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Review: 2 new devices mix learning with games
(AP) -- Your kids can learn math, how to tell time and other skills needed for school - and you don't have to pry them away from video games.
Can Facial Structures, Brain Abnormalities Reveal Formula For Detection Of Autism?
Recently, Harvard researchers reported that children with autism have a wide range of genetic defects, making it nearly impossible to develop a simple genetic test to identify the disorder. Now,...
Suicide In Asian Americans: Family Conflict Increases Risk Of Suicide Attempts
Asian Americans whose families experience a high degree of interpersonal conflict have a three-fold greater risk of attempting suicide when compared with Asian Americans overall, according to a new study...
Podcast: Music and the brain
Is music just "auditory cheescake" or can it provide deep insights into the workings of the brain and the evolution of language? From the New Zealand haka to raves and...
Symmetrical Bodies Are More Beautiful to Humans
Bodies with greater symmetry are more appealing to the opposite sex, according to a new study that suggests symmetry is a sign of biological fitness.
Adults easily fooled by children's false denials
Adults are easily fooled when a child denies that an actual event took place, but do somewhat better at detecting when a child makes up information about something that never...
Austrian health researcher may face fraud, criminal charges
An Austrian government report charges that clinical trials conducted by researchers at a major medical school in Austria were riddled with procedural and ethical problems, the Nature Publishing Group said...
New approach needed to help street-based sex workers
Integrated multi-agency work will be needed to address the poor physical and mental health experienced by street-based sex workers (SSWs), according to recent research including a new study by .
James E. Ludlam, 93; pioneer in healthcare law
James E. Ludlam, one of the founders of healthcare law who helped shape California's healthcare environment during the last half of the 20th century, has died. He was 93.
McCain and Obama try to navigate the politics of abortion
Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church draws out the candidates, who had steered clear of the contentious issue. ...
Baby Whale Seems To Think Yacht Is Its Mother
Australian media say a lost humpback whale calf has bonded with a yacht it seems to think is its mother.
'Stereotype threat' could affect exam performance of ethnic minority medical students
The underperformance in examinations of UK medical students from ethnic minorities could be partly down to a psychological phenomenon called 'stereotype threat', according to new UCL research published today in...
Mark Vernon: Not so highly evolved
Mark Vernon: Richard Dawkins' TV show on Darwin ignores compelling new science such as evolutionary convergence: it's a chance missed
Why An Exciting Book Is Just As Thrilling As A Hair-raising Movie
Sharing of emotions in movies has been shown to depend on the fact that the same brain regions are activated in the observers when they feel an emotion and when...
Peru women receive ICT training in local tongue
Around 1,500 Andean women are benefiting from a programme teaching computer skills in their native quechua language.
Analog TV shutdown kills free cell-phone TV
(AP) -- Picture whipping out your cell phone and catching up with "Lost" or "Jeopardy," or watching the local 11 o'clock news, all for free. You can do this...
Prince 'must prove anti-GM claim'
The environment minister tells Prince Charles he must prove his claims that GM crops could cause global disaster.
Study Examines The Psychology Behind Students Who Don't Cheat
While many studies have examined cheating among college students, new research looks at the issue from a different perspective -- identifying students who are least likely to cheat. The study...
Medical marijuana: What does science say?
A look at the pros and cons of medical marijuana use, a topic that inspires strong opinions on both sides. ...
L.A. church exhibit offers a personal look at AIDS orphans in Africa
Visitors to the traveling World Vision display walk through a replica of an African village, view four children's pictures and listen on headsets to their harrowing tales. ...
Peter Singer: Money may be widening the social and emotional distances between us
Peter Singer: Not just the love of money, but money itself may be widening the social and emotional distances between us, psychologists say
Biracial Asian Americans and mental health
A new study of Chinese-Caucasian, Filipino-Caucasian, Japanese-Caucasian and Vietnamese-Caucasian individuals concludes that biracial Asian Americans are twice as likely as monoracial Asian Americans to be diagnosed with a psychological disorder.
A pillow tip, and a warning
Re your Aug. 11 article on snoring [ “A Silent Night? Sounds Dreamy,” ] I did the sleep studies and tried the nasal strips. Surgery was suggested. But the Brookstone...
Lawsuits help guarantee drug safety, doctors say
(AP) -- Top doctors at the helm of one of the nation's most influential medical journals are giving the Supreme Court some unsolicited legal advice about a major case.
A young mother draws strength from her struggles with MS
After 13 years of the illness, she maintains a positive outlook while adapting to a body that no longer cooperates. ...
Longboarders skate the hills of Malibu
Adam Colton and friends take on the canyons and road debris. ...
Bad science: From the mouths of morons in the media
Ben Goldacre: There's not exactly a whole bunch of news going on right now
Back to School Reminder: Kids Should Go for Safety, Not Style
(PhysOrg.com) -- School children across the world may speak different languages but there is one experience an estimated 90 percent of all students share: wearing a backpack. Researchers from...