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Eyewitness memory susceptible to misinformation after testing
Recently in Palm Beach County, Fla., law enforcement started working to develop a consistent set of rules for eyewitnesses, hoping it will help prevent false convictions. And a new study...
Confession App Helps Regretful Catholics Repent
iPhone, iPad App Not Intended to Replace Catholic Church's Sacred Ritual, Just Serve as e-Cheat Sheet
Neural mechanisms linked with vulnerability to anxiety
New research examines the anxious brain during a fear conditioning task and provides insight into why some individuals may be more or less prone to anxiety disorders. The study, published...
Smart phone app to help addicted offenders to be tested
Smart phones make phone calls, play music, take pictures and keep track of your appointments. Now, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are investigating ways in which smart phone applications...
VIDEO: Sexual Nature: The science of sex
An exhibition at the Natural History Museum is peering behind the curtains to examine sex in the natural world and the science behind it.
University seeks to emerge from shooting's shadow
One year after an assistant professor murdered three colleagues at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, researchers are striving for a new 'normal'.
Well: Phys Ed: Does Loneliness Reduce the Benefits of Exercise?
Some studies suggest that people who are social get more out of exercise than the lonely do.
What your TV habits may say about your fear of crime
When it comes to prime-time crime shows, do you like dramas like "CSI" or real-life tales like "The First 48" better? Your answer to that question says a lot about...
Brief diversions vastly improve focus, researchers find
A new study overturns a decades-old theory about the nature of attention and demonstrates that even brief diversions from a task can dramatically improve one's ability to focus on that...
Thoughts of hopes, opportunities keep people from clinging to failing investments
It's a common problem in the business world -- throwing good money after bad. People cling to bad investments, hoping that more time, effort, and money will rescue their turkey...
E.U. Commissioner Seeks 'Clean Break' From Past Research Funding Strategy
LONDON—"Get focused and get united to get ahead." Pinching words from U.S. President Barack...
Turning off stress
New research has revealed the actions of a family of proteins that "turn off" the stress response. The findings could be relevant to PTSD, anorexia, anxiety disorders and depression.
Brain 'network maps' reveal clue to mental decline in old age
The human brain operates as a highly interconnected small-world network, not as a collection of discrete regions as previously believed, with important implications for why many of us experience cognitive...
Leadership success linked to social status
(PhysOrg.com) -- People tend to follow leaders they perceive as high-status individuals and typically reject the take-charge efforts of people considered lower-status or misfits, according to a research team that...
Nonviolence key to successful revolution: ND Expert
The social change fervor sweeping through Egypt and the Middle East is one of the most dramatic expressions of "people power" in history, says David Cortright, director of policy studies...
Young dog owners more physically active
Theyre furry, fun loving and could be the key to getting your sedentary teen off the couch, finds a new study on dog ownership and adolescent physical activity.
The sound of science
For some reason it has taken me about 3000 years to get around to writing this post. Seeing Jon last week at CERN has finally collapsed me into the right state to...
Physical health varies among American blacks depending on ethnicity
A Caribbean-born black person living in the United States will most likely be healthier than a U.S.- born Caribbean black person, according to a new national study on ethnic differences...
Conservatives must deal with telecom's festering foreign ownership problem
Stephen Harper and Tony Clement must deal with foreign ownership restrictions, a long-ignored problem that has festered during their entire tenure as government, writes Peter Nowak.
Wheelchair taxi seeks government aid
A Summerside taxi owner is looking for government money to support his 24-hour wheelchair van service, but another operator says that shouldn't be necessary.
CeBIT 2011: Electronic Fitness Trainer
Only people who get a lot of exercise and eat a healthy diet stay fit even in old age. This is easier said than done. Researchers have developed a Fitness...
How vegetables can give you that golden glow
Scientists prove that your five a day make you more attractive – by subtly altering your skin colourMost of us know that eating five portions of fruit and vegetables a day will...
Woman beats off jewellery shop robbers with handbag
A group of men attacking a jewellery shop with sledgehammers are tackled by a passerby armed only with a handbagThe robbery was - initially - no less successful for being brutally basic:...
Raoul Moat's ex-girlfriend tells trial of deadly attack
Samantha Stobbart gives evidence at Newcastle crown court about how her boyfriend was killed and she was woundedThe former girlfriend of Raoul Moat has told a court about the moment when the...
Press freedom: Retreat from Moscow | Editorial
Is it as bad as the old days? No. But it is bad enough. The expulsion of Luke Harding is a bad omen indeedThree days ago the Guardian's Moscow correspondent returned to...
In praise of … awareness | Editorial
Some awareness of apprenticeships, marriage and nest boxes is surely better than noneThis is National Apprenticeship Week and also National Marriage Week. Last week was National Salt Awareness Week, National Storytelling Week and...
Letters: Deconstruction of the NHS bill
As we have discovered in Wyre Forest at local elections since 1999, and in the 2001 general election, the ordinary person's ultimate weapon against contested government intentions is the ballot box.Objections to the...
Letter: Architects can inspire – look at Mossbourne
I am confused by recent statements from Michael Gove. Last week he told a free schools conference that "we won't be getting Richard Rogers to design your school; we won't be getting...