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3 Decades Later, Nintendo's Mario Endures
As Video Games Come and Go, Pot-bellied Italian Plumber Remains a Popular Character
Looking for a good science book? This one isn't it!
The latest Science Shelf Newsletter is now online. It includes plenty of interesting titles, plus one I review negatively.
Study raises concerns about outdoor second-hand smoke
Indoor smoking bans have forced smokers at bars and restaurants onto outdoor patios, but a new study suggests that these outdoor smoking areas might be creating a new health hazard.
UCLA study shows brain's ability to reorganize
Visually impaired people appear to be fearless, navigating busy sidewalks and crosswalks, safely finding their way using nothing more than a cane as a guide. The reason they can do...
High-tech holiday gift ideas for $50 and $100
Picking a Christmas gift for the nerd in your life is never easy. In the holiday stampede, it's all too easy to end up with an outdated gadget or obsolete...
Net erupts over video of fish eaten alive
An internet video purportedly shot in an unidentified Chinese restaurant is firing up animal rights activists for showing patrons eating a live fish.
Switching cell phones takes emotional toll
She's gone. We were the best of friends, constant companions -- literally, because I carried her day and night in the left-front pocket of my jeans. For five years we...
Bosses exaggerate women's family-work conflict
(PhysOrg.com) -- Decades into the era of two-earner households, the virtues of family-friendly policies are all but universally assumed in the corporate world. But now new research suggests serious potential...
Teen sexual activity and gambling associated with taking nonprescribed medications to get high
(PhysOrg.com) -- Taking nonprescribed medication has become an emerging problem, especially among teens. When using these substances to get high, students are more likely to engage in bad behaviors than...
Activists, UN call attention to reproductive health
Activists challenged Stephen Harper to make women's reproductive health a priority issue at next year's G8 and G20 summits during a press conference Wednesday.
McGill anti-abortion student club suspended
An anti-abortion club has had its campus rights suspended by McGill University's student body council.
New Down syndrome treatment suggested by Stanford/Packard study in mice
At birth, children with Down syndrome aren't developmentally delayed. But as they age, these kids fall behind. Memory deficits inherent in Down syndrome hinder learning, making it hard for the...
IBM computer simulates cat’s cerebral cortex
Scientists say they've made a breakthrough in their pursuit of computers that "think" like a living thing's brain — an effort that tests the limits of technology. ...
Hidden Risks Of Modular Classrooms
Every school day, more than 5 million students in the United States attend lessons held in modular classrooms. With new carpeting and paint, metal roofs and noisy ventilation systems, they...
When good companies do bad things
The more prominent and financially successful a corporation becomes, the more likely it is to break the law, according to a new study led by a Michigan State University scholar...
World view: Experts and democracy
Specialist advice can be invaluable in shaping policy, but, argues Colin Macilwain, democracies need to keep a careful eye on the powers acquired by an unelected elite.
Software knowledge unnecessarily lost
All too often the knowledge acquired by software architects is unnecessarily lost. Moreover, it is difficult to simply and quickly assess the quality of software. According to researchers these problems...
Introverts experience more health problems, study suggests
People who experience a lot of negative emotions and do not express these experience more health problems, according to new research. Researchers discovered that heart failure patients with a negative...
Migration of key employees to competitors hinders organizational success
A study by researchers from the Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University (OSU) explored the competitive advantage organizations gain when hiring key employees away from a competitor. ...
Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 friend Facebook
(AP) -- Users of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 video game consoles can now brag about their achievements on Facebook.
What's eating the breadwinners?
Control, independence, ambition, pressure, worry, guilt and resentment are all experienced by female breadwinners, according to Dr. Rebecca Meisenbach from the University of Missouri in Columbia, USA. Dr. Meisenbach explored...
Charities watchdog releases Simon Singh libel case complaints
The Charity Commission has handed the Guardian the complaints it received - and dismissed - over Sense about Science and the journalists' legal battleThis summer, Britain's charity watchdog received complaints about the pro-science...
Interview: Beyond the inorganic boundaries
Ian Manners talks about polymerisations, interfaces, and living in Wales
Medical Schools Quizzed on Ghostwriting
Senator Charles E. Grassley asked universities what they are doing about professors who put their names on others’ articles, and how that is different from plagiarism.
Cyber laws must punish individuals not society: specialist
Laws regulating cybercrimes must target individuals and not society as a whole, an IT specialist told an Internet governance forum at the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Tuesday.
Festival Of Idiots: Suzanne Somers - Wannabe Tragic Hero
Hubris is traditional defined as a man (or woman) acting as if they are the equal of the gods. This flavor of hubris has a tendency to piss off the...
Early voting option can decrease turnout, research shows
(PhysOrg.com) -- Although states are moving quickly to put in place election procedures that allow for early voting, allowing people to cast ballots ahead of Election Day often results in...
Modernization Affects Children's Cognitive Development
(PhysOrg.com) -- Childhood is changing rapidly around the world, and the forces of modernization have a significant impact on shaping the intellectual development of children, researchers at the University of...