decline in schizophrenia
In one of the first such studies involving human patients with schizophrenia, researchers at UC Davis have provided evidence that deficits in a brain chemical may be responsible for some...
Ethnic minorities are better educated but have less job prospects
Britain's ethnic minorities (both those born abroad and those born in the UK) are, on average, better educated than their white peers but have lower probabilities of being in employment...
Teens with more screen time have lower-quality relationships
Teens who spend more time watching television or using computers appear to have poorer relationships with their parents and peers, according to a report in the March issue of Archives...
Beyond a 'Darwin was wrong' headline
The media love to give undue coverage to flimsy attacks on evolutionary science. And leave others to clean up the mess"Why everything you've been told about evolution is wrong," bellows the headline in...
Teaching self-control skills to children reduces classroom problems
Children taught skills to monitor and control their anger and other emotions improved their classroom behaviour and had significantly fewer school disciplinary referrals and suspensions, according to a study by...
Plan Approved for Public Hospitals in Miami to Tackle Deficit
After warning that it would run out of money within weeks, Miami’s public hospital group has cobbled together a stabilization plan.
Movie Review | 'Hubble 3D': The Universe Up There
“Hubble 3D” is dazzling to look at of course. But such ponderous, cliché-heavy narration.
Baird : The Wonder Of Television
Baird : The Wonder Of Television The following article was scanned by me from "The Wonder Encyclopedia For Children"Odhams, 1933. Apart from minor adjustments to layout and removal of page references it...
Electronic assistant to detect stress
Researchers are developing electronic stress assistants that are supposed to monitor stress levels in everyday life -- a step towards preventing burnout and depression more effectively. In principle stress is...
Do financial interests result in positive results in scientific research?
Virtually all (94%) of the scientific authors who provided positive results for the anti-diabetic drug rosiglitazone had financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, according to research published in the British Medical...
Albrecht Von Haller – Views And Outcomes
Now here’s an interesting chap. The Göttingen Academy of Sciences [1] was founded in 1751 with Albrecht von Haller (1708 – 1777) [2] as the main driving force in the setting...
A report card on DFID: The Lancet calls for a post-election independent review to protect its successes and fix its prob
The lead Editorial in this week's Lancet focuses on global health within the UK Government's Department for International Development (DFID) -its mixed successes and failures to date, the challenges it...
UGA professor's research shows black athletes exploited physically, neglected academically
(PhysOrg.com) -- As the wildly popular National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball tournament tips off this week, University of Georgia professor Billy Hawkins says fans should consider several numbers that tell...
Value Of Science Education Examined
The new blueprint for a revamped Elementary and Secondary Education Act -- commonly referred to as the No Child Left Behind Act -- is raising concerns among science and education...
Contraception an option in maternal health plan: PM
The Conservative government is now saying birth control is an option in its international maternal-health initiative after it appeared the Tories would exclude contraception in any of its programs.