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Brain Noise Is Good: New Study Overturns Notion That Brain Noise Quiets Down With Maturity
Canadian scientists have shown that a noisy brain is a healthy brain. "Brain noise" is a term that has been used by neuroscientists to describe random brain activity that is...
Police: Text Us Crime Tips
In an increasing number of cities, tipsters are being invited to use their thumbs — to identify criminals using text messages.
2 teens attacked in town mocked in YouTube videos
(AP) -- Two teenagers who drove to Oniontown after a series of YouTube videos portrayed the hamlet as a run-down, backwoods dump were pelted with rocks by an angry...
Women Over 90 More Likely To Have Dementia Than Men
Women over 90 are significantly more likely to have dementia than men of the same age, according UC Irvine researchers involved with the 90+ Study, one of the nation's largest...
Music Went With Cave Art In Prehistoric Caves
Thousands of years later, we can view stone-age art on cave walls, but we can't listen to the stone-age music that would have accompanied many of the pictures. Researchers report...
We must restore scientific integrity in Indian research
For its own international credibility, Indian science must be seen to deal with scientific misconduct, says N. Raghuram.
Transgendered man gives birth to girl
A U.S. man who was born a woman but underwent a gender change has given birth to a girl.
Findings: Deep Down, We Can’t Fool Even Ourselves
A moral hypocrite convinces himself that he is acting virtuously even when he does something he would condemn in others.
Court orders YouTube to give Viacom video logs
(AP) -- Dismissing privacy concerns, a federal judge overseeing a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the popular online video-sharing service to disclose who watches which video...
Hospital staffing crisis sparks huge rally in Grand Falls-Windsor
More than 1,000 people turned out in Grand Falls-Windsor Thursday afternoon to draw attention to a staffing crisis at the town's hospital, but provincial Health Minister Ross Wiseman was not...
ADHD drug linked to suicide attempts: Health Canada
A drug commonly used to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity (ADHD) disorder in children, teens and adults has been linked to numerous adverse reactions, including suicide attempts, Health Canada has warned.
Prevalence of religious congregations affects mortality rates
LSU associate professor of sociology Troy C. Blanchard recently found that a community's religious environment - that is, the type of religious congregations within a locale - affects...
Woman aquires new accent after stroke
A woman in southern Ontario is one of the first cases in Canada of a rare neurological syndrome in which a person starts speaking with a different accent, McMaster University...
Statins have unexpected effect on pool of powerful brain cells
Cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins have a profound effect on an elite group of cells important to brain health as we age, scientists at the University of Rochester Medical Center...
Sophisticated communication a prerequisite for people's independence
With the availability of the Internet, citizens are increasingly expected to search themselves for information on security risks in their living environment. Until now, however, too little was known about...
High-tech worship: God is just a mouse click away
As churches embrace technology, the lines are starting to blur between the virtual and spiritual worlds.
Extinction risk 'underestimated'
Current methods used to assess species on the brink overlook some key factors, a team of scientists claim.
Study debunks theory Asian students are top notchers in US
A belief that Asian-Americans are taking over US universities, outperforming other groups and grabbing the bulk of math, science and engineering degrees has been debunked in a landmark study.
The Psychology of Karaoke Explained
Researchers have confirmed the unfortunate karaoke phenomenon whereupon terrible singers either do not know they sing poorly—or do, yet still hog the stage with little regard for the audience’s ears...
FSU researcher using computers to hone cancer-fighting strategies
A Florida State University faculty member who uses computational techniques to evaluate a new class of cancer-killing drugs is attracting worldwide attention from other researchers.
Anger at Kenya biofuel approval
Environmentalists ask Kenya to revoke a decision to allow a biofuel project to go ahead in coastal wetlands.
Turkish politics blamed for board block
Geologist claims personal views led to job denial.
Getting it across
Scientists need a carefully crafted strategy to catch the attention of policy-makers. David Goldston explains.
Experimental philosophy movement explores real-life dilemmas
Imagine a business executive who thinks: "I know that this new policy will harm the environment, but I don't care at all about that – I just want to increase...
Weight Watchers Vs. Fitness Centers
The nationally known commercial weight loss program, Weight Watchers, was compared to gym membership programs to find out which method wins in the game of good health. Researchers examined the...
Intuition Can Be Explained
Intuition, or tacit knowledge, is difficult to measure, so it is often denigrated. A new dissertation in education research shows that there is a neurobiological explanation for how experience-based knowledge...
New media turn Beijing Olympics into e-Games
When Coroebus of Elis won the first Olympic sprint in 776 BC, the result was scratched on to parchment and read out in market places in the following days and...
Rare white-tailed eagle spotted
Eagle-eyed members of the NI public are being asked to be on the look-out for a visiting bird of prey.