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Carnegie Mellon research provides insight into brain's decision-making process
Replaying recent events in the area of the brain called the hippocampus may have less to do with creating long-term memories, as scientists have suspected, than with an active decision-making...
Mathematical model can help communities better evaluate sex offender policies
A new mathematical model developed by geographers could help communities that are in the midst of passing or reforming sex offender laws.
Climate change adverts draw mild rebuke from advertising watchdog
Leaked adjudication largely clears government over campaign that some thought 'scary, inaccurate and too political'Read the full text of the ASA adjudicationThe advertising watchdog has mildly rebuked the government over the phrasing of...
An invitation to crime: How a friendly click can compromise a company
"Hey Alice, look at the pics I took of us last weekend at the picnic. Bob". That Facebook message, sent last fall between co-workers at a large U.S. financial firm,...
'Vaccines court' rejects mercury-autism link in 3 test cases
The finding supports a broad scientific consensus that the mercury-containing preservative thimerosal does not cause autism, and will likely disappoint parents who are convinced otherwise. The federal "vaccines court" ruled Friday in three...
I don't want kids, I just want to have fun | Ask Carole, Evolutionary Agony Aunt
Carole Jahme shines the cold light of evolutionary psychology on readers' problems. This week: promiscuity and nostalgiaCasanova complexFrom a male, aged 42Dear Carole, I wonder what, evolutionarily speaking, is going on with men...
'Tommy John' elbow reconstruction 95 percent successful with grown teen pitchers, study says
A new study presented today at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's (AOSSM) Specialty Day in New Orleans, (March 13), found that 95 percent of skeletally mature high school...
Video: Daylight Saving's Downside
Losing an hour of sleep during spring Daylight Saving can have negative consequences. Ben Tracy reports that Wall Street has taken a blow more than once.
What I'm really thinking: The lifeguard
'People regress to childhood in a pool – they come up and tell me that a person in their lane is splashing'When you're walking round a pool for eight hours a day,...
Prompt feedback spurs better performance
Students who expect immediate feedback on their work are more likely to get a higher grade, even if they think they'll do poorly, new research suggests.
Video: iPhone App Tracks Student's Grades for Parents
Parents in Tracy, C.A. can breath easier knowing that they can track their child's performance in school with a new iPhone application. With the touch of your fingertip you...
Cyber Crime Complaints Soar
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Scientists Case on Background Check Reaches High Court
A long-running legal battle between the United States government and a group of 29... [Read more]
Parole for N.L. doctor who traded drugs for sex
A St. John's doctor jailed for trading drugs for sex has been granted day parole after spending more than two years in prison.
Dogs understand growls, even if we don't
Dogs emit two primary growls: one for play and one for all other times when dogs are angry, a study confirms. Dog - Pets - Recreation...
Harnessing Our Sensory Superpowers
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research in perceptual psychology and brain science is revealing that our senses pick up information about the world that we thought was only available to other species,...
Coping With the Stigma of Tourette's
Experts from the Yale Child Study Center discuss the social stigmas of living with Tourette's syndrome.
UK survey reveals identity theft fears
Researchers from the Information Security Group (ISG) at Royal Holloway, University of London worked together with UK online to conduct a survey of privacy attitudes and behaviours. Focusing on our...
Patient Money: Finding the Right Care for the Elderly
Some ailing parents might be able to live at home or with their children, but care for a parent with dementia can be extremely expensive.
Gene Target Beats Oil Remedy
The 1992 tearjerker Lorenzo’s Oil told the true story of one family’s struggle to save their son from X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), a deadly degenerative brain disease. Unfortunately, over the...
Iran scrambles for new petrol
NEW YORK, March 12 (UPI) -- Iran is pressured into the secondary market for petroleum but it still has the ability to act domestically and find business partners elsewhere,...
Things we want appear nearer, study shows
(PhysOrg.com) -- Psychology scientists found that when an object is desirable, we perceive it to be closer than it actually is.
Condoms for the World Cup and other ways to keep HIV at bay
MIAMI--In three months, hundreds of thousands of soccer fans are expected to descend on nine South African cities for the 2010 World Cup. But for so many visitors going to...
Breakups Cloud Sense of Self, Study Finds
After breaking up with a romantic partner, people don't know who they are anymore, and new research explains why.
'Uncharted 2' nabs 5 trophies at video game awards
(AP) -- "Uncharted 2: Among Thieves" stole the show at the Game Developers Choice Awards.
Absent-mindedness is a middle-aged male problem, research shows
Women come out best in listening and recollection tests in study by University of London's Institute of EducationIt's been an endless source of aggravation between the sexes; how can men so easily forget...
World Briefing | Middle East: Israel: Giving Is Its Own Reward
Israel is starting an experiment in organ donation: sign a donor card, and you and your family move up in line for a transplant if one is needed.
High-tech armrest: Computer-controlled hand and arm support devise developed for doctors, artists
Engineers developed a computer-controlled, motorized hand and arm support that will let doctors, artists and others precisely control scalpels, brushes and tools over a wider area than otherwise possible, and...