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Video: Truth About Product Warranties
The Fast Draw's Josh Landis and Mitch Butler dissect the dollars and cents behind extended warranties.
Memory researchers explain latest findings on improving the mind, stopping memory loss
The ability to remember is not just to glimpse into the past; a sharp memory can help with creativity, productivity and even the ability to imagine the future, according to...
Study: Birth Order Affects Smarts, Personality
Older Siblings More Intelligent, While Younger Children Get Better Grades and Are More Outgoing, Research Finds
Parents' mental health more likely to suffer when a grown child struggles
Even into adulthood, problem children continue to give their parents heartache, and it doesn't matter if other children in the family grow up to be successful, according to a new...
Electrically Stimulating the Brain Can Boost Visual Memory 110 Percent
EEG Electrodes via Flickr/ delta avi delta Literally donning an electrode-studded thinking cap can improve your memory by 110 percent, according to a new study by Australian researchers. The method applies electricity to...
UNICEF on alert after Chinese landslides
BEIJING, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Emergency relief is needed in China to protect vulnerable children from the devastating impacts of landslides in Gansu province, UNICEF said. ...
Over-the-counter painkiller may help ease emotional slights, UF study finds
Maybe that disgruntled JetBlue flight attendant should have popped a couple of Tylenols...
College students exhibiting more severe mental illness, study finds
Severe mental illness is more common among college students than it was a decade ago, with more young people arriving on campus with pre-existing conditions and a willingness to seek...
Gene testing could have saved weight-loss drug
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Genetic testing might have helped identify people who would become depressed or suicidal while taking Sanofi-Aventis' weight loss drug Acomplia, which might have helped keep the drug...
Illinois researchers use pyrosequencing to study canine intestinal bacteria
URBANA -- A dog's indiscriminate taste is not always a positive trait. In fact, it often leads to gastrointestinal infections and consequent ailments such as diarrhea and vomiting that...
Study: Video content trumps image quality
HOUSTON, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say when watching a video, if you like what you see you're less likely to notice the video quality in the TV...
Blacks Catch Up as Broadband Adoption Slows Down
Many People Who Don't Have Broadband Just Don't Want It
Madden Misses TV, But Video Game Still Thrives
Legendary Broadcaster Says He Felt the Itch After Ending 30-Year Career
All pain is not the same: Psychologist discusses gender differences in chronic pain
Women experience chronic pain longer, more intensely and more often than men, according to a psychologist who works with both men and women dealing with diseases and conditions that leave...
Poll: Teen Girls Not Fooled by Airbrushed Fashion Photos
From photos of Sarah Jessica Parker to Kim Kardashian, teen girls know the perfect look is unrealistic.
David Copperfield discovers fountain of youth
The magician came across the controversial 'secret' on one of his private islandsWhat would you say if you were told: "Hey! Someone's discovered the fountain of youth!"? You'd say: "Olay, Schmolay, that's amazing!"...
Do stock options improve employee performance?
It has become an article of faith in Silicon Valley that stock options create incentives for employees to work harder and smarter. But does that assumption stand up? It depends...
Facebook panic button prompts surge in abuse reports
Facebook has seen a sevenfold increase in young people reporting suspicious behaviour online since it introduced a so-called panic button in Britain last month, investigators said Thursday.
‘Fused’ people eager to die and kill for their group, research shows
AUSTIN, Texas -- People with extremely strong ties to their countries or groups are not only willing, but eager, to sacrifice themselves to save their compatriots, according to...
How Parents Can Get Infants to Sleep, Once and For All
When your baby shows disinterest in a book or makes vocalizations, moms and dads should respond appropriately to those cues.
Study shows behaviours and attitudes towards oral sex are changing
University of Alberta researcher Brea Malacad says results from a study on oral sex indicate there is little doubt that oral sex is becoming a more common activity for young...
Perceived intentions influence brain response
People generally like to see generous people rewarded and selfish people punished. Now, new research reveals a critical link between how we perceive another's intentions and our evaluation of their...
Best way to pour champagne? 'Down the side' wins first scientific test
In a study that may settle a long-standing disagreement over the best way to pour a glass of champagne, scientists in France are reporting that pouring bubbly in an angled,...
Baking the White House Snack Bars
A New York Times reporter tries out a more healthful alternative to cookies created by the White House pastry chef.
MRI scans show brain's response to actions of others
When we believe a person is doing something nice for someone else, we really do take it personally. Our brains register the observation of a good deed as a personal...
Time to put coyotes off their appetite?
Saskatchewan has a serious problem with predators eating livestock, but what if ... they simply didn't feel like eating?
The Worst Ethics Scandal on Capitol Hill?
Students of ethics and philosophy press Congress to stop hiding behind politics and act on climate.
The Language Barrier Attacked (1)
A multiplet is a simple thing to describe: it is a collection of several identical or nearly identical things. Here, however, a difficulty arises because a "multiplet" is a manifestation...