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World Cup Craziness: Devivizelator Squelches the Vuvuzela
The buzzing sound heard during broadcasts of world cup games has polarized soccer fans.
Researchers suggest Botox can reduce ability to feel emotions
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers studying the effects of Botox, a chemical used to smooth out facial wrinkles, have found the paralysis of facial muscles can reduce feedback to the brain and...
Gay men's bilateral brains better at remembering faces, study finds
A Canadian study finds that gay men can recall familiar faces faster and more accurately than their heterosexual counterparts.
Loneliness, poor health appear to be linked
Two studies have found that hoarding friends doesn't necessarily diminish forlorn feelings and that loneliness is a matter of perception. Superficial relationships, researchers say, can not only result in feelings...
An Elderly Man's Last Love Story
A daughter shares the final chapter of her elderly father's love life.
Many clinicians maintain positive attitudes toward industry marketing activities
Despite current policy trends, many clinicians continue to hold positive attitudes toward gifts from and marketing interactions with pharmaceutical and device companies, according to a new study.
Did Michelangelo Include a Brain Stem in the Sistine Chapel?
Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown has yet to write a book on the hidden pictures in Michelangelo's artwork, but maybe he can start working on a thriller that takes...
Video: Textual Harassment
As text messaging becomes a more common way of communicating, the dangers of abuse and harassment are growing.
Computer fun helps improve girls' food choices, fitness
Lively, educational comic strips, geared to 8- to 10-year-old African-American girls, can help these young viewers make better food choices and improve their physical fitness. That's what happened in a...
Schools still failing to promote positive attitudes towards disabled people
Many primary school teachers admit they 'could do better'. Lack of resources or insufficient training has led to teaching that is often inadequate and lacking in confidence, claim researchers.
Climate change may favor couch-potato elk
Heading for the hills every spring appears worse than staying put
Scholar calls for a new legal, ethical framework for research with human tissue specimens
A lawyer and researcher at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics says a new legal and ethical framework needs to be placed around the donation and banking of human...
Sports scandals need reframing
Sporting managers and sponsors should start looking for marketing opportunities in bad behaviour, according to a new study.
IVF baby too costly for P.E.I. couple
A P.E.I. couple is hoping the province will follow the lead of Quebec and start funding in vitro fertilization.
Why we need bureaucrats
George Osborne will today no doubt pledge to get rid of pen-pushers. But back-office cuts are neither simple nor painlessWhat bright-eyed child ever dreamed of growing up to become a bureaucrat? A round-shouldered...
Greater religiosity during adolescence may protect against developing problem alcohol use
Phenotypes are measurable and/or observable traits or behaviors. The heritability of an alcohol-related phenotype depends upon the social environment within which it is measured, such as urbanicity, marital status, or...
Portable media players associated with short-term hearing effects
Temporary changes in hearing sensitivity are associated with potential harmful effects of listening to an MP3 player, according to a new study.
Ex-CHP officer convicted of bribery and perjury for dismissing speeding ticket in exchange for sex
A former California Highway Patrol officer was convicted Monday of bribery and perjury for allegedly dismissing a traffic ticket for a woman who agreed to have sex with him.
When a reward isn't really a reward
CVS' Extra Bucks program requires you to produce a receipt to get a discount. But who shleps those yard-long receipts around? ...
Pressure rising on healthcare long before overhaul takes effect
Millions will struggle to keep coverage until the law sets up a safety net in 2014. ...
LAPD uses Facebook, Twitter, videos to find Lakers violence suspects
Los Angeles authorities plan to use hundreds of images taken from police videos, business surveillance cameras, TV news footage, Twitter posts and Facebook pages to identify people who committed crimes...
Exercise may be an effective and nonpharmacologic treatment option for alcohol dependence
Alcohol abuse is highly disruptive of circadian rhythms, and circadian disruptions can also lead to alcohol abuse as well as relapse in abstinent alcoholics. Circadian timing in mammals is...
Creating a preliminary neurobehavioral profile of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
A continuum of physical, mental, and behavioral damage is caused by prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) and is referred to by the non-diagnostic term, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). While...
More World Cup Insults For England - Scottish Fans More Supportive Of Their Team
As if a vaguely distant coach and a missing striker who doesn't like his fans is not bad enough, a new study says Scots are more patriotic than those in...
Spot the difference predicts model of human visual attention
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a computerized game of 'spot the difference', people are more likely to notice things added or removed than even major changes in colour.
Scientist at Work: Tor D. Wager: Seeking to Illuminate the Mysterious Placebo Effect
A childhood experience helps guide a researcher’s quest.
Violence, not overdose, the likely method of suicide in veterans with substance use disorders
Veterans with substance use disorders who die by suicide are more likely to use violent means (such as a firearm) rather than nonviolent means (such as a drug overdose), new...
Ask the Investigative Reporters
Today, New York Times reporters will answer readers' questions about their article on the decisions that led to and followed the failure of the blowout preventer on the Deepwater...