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Large Hadron Collider Rap Video Is a Hit
Even before the Large Hadron Collider fired up, it had spawned a phenomenon never before detected in the universe: a hit rap about physics. Watch the video and get the...
New way to help schizophrenia sufferers' social skills
Researchers from the University of Newcastle are investigating a new way to help schizophrenia patients develop their communication and social skills.
Social Psychology Can Be Used To Understand Nuclear Restraint
Social psychology is the study of how people and groups interact. A new study shows how social psychology can help us better understand the puzzle of nuclear restraint and uses...
Teen Suicides Dip, but Rate Remains High
The rate of teen suicide remains disturbingly high, researchers said, possibly fueled by drug warnings that have scared many from using antidepressants.
Absent fathers hasten menstruation
Girls who have an absent father early in life are likely to have their first period earlier, which previous studies have linked with health problems.
A Conversation With Heidi B. Hammel: An Astronomer Devoted to the Icy and Far Away
Heidi B. Hammel’s goals are to learn everything possible about Neptune and Uranus and to take the information to the public.
Australian Over-50s Walk Away Memory Problems In World-first Trial
An Australian study has found that walking for two and a half hours a week can significantly improve memory problems in the over-50s.
Spending Time In Intensive Care Unit Can Traumatize Kids
Scientists have developed the Children's Critical Illness Impact Scale to measure psychological distress in children following hospital discharge. This is the first self-report scale ever created to measure the psychological...
Hazardous homes cause injuries
Many houses are filled with accidents waiting to happen, according to New Zealand research that found 40 per cent of homes contain a large number of hazards.
Participating In Religion May Make Adolescents From Certain Races More Depressed
One of the few studies to look at the effects of religious participation on the mental health of minorities suggests that for some of them, religion may actually be contributing...
Addicted To Tanning Beds? 'Tanorexia' Common Among University Students
A new study conducted at a large university finds more than 25 percent of those surveyed reported symptoms of tanning dependence, including symptoms similar to alcohol and drug-addicted individuals. Suggestively,...
Finding a Guy Who Looks Like Dear Old Dad
Study reinforces the idea that men and women choose partners who resemble their own parents
Can School Make Kids Sick?
Most kids plead against school, and parents later receive that call from school.
Daddy, I'm in love... and he looks just like you!
Men tend to wind up with life partners who look like their mother, while a woman is lured to a partner who looks like her father, scientists reported on Wednesday.
Zen Training Speeds The Mind's Return After Distraction, Brain Scans Reveal
After being interrupted by a word-recognition task, experienced meditators' brains returned faster to their pre-interruption condition. Researchers used functional magnetic resonance imaging to examine changes in blood flow in the...
College Freshmen: Pain Killers And Stimulants Less Risky Than Cocaine; More Risky Than Marijuana
A new study in Prevention Science, finds that college freshmen believe that nonmedical use of prescription drugs like pain killers and stimulants is less risky than cocaine, but more risky...
Neuroscientist Scans Brain For Clues on Best Time to Multitask
In today's fast-paced world, multitasking has become an increasingly necessary part of our daily routine. Unfortunately, multitasking also is notoriously inefficient. However, a new brain imaging study led by a...
'Mentally unstable' Iraq veteran arrested in death of girlfriend, 19
Orange County deputies found the woman beaten and unconscious in the couple's San Clemente condo; she later died. Relatives say John Needham has been deeply troubled since returning from the...
Video: Groaning About Sex
Male fallow deer with the deepest voices have more mating success. They can groan once per second, or more after sex. Credit: Maurus Birrer, University of Nottingham
U.S. and China Tie for Olympic Glory, According to Statistician
Who won the Olympics? The answer depends on who's crunching the numbers.
Collective Traumas: Early Explanations Of 9/11 Linked To Long-term Adjustment
A new study, lead authored by Kent State University's John Updegraff, suggests that finding meaning in the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 terroist attacks was an important coping response that...
It Pays to Trust Your Instinct
Whether you call it a hunch or vibes, a reckoning or a feeling in your bones, humans know the power of a nagging suspicion. Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink stands as testament...
Children with TVs in their room sleep less
Middle school children who have a television or computer in their room sleep less during the school year, watch more TV, play more computer games and surf the net more...
Pfizer resuming ads for Lipitor after controversy
(AP) -- Television ads for the world's top-selling drug, cholesterol fighter Lipitor, are back, six months after Pfizer Inc. pulled them amid charges its use of a celebrity doctor...
Make China journals open access, says top scientist
Priority must be given to domestic science publications and many Chinese journals should be made open-access, says a leading Chinese scientist.
'Bonding Gene' Could Help Men Stay Married
One form of DNA linked to marital bliss, the other to discord, study found
Rethinking rebuilding in New Orleans
Karl F. Seidman, senior lecturer in urban planning at MIT, writes in an op-ed that New Orleans "neighborhood viability should not be a condition to be proven by residents but...