Face of fear: how a terrified expression could keep you alive

Bulging eyes and flaring nostrils help us see threats and increase breathing as part of fight-or-flight reflex, scientists conclude

Most cancer doctors avoid saying it's the end

CHICAGO (AP) -- One look at Eileen Mulligan lying soberly on the exam table and Dr. John Marshall knew the time for the Big Talk had arrived....

The Face of Fear Explained

Emotional facial expressions alter the way our senses perceive the world, a study found.

High Impulsivity Predicts The Switch To Compulsive Cocaine-taking

Scientists have found impulsivity, a trait often associated with addicts' behavior, predicts whether casual drug use will lead to compulsive drug use. Many individuals take addictive drugs at some point...

Radical Reform Is Needed To Stop The 'Inhumane' Practice Of Transplant Tourism, Experts Urge

The UK government must bring in presumed consent to organ donation or allow a controlled donor compensation program for unrelated live donors, in order to bring the "inhumane" practice of...

Wisdom Comes With Age, At Least When It Comes To Emotions

Scientists have identified brain patterns that help healthy older people regulate and control emotion better than their younger counterparts. The study identified two regions in the brain that showed increased...

Hunger Hormone Increases During Stress, May Have Antidepressant Effect

New research may explain why some people who are stressed or depressed overeat. While levels of the so-called "hunger hormone" ghrelin are known to increase when a person doesn't eat,...

In 2050, your lover may be a ... robot

Romantic human-robot relationships are no longer the stuff of science fiction -- researchers expect them to become reality within four decades. And they do not mean simply, mechanical sex.

People Who Can't Carry A Tune Either Don't Know Or Don't Care, Study Shows

Acoustical analyses of people belting out "Jingle Bells," "Brother John" and a Polish birthday song, "Sto Lat" reveal that most people sing in tune and in time, even without musical...

Two Spanish youths treated for mobile phone addiction: report

Two students aged 12 and 13 are being treated for an addiction to mobile phones at a psychiatric centre in northeastern Spain, the Spanish newspaper El Mundo reported on Saturday.

Virginity Pledges May Help Postpone Intercourse Among Youth

Making a virginity pledge may help some young people postpone the start of sexual activity. Researchers found that adolescents who made pledges to remain virgins until they are married were...

Bad science: How being swindled can make you feel better

Ben Goldacre: It's been a good year for paying for things which should come free

Website launched to debunk claims about Obama and wife

The campaign of presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama has launched a website to debunk what it claims are false accusations against the candidate and his wife, at the same time...

A sound theory?

A new theory suggests a natural basis for our preference for musical consonance. But does such a preference exist at all, wonders Philip Ball.

Decision-Making, Risk-Taking Similar In Bees And Humans

Most people think before making decisions. As it turns out, so do bees. Researchers show that when making decisions, people and bees alike are more likely to gamble on risky...

Scientists: 115-year-old's brain worked perfectly

Why Soccer Moms and Dads Go Mad

Parents who take their kids' sports personally are likely to behave badly on the sideline.

Johns Hopkins raps AP story on lead experiment

(AP) -- For about 20 years, Dr. Michael Klag has used a fertilizer made from Milwaukee municipal sludge on azaleas and yew shrubs at his suburban Baltimore home. And Klag,...

Eastern Independence, Western Conformity?

While the act of selecting an everyday writing utensil seems to be a simple enough task, scientists have found that it actually could shed light on complex cultural differences. Psychologists...

Transfer Of Learning Traced To Areas Of The Brain

Practice makes perfect, but a question that still remains a mystery is why it is so difficult to transfer learning from a trained to an untrained task? Why are we...

House of Lords reaching out to young with YouTube

(AP) -- It may not challenge the new Indiana Jones or "Sex and the City" movies, but Britain's House of Lords is debuting five new YouTube videos Friday in...

1 in 8 Lower Manhattan residents had signs of PTSD 2 to 3 years after 9/11

For many residents of Lower Manhattan, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, had lasting psychological consequences. New findings, released today by the Health Department's World Trade Center Health Registry,...

Vision sensors keep their eye on the ball at Euro 2008

The silky skills of Europe`s top footballers will not be the only eye catcher this summer as the movement of the fans themselves fall under the watchful gaze of state-of-the-art...

Tech Toys For All Types Of Dads

BehindTheBuy.com's David Gregg showcased them ahead of Father's Day, on The Early Show.

Statistics Phenomenon On The Pitch: Often Two Players With The Same Birthday At The World Cup

The German defender Philipp Lahm and the Portuguese midfield star Maniche were both born on November 11 -- and they were both playing in the game for the third place...

Olympics timekeepers to get winner down to 3000th of a second

Atlanta, 1996: emotions and adrenalin ran high in the Olympic arena as two sprinters claimed victory in the women's 100 metres race -- and only the photofinish cameras could judge...

'Chatter Box' computer will unravel the science of language

Scientists are to use a powerful super computer to mimic the part of the brain that controls speech and language function to better understand what goes wrong after brain damage...

Doritos Makes History With World's First Extra Terrestrial Advertisement

Doritos is making history, taking the UK's first step in communicating with aliens as they broadcast the first ever advert directed towards potential extra terrestrial life. The University of Leicester...