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New Money Prevents Layoffs at Fermilab
The particle research laboratory at the center of a budget showdown in Congress will resume work, allaying some fears of long-term damage to basic research in the United States.
Mark Lawson: We are the alien nation
Mark Lawson: Recent 'sightings' expose a collective anxiety that has more to do with security fears than ET
'Mind's Eye' Influences Visual Perception
Letting your imagination run away with you may actually influence how you see the world. New research has found that mental imagery -- what we see with the "mind's eye"...
Does This Make Me Look Fat?
The peer groups teenage girls identify with determine how they decide to control their own figure. Also influencing weight control behavior is girls' own definition of normal body weight and...
Political Participation Is Partially Rooted In Genetic Inheritance
The decision to vote is partly genetic. Researchers have now identify a link between two specific genes and political participation. They show that individuals with a variant of the MAOA...
Severe Shyness? New Study Shows That Anxiety Is Likely A Long-lasting Trait
We all know people who are tense and nervous and can't relax. They may have been wired differently since childhood. New research indicates that the brains of those suffering from...
Weekends Slow Weight Loss, Researchers Find
Saturday can be the worst enemy for our waistlines. Researchers found that study subjects on strict diet and exercise programs tend to lose weight more slowly than expected because they...
Eating Broccoli May Keep Prostate Cancer Away, Study Suggests
For the first time, a research group has provided an explanation of how eating broccoli might reduce cancer risk based upon studies in men, as opposed to trying to extrapolate...
Ian Sample explains a new test that shows a woman's chance of becoming pregnant with IVF
Ian Sample explains a new test to check on the viability of embryos used in IVF
Editors' leadership role impacts on quality of biomedical research journals
The factors allowing a journal to achieve high quality are not fully understood, but good editorial practices such as accurate and author-helpful peer review and in-house editing are thought to...
Report finds Scotland's golden eagles declining, with illegal poisoning suspected
The use of illegal poisons is identified as one of the main reasons behind a fall in eagle numbers.
New method may help predict IVF success: study
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Just four factors can predict with 70 percent accuracy whether a woman will become pregnant through "test-tube" baby technology known as in vitro fertilization, U.S. researchers said...
Keeping a landline number on your cell phone
(AP) -- Q: I want to get rid of my landline phone service and go all wireless, but I don't want to lose my home phone number. Can I transfer...
Long Trip: Magic Mushrooms' Transcendent Effect Lingers [News]
People who took magic mushrooms were still feeling the love more than a year later, and one might say they were on cloud nine about it, scientists report in the...
Black Lawmakers Seek Restrictions on Menthol Cigarettes
The Congressional Black Caucus is demanding that menthol cigarettes not be exempted from a bill that would ban flavored cigarettes.
Scientists Identify the Brain’s Activity Hub
A new report provides the most complete rough draft to date of the electrical architecture of the brain’s cerebral cortex.
Mind: Decades Later, Still Asking: Would I Pull That Switch?
New papers illustrate the continuing power of Stanley Milgram’s shock experiments — and the interpretations they still inspire.
New research shows employer-based weight loss programs are helpful
A new review of studies from the University of Cincinnati (UC) shows that a little shove from the workplace may actually be the ticket to dropping weight.
Smokers Suffer More Back Pain, Survey Shows
Smokers suffer more chronic back pain according to a new survey. Researchers interviewed more than 8000 people in the course of a telephone health survey. This included questions on social...
New Combination Of Tests Measures Child's Ability To Taste And Smell
Researchers have developed a series of tests that for the first time accurately measure the normality of taste (gustatory function) and smell (olfactory function) in young children.
New 'Everyday Cognition' Scale Tracks How Older Adults Function In Daily Life
As more adults age into the high-risk period for cognitive impairment, clinicians need simple and reliable methods to identify where they may have problems in everyday life that reveal underlying...
Lay-offs at Fermilab set to be reversed
Bush signs spending bill that includes emergency support for physics
Monday-itis all in our head
Having the Monday morning blues or feeling high on Friday afternoon is all in our imagination, according to new research that breaks the working week stereotypes.
Study finds long benefit in illegal mushroom drug
(AP) -- In 2002, at a Johns Hopkins University laboratory, a business consultant named Dede Osborn took a psychedelic drug as part of a research project. She felt like...
Researchers call for independent body to monitor deaths in wars and other crises... and more
The accurate documentation of deaths during wars and other humanitarian emergencies is critical to grading the severity of the crisis and adjusting relief operations accordingly, and yet collection of data...
Neuronal correlates of the set-size effect in monkey lateral intraparietal area
It is well known that the brain is limited in the amount of sensory information it can process at any given time. During an everyday task such as finding an...
Psychedelic Study Shows Positive Results
Scientists reported that when they surveyed volunteers 14 months after they took a psychedelic drug, most said they were still feeling and behaving better because of the experience.
United States Has Highest Level Of Illegal Cocaine And Cannabis Use
A survey of 17 countries has found that despite its punitive drug policies the United States has the highest levels of illegal cocaine and cannabis use. Cannabis use was highest...
