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Libel law reform to protect scientists
Reform to UK libel laws could protect scientists from being ‘bullied into silence’ at the prospect of costly legal battles with big businesses
Love can last: Brain activity of those in love long term similar to those newly in love
(PhysOrg.com) -- Can science prove that romantic love can last? A new study led by Bianca Acevedo, Ph.D., and Arthur Aron, Ph.D., of the Department of Psychology at Stony Brook...
Babies process language in a grown-up way
Combining the cutting-edge technologies of MRI and MEG, scientists show that babies just over a year old process words they hear with the same brain structures as adults, and in...
Premier Fitness leads in gym complaints: report
Ontario-based Premier Fitness, one of the country's largest private fitness chains, also came out as a leader when CBC-TV's Marketplace asked consumers about overcharging by gyms.
This column will change your life: Vaguely familiar | Oliver Burkeman
Life's too short to spend chasing specific goals all the time; that would be both exhausting and dispiriting. It pays to vague out every now and thenThe sorites paradox is a big...
Family under the microscope
Will your children behave better if you clean your house?Parents often feel torn between giving their children attention and doing domestic tasks – it has been a while since you spent time...
John Gray on humanity's quest for immortality
How do we deal with a purposeless universe and the finality of death? From Victorian séances to the embalming of Lenin's corpse to schemes for uploading our minds into cyberspace, there have...
Who Wins if Fewer Foreign Grad Students Come to U.S.?
What will happen to U.S. universities if the flood of foreign graduate students becomes...
The Kids Are All Right: Meeting Sperm Donors Does No Harm
New studies suggest kids can handle meeting their sperm donors.
Seize bodies from exhibit, lawyer urges
A Winnipeg human rights lawyer is trying to use an obscure law to get the province to seize cadavers used in a controversial touring attraction.
Daley Doesn't Sweat the Details on Innovation Policy
As Secretary of Commerce from 1997 to 2000, new White House chief of staff...
Patient Money: A Talk With the Doctor May Help Trim Fees
An internist offers tips for negotiating prices with health care providers.
Could major accidents such as the Gulf oil spill happen in the North Sea?
When interviewed by the BBC, the now retired BP boss Tony Hayward admitted to his company's insufficient response to the Deepwater Horizon rig accident in the Gulf of Mexico. Could...
Can we really count on family through all?
The design of social protection policies should take into account the complexity and diversity of family arrangements. Families have different needs and structures as well as various ways of reacting...
Parents fear sex advice will fall on deaf ears
Kids learn a great deal about sexuality from friends and from the media, but parents and teens agree: Parents should be the most important providers of information about sex and...
Archive Gallery: This Is PopSci On Drugs
December 1967 How PopSci chronicled the American drug trade, as well as the methods old-time smugglers used to peddle their wares Working and writing for Popular Science means being able to do...
UK pays people to slim down, stop smoking
(AP) -- Can people be bribed into better health? The British government is increasingly convinced they can.
When 'senior moments' become something to worry about
(PhysOrg.com) -- It happens to all of us: You know you walked into a room for a reason, but you forget what it was. Or you see someone youre acquainted...
Kidney donation gets 2 sisters out of prison
Two sisters serving life sentences for robbery in Mississippi have been released on the condition that one donates a kidney to the other.
Books podcast: Finding enlightenment in Mind, Body and Spirit
As the new year resolutions begin to hurt, our podcast team are on hand to guide you through some of the books which might – or might not – help you to...
Evidence lacking for widespread use of costly antipsychotic drugs, says Stanford researcher
STANFORD, Calif. -- Many prescriptions for the top-selling class of drugs, known as atypical antipsychotic medications, lack strong evidence that the drugs will actually help, a study by...
College students lack scientific literacy, study finds
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Most college students in the United States do not grasp the scientific basis of the carbon cycle -- an essential skill in understanding...
Technology to blame for animal die-off panic
Following reports of mass animal die-offs, blogs joking about the "aflockalypse" and others saw signs of something more sinister. In reality, they happen all the time and are unrelated, biologists...
New study reveals impact of eating disorders on Native-Americans
Scientists in Connecticut have carried out one of the first psychological studies into eating disorders in Native American (NA) populations. The research, published in The International Journal of Eating Disorders,...
The Bay Citizen: Dining Experiences, All Illicit, That Extend Beyond the Palate
Underground dining — gourmet pop-up restaurants that operate outside the system of health department licenses and inspections — is becoming increasingly popular in San Francisco.
Books of The Times: New! Improved! Shape Up Your Life!
Timothy Ferriss’s crazy, breathless self-help book has advice on weight loss, sexual bliss, enhanced fitness and life extension.
Sex and space? Houston, we have a problem
Ever dream about a honeymoon in space? You may want to think twice after you hear about Joe Tash's research.
Do Meet The Scientist Programs Work?
A number of scientific organizations these days are creating Meet the Scientist programs and sending scientists and engineers out into public schools, science cafes, and other venues with the hope...