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Pregnancy doesn't make mum dopey
Despite mums' fears that pregnancy may make them forgetful, new research has found that motherhood does not turn brains into mush.
Ontario failing adults with autism spectrum disorders: report
An advocacy group for people with autism says the province has a "piecemeal approach" that leaves some of society's most vulnerable without the help they need.
Does It Matter If Black Plus White Equals Black Or Multiracial?
"Is Barack Obama Black or Biracial?" a recent CNN.com headline asks. Should such racial characterizations of people like Obama -- who have one black parent and one white parent --...
Gut Reaction To Arsenic Exposure Simulated
A simulated gastrointestinal system is helping scientists test contaminated soil for its potential to harm humans. The method is likely to save time and money for people hoping to repurpose...
Thinner Cortex In Cocaine Addicts May Reflect Drug Use And A Pre-existing Disposition To Drug Abuse
New research findings suggest that structural abnormalities in the brains of cocaine addicts are related in part to drug use and in part to a predisposition toward addiction. The research...
Connections Between Vision And Movement, As They Relate To Perceived Threats, Autism
In research designed to assist US Department of Homeland Security and provide insight into how autistic individuals perceive others, scientists are examining how our visual system helps interpret the intent...
Just A Numbers Game? Making Sense Of Health Statistics
Health statistics fill today's information environment, but even most doctors, who must make daily decisions and recommendations based on numerical data, lack the basic statistical literacy they require to make...
Five Basic Things To Know About Stem Cell Research
In just a few weeks, Michigan voters will have an important decision to make when casting their ballots. Not just who they want to be president, or to represent them...
EU tells music lovers to turn down MP3 players
(AP) -- The European Union told music lovers Monday to turn down the volume of MP3 players, saying they risk permanent hearing loss from listening too long at maximum...
Chemist Svilen Bobev Receives ACA Early Career Award
Svilen Bobev, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Delaware, has been selected to receive the 2009 Margaret C. Etter Early Career Award from the American Crystallographic...
Plunge in markets brings another kind of depression
Porter Ranch murder-suicide is an extreme example of the stresses gripping the American psyche, experts say. Mental health professionals say referrals have soared. ...
Kenya's elephants send text messages to rangers
(AP) -- The text message from the elephant flashed across Richard Lesowapir's screen: Kimani was heading for neighboring farms.
Financial Fears Outweigh Terrorist Threat
Most Americans believe the current financial crisis poses a greater threat than terrorism.
Understanding The Cycle Of Violence
Researchers have long known that children who grow up in an aggressive or violent household are more likely to become violent or aggressive in future relationships but the developmental link...
Religiosity Curbs Teen Marijuana Use By Half, National Study Finds
While many congregations of different faiths preach against drug abuse, it has been unclear whether a youth's religious involvement has any effect on his risk of drug abuse. Now a...
Bad air for growing brains and minds
Mexico City’s air pollution may be undermining neural and mental functioning in some children
Science's Call to Arms
In case anyone was wondering, I am far from alone in my call for a new science policy in the coming administration. It is the topic of the editorial in...
Numbers don’t add up for U.S. girls
Culture may turn potentially high achievers away from math
Want a mammogram? Get in line
Doctors usually recommend that women older than 40 get yearly mammograms. But if you're planning on calling Northwestern Memorial Hospital's state-of-the-art breast imaging center, grab next year's calendar: The next...
Transparency in politics can lead to greater corruption
Why are some countries more prone to political corruption? Viviana Stechina from Uppsala University, Sweden, has investigated why corruption among the political elite was more extensive in Argentina than in...
Facebook rekindling long-lost friendships
It was the first message Marlee Wallingford ever received on Facebook. And it was a simple one: "Did you go to Salisbury Central School in 1968?"
Creation Museum Claims Big Crowds
Year and a half after opening, Creation Museum claims to draw crowds.
Instant insight: Asbestos comes naturally
Martin Harper, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, US, points out a hazard in the natural environment
Girls Are Happier Than Boys At Primary School, Study Shows
Just over one quarter (26 per cent) of primary seven boys are completely happy coming to school, compared with 44 per cent of girls, according to a new survey.
Gene Hunt In Dyslexia
Letters are warped, syllables left out. Scientists seek to spot responsible genes and try to develop a genetic screening test to support affected children at an earlier age.
Stress and Suicide in Hard Times: How People Really React
Suicide does not go up in hard times. But people stress out and eat badly.
Word Sense: A new experiment from the Cognition & Language Lab
A new Cognition & Language Lab experiment testing your linguistic intuitions. read more
National Briefing | Midwest: Ohio: Obesity Fails to Stay an Execution
A federal appeals court and the Ohio Supreme Court have rejected arguments that a death row inmate is too obese to die by lethal injection.