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New climate emails leaked ahead of talks

11 years ago from CBSNews - Science

Large data breach reported, apparently part of trove of emails stolen two years ago

Training 'boosts sense of smell'

11 years ago from BBC News: Science & Nature

The sense of smell can be improved through training, potentially even regaining lost sensitivity, research suggests.

No One Ever Got Divorced Because The Sex Was Good

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Sex helps in multiple ways, it seems.  New research presented at The Gerontological Society of America's meeting, based on 2004 General Social Surveys, found that the more often older married...

Nobel prize winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman: 'A great deal of prejudice is built-in' – video

11 years ago from The Guardian - Science

Comment is free interviews: Nobel laureate and father of behavioural economics, Daniel Kahneman, on the cognitive biases that effect our decision-makingDavid ShariatmadariRichard Sprenger

Study Finds Foster Children Often Given Antipsychosis Drugs

11 years ago from NY Times Health

Powerful drugs intended for people with severe mental illness are prescribed for children in foster care at a disturbingly high rate.

Can Neuroscience Reveal How I Found My Keys?

11 years ago from

There’s an advantage to misplacing something, provided that one could find it, because in order to locate the object, one has to play with the mechanisms of memory. The common...

Four seniors named Rhodes Scholars

11 years ago from Harvard Science

Four Harvard undergraduates are among the 32 American men and women chosen as Rhodes Scholars on Saturday. They will begin their studies at the University of Oxford in October 2012. All from...

Opinion: Is Your Dog Smarter Than a 2-Year-Old?

11 years ago from NY Times Health

It is at once overstating and understating dogs’ abilities to claim that they are equal in some unifying, cross-species “intelligence” to 2-year-old children.

Career Couch: To Avoid Distractions at Work, Hit the Reset Button

11 years ago from NY Times Health

Take a walk. Go to the gym. Or just breathe deeply. Experts say these and other strategies can help you maintain, or regain, your concentration at work.

Land Conservation Is Encouraged By Childhood Experiences In The Outdoors

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Conservationists are increasingly interested in finding out why people engage in environmental activities, and a growing body of literature suggests that pro-nature ideals among adults are fostered by activities that...

Mystery bird: Grey nightjar, Caprimulgus jotaka | @GrrlScientist

11 years ago from The Guardian - Science

This species' taxonomic family and genus are named in honour of an ancient and erroneous belief about them! Grey nightjar, Caprimulgus jotaka (synonym, Caprimulgus indicus), Temminck & Schlegel, 1845, also known as the...

Lovely Owl [video] | @GrrlScientist

11 years ago from The Guardian - Science

Harry Potter fans will love this week's Caturday video smile because it focuses on owls! In the northern Italian municipality of Biassono, a celebration of birds of prey was held a few...

Shortcuts: Why Doing the Ethical Thing Isn’t Automatic

11 years ago from NY Times Health

Research shows that, in spite of what they would like to think about themselves, most people do not act ethically when put on the spot.

Nowinski hopes former players lend hand

11 years ago from AP Health

CHICAGO (AP) -- Already at the forefront research on the effects of repeated blows to the head, Chris Nowinski is trying to raise awareness at a...

Global Athlete: Fitness Junkies Get With the Program

11 years ago from NY Times Health

For athletes, an array of cellphone and tablet apps can help keep the endorphins flowing.

The science of money — how you can help

11 years ago from MSNBC: Science

The SciFund Challenge, which is being run by the online crowd-funding platform, RocketHub, opened Nov. 1 and runs through Dec. 15; those interested in donating can choose between 49 projects.

Acknowledging mistakes is key to advancement – and not just in science | Alok Jha

11 years ago from The Guardian - Science

If scientific evidence points in a new direction, beliefs change. Error is just part of life. But outside science, such changes in direction seem to be anathemaThe truth is a moving target....

Guide us to the top Science Geek Gifts

11 years ago from MSNBC: Science

Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Send in your suggestions for the 10th annual Science Geek Gift contest ... you might just win a geeky prize.

‘House, Home’ and the spaces between

11 years ago from Harvard Science

As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, a new art show at the Student Organization Center at Hilles (SOCH) Penthouse Gallery not only explores concepts of house and home, but homelessness as well. Student curator...

Neutrino Finding Is Confirmed in Second Experiment, Opera Scientists Say

11 years ago from NY Times Science

Physicists in a group known as Opera say a second experiment has confirmed their first results and eliminated a leading criticism of their first experiment, which elicited wide disbelief.

Did watching television put Americans in debt?

11 years ago from Physorg

A new study conducted by researchers at Hunter College reveals that the role of advertising in household consumption and debt may be greater than suggested by existing research. Drs. Matthew...

Deep brain stimulation good for severe depression

11 years ago from Science Blog

Results from the first multi-center pilot study of deep brain stimulation (DBS) for major depressive disorder were published online today by the Journal of Neurosurgery. The study, conducted at three...

Most Teens Grow Out of Self-Harm Behavior

11 years ago from Live Science

About 1 in 12 young people self-harm as teens, but 90 percent stop self-harming as they enter adulthood.

The protest vote prevails when a landslide victory is expected

11 years ago from Physorg

Researchers at the Juan March foundation and the Duke University (USA) have analysed the reason for casting a protest vote as a way of expressing unhappiness with a party during...

Moncton High program battles sleepy students

11 years ago from CBC: Health

Moncton High School students are being asked to find new activities to participate in after a survey showed many of the teenagers are getting very little sleep.

ADHD kids need individualized treatment

11 years ago from Physorg

New research from The Australian National University is providing strong support for individualised assessment and treatment for children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

Affairs of the heart, part two: the triumph of drugs – video

11 years ago from The Guardian - Science

Kevin Fong talks to his former tutor, Prof Raymond MacAllister of University College Hospital, about drug treatments that reduce the number of heart attacks. They discuss the uncertainties that still...

A challenge to the Guardian: it's time to drop the word 'homosexual' | Mind your language

11 years ago from The Guardian - Science

Words can hurt. The way we report on gay people has to move on from the distanced medical language of the bad old daysSometimes, fairness trumps concision. That's the message I'd give...