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Coping with daylight saving
MIAMI, March 11 (UPI) -- While people groan and mumble about lost sleep with the "spring forward" of daylight saving time, there can be even harsher effects, U.S. researchers...
Movie Review: 'Battle: Los Angeles' - It's Not Really About the Aliens
Though nominally an alien invasion film, "Battle: Los Angeles" is more war movie cliché than sci-fi
A glove on your hand can change your mind
Unconsciously, right-handers associate good with the right side of space and bad with the left. But this association can be rapidly changed, according to a study published online March 9,...
Aerosol data from BP spill
The unique circumstances of the Deepwater disaster have revealed information about how organic compounds form airborne droplets
Early male friendship as a precursor to substance abuse in girls
A new study shows that girls tend to pursue mixed-gender friendships earlier than boys, and may be more likely to develop substance abuse problems during late adolescence as a result.
Range Anxiety: Fact or Fiction?
Critics say that fear of being stranded with a dead battery, or "range anxiety," will discourage people from adopting electric cars. Others say the issue is overblown.
Grab the leash: Dog walkers more likely to reach exercise benchmarks
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Man's best friend may provide more than just faithful companionship: A new study led by a Michigan State University researcher shows people who owned...
Surgery without external scars is gaining traction
CHICAGO -- When Patricia Manrique was told she needed her gallbladder removed she immediately thought about the classroom full of children who rely on her to teach them tap...
Acting minister appointed
Wendel W. “Tad” Meyer, who joined the Memorial Church at Harvard University as associate minister for administration in December, will become acting Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church, effective immediately, Harvard announced Thursday...
Pitchers bean more batters in the heat of the summer
(PhysOrg.com) -- During spring training, you will find Major League pitchers practicing their pitches, perfecting their technique and strengthening their muscles to endure the grueling 162 game season. A new...
Well: Marijuana Use in High School
About 40 percent of high school students have tried marijuana, although teenagers who take part in sports or other extracurricular activities are less likely to use the drug, a new...
Facebook walls boost self-esteem, study finds
“Mirror, mirror on the wall/Who in the land is fairest of all?” But unlike Snow White’s Queen, many people don’t feel better after gazing at their wall mirror. Facebook walls,...
Engineering students design a lock picking robot
(PhysOrg.com) -- Crimes are usually committed by humans. As it turns out, we are not only making crime happen on our own, but we are designing robots to help us...
The voice of reform
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, a Harvard Kennedy School alumna who at great personal risk played a key role in stabilizing and reviving a troubled nation that until recently was categorized as a...
From the archive, 10 March 1975: The man who collected dialects
Originally published in the Guardian on 10 March 1975Emeritus Professor Harold Orton, who gave 54 years to the recording of English dialects, has died at Leeds aged 76. His monument, the massive Survey...
How Do People Respond to Being Touched by a Robot?
For people, being touched can initiate many different reactions from comfort to discomfort, from intimacy to aggression. But how might people react if they were touched by a robot? Would...
Substance over style in entertainment
Whether they affect the films we watch, the books we read or the music we listen to, our choices about entertainment often appear to have as much to do with...
First Hit For A Cancer Target
Drug Discovery: Academic collaboration leads to nanomolar inhibitor for phosphatase methylesterase-1.
Mom reserves domain names for pre-tweeters
It will be a few more years before her children will send emails, instant messages and tweets, but Michelle Branco of Toronto has given them a head start in establishing...
English libel law is a vulture circling the world | Simon Singh
When an English law is used by the rich and powerful to curtail free speech from Australia to the US, it must be overhauledThe Libel Reform Campaign has published an outline of...
Foreclosure rate stays high, possible return to negative trend
More bad news for the Phoenix-area housing market. A new report from the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University shows the possible return to a negative...
Civet 'cat' dung secret to Indonesia luxury coffee
Indonesia's self-proclaimed "King of Luwak", Gunawan Supriadi, is having a hard time keeping up with demand for the beans excreted by his stable of pampered civet "cats".
UK doctors consistently oppose euthanasia and assisted suicide
A review of research carried out over 20 years suggests that UK doctors appear to consistently oppose euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (PAS). The findings - which appear in the latest...
Tests called for 'toxic' vegetables
A court in the Indian capital, Delhi, asks the authorities to test vegetables for toxic substances.
Government Should Tackle Child Obesity, Most Americans Say
Most Americans say the government should play a significant role in reducing childhood obesity. Tea Party supporters were among those most opposed to government intervention.
Barrow researcher launches depression study
A top medical researcher at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona, has launched a clinical trial to pinpoint brain activity in depressed people by using scientifically...
What factors motivate smokers to quit?
This week people across the country will vow to give up something for Lent, and those items could include sweets, chocolate or cigarettes.
Kinect for Xbox - the story behind the science
Have you ever wondered about the story behind one of the most exciting computer gaming inventions of late? If so youre in luck, because Jamie Shotton, one of the developers...