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Video: Claims of Apple "sweatshop" were false
A debate has erupted after "This American Life" retracted a story by off-Broadway performer Mike Daisey, who claimed Apple Computer products are being manufactured in sweatshop-life conditions in China. Seth...
Dignity for All Students: Expert Offers Tips for Preventing Bullying
University of Rochester bullying expert Katy Allen offers her views on New York State's "Dignity for All Students Act," which takes effect this summer, and how schools and parents can...
Exercise can lead to female orgasm, sexual pleasure
Findings from a first-of-its-kind study confirm anecdotal evidence that exercise -- absent sex or fantasies -- can lead to female orgasm. "These data are interesting because they suggest that orgasm...
Republicans Attack Health Law as Supreme Court Hearing Nears
Arguments over the health care law are set to begin next week, and the law’s supporters and adversaries have begun publicity pushes to highlight their stances.
Meth use in pregnancy linked to kids' behaviour problems
A U.S. study that is the first to look at methamphetamine's potential lasting effects on children whose mothers used it in pregnancy finds these kids at higher risk for behaviour...
USC professor at the intersection of children and justice
Thomas Lyon, who holds a rare dual professorship in law and psychology at USC, is a leader in the field of interviewing children for abuse and criminal cases. The interview...
Op-Ed Columnist: Hurray for Health Reform
Despite some imperfections, the Affordable Care Act would do a lot of good and must be defended.
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain – review
Susan Cain is worried that society is too keen to promote outgoing personalities. Our reviewers – one introvert, one extrovert – take issue with her new bookThe introvert: Sara MaitlandThis is a...
Love and other animals
Separation has its benefits – as the rhinoceros hornbill knowsHumans aren't the only animals with intimacy issues. After finding a mate, the female rhinoceros hornbill locates a comfortable hole in a tree and walls...
Why, After Sudan, Science Is Not Likely To Be Clooney's Next Cause
A couple of years ago, one of my former chemistry students, now a London-based model, had herself body-painted with fruits and vegetables to promote vegetarianism. She was following the footsteps...
Try This! An off-the-wall workout
Most of us traverse the environment by walking. Not Michael "Frosti" Zernow — he prefers to vault, flip and catapult his way from A to B.
How to piss off a bullfrog [video] | @GrrlScientist
Just in time for Saint Patrick's Day, a touch of green comes to the Caturday morning video smile Just in time for Saint Patrick's Day, a touch of green comes to the...
World Briefing | Asia: Hong Kong: Woman Jailed for Role in Helping Pregnant Mainlanders
The high-profile prosecution was part of an effort by the Hong Kong government to stanch a surge in mainland Chinese women traveling there to give birth.
Smartphones, laptops easy to trace but hard to recover
The stolen laptop sent its owner a hopeful message just hours after it had been spirited out of his south Minneapolis home. The message included the exact spot where the...
Poll shows status of science in Israel
JERUSALEM, March 16 (UPI) -- Three-quarters of adults in Israel think the state invests too little money in academic research and development, a poll indicates.
Brain imaging study finds evidence of basis for caregiving impulse
Distinct patterns of activity -- which may indicate a predisposition to care for infants -- appear in the brains of adults who view an image of an infant face --...
Letters: Afghanistan and dehumanisation
In the wake of another massacre of civilians by a soldier in Afghanistan, it is salutary to read Giles Fraser's account of how the shooting of our enemies has become increasingly accurate...
Albert Einstein College of Medicine Celebrates Another Successful Match Day
Members of Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University's graduating class celebrated another strong year for residency placements in competitive specialties and prestigious programs at this year's Match Day....
Examining Why Women Students Abandon Math and Science Majors
Roxanne Hughes is winning high praise -- and international recognition -- for her recently completed doctoral dissertation, which identified a variety of factors that influence female undergraduates as they make...
Surprising Job Interview Questions That Are Against the Law
They may seem innocent, but actually they aren't allowed.
You want to live to 1,000? Start making friends
Loneliness is the worst enemy for the health of old peopleThis week, to a large and gripped audience, Professor Sarah Harper from the Oxford Institute of Ageing had just explained what societies...
Checking off symptoms online affects our perceptions of risk
You've been feeling under the weather. You Google your symptoms. A half-hour later, you're convinced it's nothing serious -- or afraid you have cancer. More than 60 percent of Americans...
Hormonal Factors Key to Understanding Acne in Women
While teenagers are the age group most commonly thought to struggle with acne, dermatologists are finding that late-onset or adult-onset acne is becoming increasingly common in women in their 20s,...
This police horse is no more. It has ceased to be. It's expired and gone to meet its maker | Mind your language
Euphemisms used in an attempt to soften the facts of death, far from comforting the bereaved, can diminish the memory of the deadThe language people use to talk about death is shrouded...
That's, like, super cooool
A study published in December in the Journal of Voice found that female college students have popularized a linguistic fad called vocal fry, which has been described as a guttural...
Laser surgery problems spark woman's protest at clinic
A Winnipeg woman whose face was burned and swollen after she had cosmetic laser surgery done four months ago has staged a protest outside her dermatologist's office.
Provost explores challenges still faced by women in science
While much has improved for women scientists and engineers in the last 30 years, SF State University Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Sue Rosser says many of the...
Soylent Pink: It's What's In Your Child's Lunch
In our modern culture, we have both the politicization of science and the scientization of politics. They sound similar but the goals are different - the first obviously seeks to...