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Asthma, Outdoor Air Quality And The Olympic Games
Coinciding with the opening of the Beijing Olympic Games, a review article reminds us that the heat and humidity in the Beijing region will present a formidable challenge to all...
Spiders who eat together, stay together: UBC research
The ability to work together and capture larger prey has allowed social spiders to stretch the laws of nature and reach enormous colony sizes, UBC zoologists have found.
A New Look At How Memory And Spatial Cognition Are Related
In a study that sheds new light on how memory and spatial cognition are related to each other in the brain, researchers studied memory-impaired patients as they navigated their environment.
Why The Slow-Paced World Could Make It Difficult To Catch A Ball
Researchers have uncovered new information about how we perceive fast moving, incoming objects -- such as tennis or cricket balls. The new research studies why the human brain has difficulty...
Less REM Sleep Associated With Being Overweight Among Children And Teens
Children and teens who get less sleep, especially those who spend less time in rapid eye movement sleep, may be more likely to be overweight, according to a report in...
Congresswoman Slams Religious Right's Assault on Science's "Edgier" Side [News]
Six-term Democratic Congresswoman Diana DeGette owns a dubious distinction: She is one of the two co-authors of the bill that garnered President George W. Bush's first-ever veto. [More]
Whom do we fear or trust?
A pair of Princeton psychology researchers has developed a computer program that allows scientists to analyze better than ever before what it is about certain human faces that makes them...
Review and Book Talk Link - EVIL GENES: Why Rome Fell, Hitler Rose, Enron Failed, and My Sister Stole My Mother's Boyfriend
With a title and subtitle like Evil Genes: Why Rome Fell, Hitler Rose, Enron Failed, and My Sister Stole My Mother's Boyfriend, Barbara Oakley's book was sure to get attention...
African-American Girls Who Use Marijuana Engage In Riskier Sex, Have Higher STD Rate
Researchers found that black girls who used marijuana had significantly higher rates of incident STDs than non-marijuana users (32 percent compared to 23 percent). Marijuana users also had more sex...
Back To The Future: Psychologists Examine Children's Mental Time Traveling Abilities
Planning and anticipating occur so frequently in our everyday lives that it is hard to imagine a time when we didn’t have this capability. But just as many other capacities...
U.S. money contains highest traces of cocaine
Paper money contains high traces of cocaine, regardless of whether or not the paper money came into direct contact with the drug. And U.S. bills take the top spot, covered...
Aussies don't understand investment
Although men have higher basic financial literacy than women, both sexes are lacking an advanced knowledge of investment matters, a new study has found.
Remedial Instruction Rewires Dyslexic Brains, Provides Lasting Results, Study Shows
A new brain imaging study of dyslexic students and other poor readers shows that the brain can rewire itself and overcome reading deficits, if students are given 100 hours of...
Well: Learning to Be Your Own Best Defense in a Disaster
There are several simple steps we can all take to improve our odds in an emergency.
Pressure Grows for F.B.I.’s Anthrax Evidence
Skepticism from members of Congress and from those who knew Bruce E. Ivins has placed the F.B.I. under scrutiny.
Vital Signs: Patterns: In Older Neighborhoods, Less Weight Gain
A new study reports that people who live in older neighborhoods appear less likely to be overweight.
Mind: You’re Checked Out, but Your Brain Is Tuned In
Research suggests that falling into a numbed trance allows the brain to recast the outside world in ways that can be productive and creative.
Basics: The Nose, an Emotional Time Machine
Olfaction is an ancient sense and in many ways our sense of smell stands alone.
Pet cloning service bears five baby Boogers
California woman pays £25,000 for South Korean scientists to create five identical copies of beloved pit bull terrier
Memory, depression, insomnia -- and worms?
Researchers have spent decades probing the causes of depression, schizophrenia and insomnia in humans. But a new study may have uncovered key insights into the origins of these and other...
Bird rehab gives young pelicans a second chance
Inexperienced fledglings look in the wrong places -- like fishermen -- for food and end up starving until rescue shelters come along. ...
Internet in New Zealand explored
A study has thrown light on New Zealand's Internet habits and attitudes, showing for instance that 22 per cent of New Zealanders don't use the Internet at all.
Chronic Exposure To Estrogen Impairs Some Cognitive Functions
Chronic exposure to estradiol, the main estrogen in the body, diminishes some cognitive functions. Rats exposed to a steady dose of estradiol were impaired on tasks involving working memory and...
Checking In: Will Americans Accept Greener Hotel Rooms?
Compared to hotels abroad, the American hospitality industry does not yet have much of a culture of saving resources -- but some say changes are coming.
Britain has become a nation of positively effusive kissers
When did we all start smooching our friends, colleagues and acquaintances?
Study: Schizophrenia is price of evolution
LEIPZIG, Germany, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- British, German and Chinese researchers say they've determined schizophrenia is an unfortunate consequence of the rapid evolution of the human brain.
VIDEO: Emirates A-380
A bit of the flavor of Business Class and First Class aboard Dubai-based Emirates Airlines first A-380 into JFK airport in New York.
Positive parenting associated with less aggression in early-maturing teen girls
Adolescent girls who go through puberty early and have parents who do not nurture them, communicate with them or have knowledge of their activities appear more likely to display aggressive...