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Violent video games increase aggression long after the game is turned off, study finds
Playing a violent video game can increase aggression, and when a player keeps thinking about the game, the potential for aggression can last for as long as 24 hours, according...
Alzheimer's drug boosts perceptual learning in healthy adults
Scientists have found that healthy adults showed greater improvement from practice on a motion direction discrimination task when they took donepezil, a commonly prescribed Alzheimer's drug, compared with when they...
Emotional robot pets
Designers of robot pets are fighting a never-ending battle with consumers to provide entertaining and realistic gadgets that respond to human interaction in ever more nuanced ways, mimicking the behaviour...
Weekends - The Biggest Health Concern For The Latest Generation
Obesity is on the rise and one cause for that may be that young people do even less on the weekend than they do during the week - the number...
Opportunity of a lifetime at Rockefeller
Incoming president Marc Tessier-Lavigne relishes the chance to apply industry experience in academia.
Johnson And Johnson Negotiating To Buy Crucell
Biopharmaceuticals: Acquisition poised to create vaccine franchise for drug conglomerate.
Wary of Japan Protest, China Blocks Websites
Governent Blocks Nationalist Websites Ahead of Sensitive Political Anniversary
Swedish election could shake up research
The outcome may end scientific doldrums and beef up a thin citation record.
Alcoholics due disabilty payments: Ont. court
The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld rulings that denying two chronic alcoholics long-term support payments would violate the province's Human Rights Code.
Pope's astronomer says he would baptise an alien if it asked him
An alien – 'no matter how many tentacles it has' – could have a soul, says Pope's astronomerAliens might have souls and could choose to be baptised if humans ever met them,...
10 Things You Didn't Know About Dogs
From their incredible diversity to their surprisingly sophisticated psychology,10 amazing facts about dogs.
Brain region linked to introspection
People who seem particularly introspective tend to have a part of their brain that is larger, researchers have found.
Swiss gov't rejects call to ban assisted suicide
(AP) -- The Swiss government has rejected calls to ban assisted suicide groups such as Dignitas but will propose new rules to restrict their work.
Cousin marriage: a question of understanding | Rizwan Alidina and Mohamed Walji
Sympathetic education is more effective in tackling the health risks inherent in such unions – not stigmatising communitiesA lot has been said on the issue of marriages between cousins and its potential genetic...
CFO survey: optimism tumbles, employment picture bleak
Optimism about the U.S. economy has fallen back to recession levels among chief financial officers, who foresee minimal increases in hiring, weak consumer demand and heightened economic uncertainty, finds a...
Postpartum about brain, not just hormones
Women with postpartum depression who viewed pictures of scared or angry faces had less activity as shown by functional magnetic resonance brain imaging than did healthy mothers in the dorsomedial...
'Thinkers' have different brains
People who think more about whether they are right have more cells in a part of the brain known as the frontal lobes, a study reveals.
US face transplant patient promotes organ donation
(AP) -- There is an initial shock upon first glance at Connie Culp, the woman who received the nation's first face transplant nearly two years ago. She taps her...
Attitudes must change if we are to achieve a good death for all, say experts
Society's attitudes towards dying, death and bereavement need to change if we are to achieve a good death for all, say experts in a special series of articles published in...
A licence for chauvinism | Laurie Penny
Blaming sexism at work on male testosterone only gives men an excuse for behaving badlyAs three female former Goldman Sachs employees launch a sexual discrimination lawsuit against the firm in New York, commentators have...
How Palestinian and Israeli children are psychologically scarred by exposure to war
As another round of talks continues between Israelis and Palestinians, a new study documents the impact the violence has been inflicting on the region's children.
Video Series Gets Up Close and Personal with Lindau Meeting Scientists
Every summer since 1951, an extraordinary meeting between Nobel Laureates and young scientists has taken place on Lindau Island in Germany. At 2010’s cross-disciplinary meeting this summer, Nature Publishing Group's...
Why Overheard Cell Phone Conversations Annoy
A new study reveals a twist that helps explain why nearby cell phone conversations can be so annoying.
New study finds public workers earn less than private sector workers, even factoring in benefits
With unemployment in the region lingering at record levels, and job security a wistful memory for many, it`s easy to look for scapegoats. Thus a familiar refrain--government workers are overpaid,...
Tornado-chasing becomes vacation choice, MU researchers find
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Instead of heading to the coast for vacation, people are traveling to Tornado Alley. The number of people registering to get a closer look at tornadoes is...
Doctors' Group Attacks McDonald's in TV Ad
A new commercial uses a corpse clutching a hamburger to talk about the dietary effects of eating fast foods.
Streetlights turn young duds into studs
Nocturnal illumination starts male blue tits singing earlier, attracting wandering females
Science can improve your success in dating game, claims agony aunt | Monica Desai
Dr Petra Boynton claims science has exploded some of the myths about dating and relationshipsAt this week's British Science Festival in Birmingham, psychologist and self-proclaimed agony aunt, Dr Petra Boynton, exploded some of...