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Working Nights, Sleeping Poorly
People who work nights can develop shift work sleep disorder, putting them at risk of headaches, mood changes, accidents and weight gain.
Anxious Monkeys Shed Light on Human Temperament
Researchers have discovered particular brain regions are associated with developing childhood anxiety.
Stress Gets Under Our Skin
UCLA researchers have discovered that how you respond to social stress may negatively affect health
No Iran role in Nabucco 'at this stage'
VIENNA, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Current geopolitical issues regarding Iran prevent the Nabucco consortium from considering a link to arteries on the Turkish-Iranian border, a spokesman said. ...
Spontaneous Brain Rhythm - Why Some People Can Sleep Through Anything
Some people can sleep through a Who concert while others wake up if a mouse in the yard moves. A new report in Current Biology says the difference is...
World ready to help with Chinese landslide
BEIJING, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- The international community is on standby to help China respond to landslides that have killed more than 700 people, world leaders said Tuesday. ...
Video: Puberty Hitting 7-Year-Old Girls
A new study shows that American girls are hitting puberty as young as 7-years-old. As Dr. Jennifer Ashton reports, the trend may be related to obesity and environmental toxins.
Competing for a mate can shorten lifespan
'Love stinks!' the J. Geils band told the world in 1980, and while you can certainly argue whether or not this tender and ineffable spirit of affection has a downside,...
Brain responds same to acute and chronic sleep loss
Burning the candle at both ends for a week may take an even bigger toll than you thought...
People think immoral behaviour is funny - but only if it also seems benign
What makes something funny? Philosophers have been tossing that question around since Plato. Now two psychological scientists think they've come up with the formula: humour comes from a violation or...
Really?: The Claim: Smoking Relieves Stress
Studies have found that lighting up causes long-term stress levels to rise, not fall.
LiquidPublication - Publishing Without The Peer Review Hassle
Fabio Casati and his collaborators at LiquidPublication, an EU-financed research project, want to change how you do science. Namely by allowing you to do more of it, instead of sifting...
Sorting when early memory loss signals big threat
(AP) -- Doctors can't tell if Leif Utoft Bollesen's mild memory loss will remain an annoyance or worsen, but experimental checks of the Minnesota man's aging brain may offer...
Research examines the price of prison for children
MADISON -- It comes as no surprise that many children suffer when a parent is behind bars. But as rates of incarceration grew over the past 30 years, researchers...
Sexism in the Workplace Hurts, New Study Finds
Insulting gender comments distress women as much as sexual harassment at work.
Do Noises Wake You Up at Night?
Why can some people sleep through noises like a honking car or flushing toilet, while others are awakened by the lightest sound? A new sleep study offers some answers.
Science Confirms the Obvious: Ten Studies That Make You Say "Duh"
Grandpa Prefers Happier Memories CojoIt might seem silly to investigate whether people are happier on the weekend, but behind such truisms are revelations about our brains, our behavior and...
Brain Has Backup Circuit for Fear
When the brain's fear center, the amygdala, isn't working, another region compensates and allows the brain to form new fear memories
Schools, communities share responsibility for child nutrition
The American Dietetic Association has published an updated position paper on local support for nutrition integrity in schools that calls on schools and communities to work together to provide healthful...
Corporal punishment of children remains common worldwide, UNC studies find
CHAPEL HILL -- Spanking has declined in the U.S. since 1975 but nearly 80 percent of preschool children are still disciplined in this fashion. In addition, corporal punishment of...
Microfinancing to solve academic poverty?
Could thousands of small donations from the public for specific projects be the way to fund research in these cash-strapped times?
A Labor Union's Analysis of China
A few years ago, it might have seemed odd for an American industrial union to negotiate with companies owned by the People's Republic of China on rights for workers.
Sydney study finds false memories are common
Memories can't be trusted and become contaminated when people discuss their memories of an event with others, according to a University of Sydney study.
Eaten Alive: 5-year battle with flesh-eating germ
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE 2010-08-09T13:36:11Z BALTIMORE (AP) -- Waking from a fog of anesthesia, Sandy Wilson found she was a...
Benrik Pitch: Scandal suffix switchover
For more than 30 years, headline writers have relied on -gate to flag up controversial stories. This summer, a replacement emerged
By 2010-08-09T02:45:45Z JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Lawyer says Indo...
By 2010-08-09T02:45:45Z JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Lawyer says Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir has been arrested for terrorist activities....
'Path of mental illness' follows path of war, 20 years after conflict ends
Researchers assessed the geographical distribution of the long-term burden of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a region of Liberia and report that the prevalence of PTSD remains high nearly two...
Gain and loss in optimistic versus pessimistic brains
Our belief as to whether we will likely succeed or fail at a given task -- and the consequences of winning or losing -- directly affects the levels of neural...