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Weight Does Not Affect Women's Sexual Behavior, Study Finds
Oregon and Hawaiian researchers have found that a woman's weight does not seem to affect sexual behavior. In fact, overweight women are more likely to report having sex with men...
Bell giving parents option to block cellphone porn
Bell Canada Inc. is looking to give parents the ability to block inappropriate websites on their children's cellphones, for a price.
Aussies struggling with debt
The number of workers struggling to pay off debts and cope on their household income has increased over the past year, a study has found.
Coffee really does keep you alert
Researchers have thoroughly measured the effect that coffee has on drowsiness and have found that it really does keep drinkers more alert.
Negative Cues From Appearance Alone Matter For Real Elections
Brain-imaging studies reveal that voting decisions are more associated with the brain's response to negative aspects of a politician's appearance than to positive ones, says researchers. This appears to be...
Our Cheatin' Brain: The Brain's Clever Way Of Showing Us The World As A Whole
Boundary extension is a mistake that we often make when recalling a view of a scene -- we will insist that the boundaries of an image stretched out farther than...
Gender affects perceptions of infidelity
A new study in the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy explored how men and women perceive online and offline sexual and emotional infidelity. Results show that men felt sexual...
Two Dutch researchers analyse striking behaviour of Web surfers
What behaviour do website visitors exhibit? Do they buy a specific product mainly on Mondays? Do they always return at a certain time of day? Being able to recognise and...
Endorsement effects: Are voters influenced by newspaper picks?
Newspaper endorsements for presidential candidates can influence voting decisions, according to new research by two Brown University economists. In a working paper, Brian Knight and graduate student Chun Fang Chiang...
Homosexual men have significantly lower personal incomes than heterosexual individuals
A new study in the Canadian Journal of Economics provides the first evidence on sexual orientation and economic outcomes in Canada. The study found that gay men have 12 percent...
Facing fears early may reduce childhood anxiety
Helping children face their fears may be more productive than focusing on other techniques to help them manage their anxieties, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the...
Israelis have abandoned belief of peacefully integrating into the Middle East
For decades, Israelis have sought to teach Arabs and Muslims that the existence of a Jewish state was a permanent fact of life. Israelis have thought that once Arab and...
Vermonters to get largest fixed-wireless rollout
(AP) -- In many rural areas, people who want high-speed Internet access have only one option: relatively slow and expensive satellite dishes. Now parts of rural Vermont could get...
Conscientious People Live Longer
(PhysOrg.com) -- Conscientious people live longer, according to a study by University of California, Riverside researchers that appears in the latest issue of Health Psychology (vol. 27, 2008), the journal...
Angry faces take priority in our brain
(PhysOrg.com) -- In any social situation, we need to be aware of threats to our own safety from other people. That may be why our brains are better attuned to...
Playing games shows how personalities evolved
(PhysOrg.com) -- Why do some people co-operate while others are very selfish? Research by the universities of Bristol and Exeter offers a new explanation as to why such a wide...
Red Really Is The Color Of Romance
Researchers at the University of Rochester carried out five experiments to see if what they call the "red-sex link" - the notion that red is the color of sex, love,...
Understanding the 'Wow Factor'
(PhysOrg.com) -- What links a neuroscientist with a social anthropologist and the UK`s premier independent art charity? The answer is the visual perception of art. When, why and how are...
Ghiz government playing politics with health care: Crane
The P.E.I. government's decision to maintain the status quo regarding the hospitals in West Prince will hurt health care there, says Opposition leader Olive Crane.
Food That "Fools You" Into Losing Weight
Want to lose weight? Try eating. That's one of the strategies being developed by scientists experimenting with foods that trick the body into feeling full.
Designing Computer Therapy For Astronauts
Scientists are working on giving a computer the ability to offer some of the understanding guidance - if not all the warmth - of a human therapist, before psychological problems...
Send a canned reply in Gmail
Out-of-office messages are great when you want to send the same reply to everyone, but what if you want to send certain replies to certain messages?
System Mechanic restores that new PC feeling
What do you remember about your PC when it was new? Do you remember the excitement you felt when you brought it home and opened the box? It had that...
Frames are a picture of high-tech charm
Sharing photos is pretty easy these days, with Web sites such as Flickr and Facebook becoming a depository for our images and memories.
Independent brain pathways generate positive or negative reappraisals of emotional events
Scientists now have a better understanding of how the human brain orchestrates the sophisticated pathways involved in the regulation of emotions. The research, published by Cell Press in the latest...
Financial risk-taking behaviour is associated with higher testosterone levels
Higher levels of testosterone are correlated with financial risk-taking behaviour, according to a new study in which men's testosterone levels were assessed before participation in an investment game. The findings...
Pet bird linked to disease decades later
LONDON, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- A British woman says she has been crippled by a respiratory disease linked to bird owners, despite having given her pet away in...
Boost fines for abusers of disabled-parking permits, advocates urge
A disabled-parking permit has become the ticket to free parking for thousands of people who are abusing the system, raising the ire of those who have a legitimate claim to...