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Feature: Mobile phone health an elusive call
Bianca Nogrady examines the latest research into mobile phone safety, and discovers the challenge of testing for a health effect when you're not exactly sure what you're looking for.
Independent Brain Pathways Generate Positive Or Negative Reappraisals Of Emotional Events
Scientists now have a better understanding of how the human brain orchestrates the sophisticated pathways involved in the regulation of emotions. New research identifies brain pathways that underlie reinterpretation of...
Watching violence may make people mean
LONDON, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Watching cruel behavior on screen can make people mean and malicious, research on the behavior of British students indicates.
Learning From Mistakes Only Works After Age 12, Study Suggests
Eight-year-old children have a radically different learning strategy from twelve-year-olds. Eight-year-olds learn primarily from positive feedback, whereas negative feedback scarcely causes any alarm bells to ring. Twelve-year-olds are better able...
Swiss pilot reschedules channel-crossing event
(AP) -- Swiss adventurer Yves Rossy will try to cross the English Channel using his homemade jet-propelled wing Friday, a day after the thrill-seeking pilot canceled his attempt due...
Avid Online Role-players Do Not Fit Gamer Stereotypes
Players of online role-playing games tend to be older and fitter than suggested by popular stereotypes, survey finds. Older players also log more playing time, and women tend to be...
Unraveling 'Math Dyslexia'
New research could change the way we view math difficulties and how we assist children who face those problems. Scientists are using brain imaging to understand how children develop math...
12 Athletes Leaving Brains to Concussion Study
A dozen athletes have agreed to donate their brains after their deaths for research into the effects of concussions.
Drug Maker to Report Fees to Doctors
The decision by Eli Lilly comes as lawmakers have been pushing for a national registry of such payments.
Do you have the memory of a crow?
It appears that humans aren't the only ones with exceptionally good long-term memory. Crows not only remember individual faces over long periods of time and even seem to be able...
Emotional People Likely To Move Away, But Not Likely To Move Often
The results suggest that personality traits determine not only where people relocate to, but also how often they move and how far away they move. People who are very emotional...
American Kids Most Medicated
American children are approximately three times more likely to be prescribed psychotropic medication than children in Europe. A new study published in the journal Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental...
Australians support 'alcopop' tax
Eighty-four per cent of Australians would support increased 'alcopop' and tobacco tax, if the money was used for preventative health programs, research has found.
Hospitals need more cultural training
A study has found that New South Wales' health service could provide better care to children by improving its cultural diversity training program.
Political Conservatives Fear Chaos; Liberals Fear Emptiness
Political conservatives operate out of a fear of chaos and absence of order while political liberals operate out of a fear of emptiness, a new study finds. Social scientists long...
Neuroscientist reveals how nonconformists achieve success
In a new book, Iconoclast: A Neuroscientist Reveals How to Think Differently (Harvard Business Press, 2008), Gregory Berns, MD, PhD, shows us how the world's most successful innovators think...
I Want Your Antibodies
Welcome to the inaugural post of The Sex Files. Almost every publication worth its druthers has a sex column these days, full of Carrie Bradshawish musings about life and...
"Dog Whisperer" Aims to Train Humans Too
For a hundred episodes, Dog Whisperer's Cesar Millan has brought difficult pets into harmony with their frustrated masters. And it's not always just the dogs who need training.
Understanding the cycle of violence
Researchers have long known that children who grow up in an aggressive or violent household are more likely to become violent or aggressive in future relationships. What has not been...
US election: Not the best advice
Concerns about the next president's science adviser miss the real issues, says David Goldston.
Low-cost laptops to change from Linux to Microsoft
The One Laptop Per Child project is starting a pilot project in Peru with laptops using Microsoft Windows instead of Linux.
Church encourages texting during sermons
The spotlight shone on the Rev. Mike Schreiner on a recent Sunday as he preached about who goes to heaven and how earthly relationships will translate in the hereafter.
Study probes impact of CSI-style programming on jurors
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new psychological study from the University of Leicester aims to investigate how accurate people's perceptions about forensic science are, where these beliefs come from, and how this...
Chinese Milk Tragedy Intensifies
Government officials lose their jobs as number of victims multiplies in contaminated milk scandal
Holiday Drug Taking Linked To Acts Of Violence
A new study shows that high levels of drug and alcohol consumption are behind the growth in violence among young tourists. The research work, focusing on Mallorca and Ibiza in...
Dousing quackery
An interview with Joe Schwarcz, director of McGill University's Office for Science and Society, on the subject of mystification.
African agricultural research 'neglected ' by donor policies
A UN report cites a lack of emphasis on agricultural research in development policy as a key reason for African farming problems.
Family planning run amok
A federal push to let healthcare workers refuse services is really an assault on reproductive rights. ...