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Peru mahogany decision highlights overlooked timber proposals at CITES
Beyond the headline-grabbing proposals on bluefin tuna and ivory trade, the largest wildlife trade convention meeting this week will also address several timber-related issues - an often overlooked responsibility of...
Different signal paths for spontaneous and deliberate activation of memories
Entirely different signal paths and parts of the brain are involved when you try to remember something and when you just happen to remember something, prompted by a smell, a...
Acceptance of human evolution investigated
MINNEAPOLIS, March 11 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say a recent study suggests high school and college students' perceptions of Earth's age influence their acceptance of human evolution.
Video Games Probably Make Kids Dumber, Study Claims
Some studies suggest that video gaming can improve vision and enhance information processing abilities. But that may be total nonsense, according to a study that examined the short-term effects of...
Cyberbullying Rampant for Lesbian and Gay Teens
Children and teens are being cyberbullied through the Internet in chat rooms, on social networking websites, via email and even through cell phones.
Science academies ask for budget increase
The authorities of 16 science academies in the Americas urge more funding to promote scientific education and female participation in scientific research.
Video: New Media's Leaders of Tomorrow
The Alliance for Youth Movements is holding it's international summit in London this week, as the global leaders of tomorrow are learning and using new media technologies from some of...
Temporary hearing deprivation can lead to 'lazy ear'
Scientists have gained new insight into why a relatively short-term hearing deprivation during childhood may lead to persistent hearing deficits, long after hearing is restored to normal. The research reveals...
Confidence is key to gauging impressions we make
The gift of "seeing ourselves as others see us" is particularly beneficial when we judge how we've made a first impression -- in a job interview, during a sales pitch...
Could Porn Be Good For Society?
(PhysOrg.com) -- The arguments against pornography are many, ranging from insistence that porn degrades women and is morally reprehensible to the assertion that pornography viewing is the cause of sex...
Inhibited SK Channels May Explain Relapse In Alcoholics
University of California, San Francisco researchers have uncovered a crucial mechanism that encourages alcohol consumption after extended abstinence. Previous work has suggested that people, places, and objects associated with alcohol use...
Chicken's split sex identity revealed
Half-male, half-female fowl explain sex determination.
Animal suicide sheds light on human behavior
Whether it's a grieving dog, a depressed horse or even a whale mysteriously beaching itself, there is a long history of animals behaving suicidally, behavior that can help explain human...
Mental Illness: A Personal Perspective...continued
My personal beef, isn't with psychiatrists, clinical psychologists or mental health workers per se. Most of the psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, social workers that I have known, for the most part,...
Why Voters Thought Obama Was A Muslim
During the 2008 presidential campaign, approximately 20 percent of Americans believed that then-Senator Barack Obama was a Muslim despite news stories that attempted to debunk the rumor, according to a...
Why mothers who are 'happier in themselves' make more successful parents
(PhysOrg.com) -- They say money can't buy you happiness -- but it seems that being 'happy in yourself' can make you a more successful mum, regardless of your financial circumstances,...
Pottery leads to discovery of peace-seeking women in American Southwest
From the time of the Crusades to the modern day, war refugees have struggled to integrate into their new communities. They are often economically impoverished and socially isolated, which...
Work, leisure attitudes of Baby Boomers, Generation Xers and Millennials compared
Managing the young generation of workers -- sometimes called GenY, GenMe, or Millennials -- is a hot topic, covered in the popular press and discussed in numerous books and seminars....
Big Generation Gaps in Work Attitudes Revealed
Young workers called GenMe are more likely than their elders to value leisure over work and to place a premium on rewards such as higher salaries and status.
Chinese medicine no help to get pregnant: British experts
Couples who use acupuncture and Chinese medicine to try and increase their chances of having a baby were warned there was no evidence it worked by British fertility experts Wednesday.
An Olympic honour for Alan Turing | John Graham-Cumming
100 years after his birth, the 2012 Olympics offer the perfect chance to celebrate the life of a great Briton – and marathon runnerLast year I led a campaign to obtain an...
Gadgets to Make Spring Break Even Better
BehindtheBuy.com Shares High-Tech Products to Help You Unwind, Remember Fun Times
Japanese baby-bot with runny nose teaches parenting skills (w/ Video)
It giggles and wiggles its feet when you shake its rattle, but will get cranky and cry from too much tickling: Meet Yotaro, a Japanese robot programmed to be as...
Save the planet. But maybe not right now | Martin Wainwright
Doomsaying precludes the possibility of ingenious solutions – and indicates a morbid vanity that we must be the savioursIsn't it welcome to have Ian McEwan as an advocate for a little optimism...
Mental Illness: A Personal Perspective
The Agony Of Being Both Researcher And Guinea Pig At the Same Time This article was inspired by Andrea's wonderful piece, Dopamine: The Neurotransmitter With Many Faces. It started out as...
'Mean' girls and boys: The downside of adolescent relationships
Psychology researchers exploring relational aggression and victimization in 11- to 13-year-olds have found adolescent boys have a similar understanding and experience of "mean" behaviors and "bitchiness" as girls.
Loss of enzyme reduces neural activity in Angelman syndrome
Angelman syndrome (AS) is a debilitating neurological disorder characterized by mental retardation and a high frequency of autism. Researchers have now found that the gene mutation underlying AS appears to...
In the sex game, stressed men choose dissimilar mates
If you thought the mating business was already a jungle, where the pitfalls are looks, social rank, purchasing power, verbal skills and even subconscious smells, get ready to be dismayed...