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Coffee's Mysterious Benefits Mount
From lowered cancer risks to a sharper memory, more studies are showing that coffee is good for you – but why?
Slave Children Photo Stirs Digital Debate
Buyer Defends Photo Thought To Depict Slave Children After Critics Point to Online Evidence Question Its Rarity
Behind the Wheel, Bad Tech Habits Abound
Study Finds Adults, Teens Equally Likely To Text While Driving, with Adults More Likely To Chat On Phone
Now, Dad Feels as Stressed as Mom
New studies show that fathers now struggle just as much — and sometimes even more — than mothers in trying to balance work and family life.
Faster employees may indirectly motivate colleagues to increase production
You wouldn't think that there would be much similarity between a hockey line and an automobile assembly line. However, management-science researchers say that both groups can learn something about line...
Songbirds learn their songs during sleep
When zebra finches learn their songs from their father early in life, their brain is active during sleep. These findings are a further demonstration that birdsong learning is very similar...
Is War In Our Nature?
I think the history of our species makes the answer to this question quite obvious. Even the most gentle and passive among us, under the right circumstances, will kill, even...
RoboCup Singapore: the fooball tournament for robots
As a football competition for robots kicks off in Singapore, organisers predict they'll soon eclipse real playersAt corners, they pose as much threat as a Hobbit would against a team of Orcs. Their...
Why modern art is all in the mind
New book argues that taste is driven by psychological patterns and way we want world to see usTen years ago researchers in America took two groups of three-year-olds and showed them a...
Afghanistan violence is soaring, U.N. says
Afghanistan is increasingly dangerous for troops and civilians alike, the report says, citing an 'alarming' 94% increase in IED attacks alone in the first four months of 2010, compared to last year. Suicide...
Double Your Chances Of Getting A Date? Use A Soundtrack When Asking Her Out
One thing the film industry get right - and they don't get much right, since romantic comedy behavior in real life is likely to get you a restraining order -...
NeuroSky lets gamers use their brains
NeuroSky wants gamers to start using their brains. The start-up that specializes in technology to measure brainwaves was at the Electronic Entertainment Expo here this week showing videogame titans how...
Teenagers want to finish their studies and leave home
Two researchers from the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) have studied the relationship between teenagers' goals and antisocial behaviour. The results show that the principal goal of young people...
This column will change your life: From alief to belief
How does even the rational mind respond to things that are not as they seem?In a famous investigation of disgust, the psychologist Paul Rozin asked people to eat fudge that had been...
I love her but the sex has died
Carole Jahme shines the cold light of evolutionary psychology on readers' problems. This week: Love, sex and masturbationFrom an anonymous male, aged 40+I have been in several very loving, amorous, "serious" relationships as...
Talking Business: In 2 Accidents, BP Ignored Omens of Disaster
In the last five years, BP had two accidents that should have raised its focus on safety, and that makes the gulf disaster even more unforgivable.
When Art Meets War
When Art Meets War If you want to make a good historical movie you should find yourself a good historian. If one of the characters is a singer, make sure they sing...
Altitude could cause soccer players to overshoot
World Cup players might notice some strange things happening to their kicks because of the peculiar aerodynamics of playing soccer at the high altitude of the Johannesburg, South Africa, stadium,...
Little Luck With Monkeys or Allergies
Dr. Sterling explains the best times to look for monkeys, but her team strikes out when surveying a new area.
Cal State raises undergraduate student fees by 5%
The California State University Board of Trustees on Friday approved a 5% fee increase for undergraduate students for the fall, taking action at a special board meeting in Long Beach.
Like fireflies, earthquakes may fire in synchrony
In nature, random signals often fall mysteriously in step. Fireflies flashing sporadically in early evening soon flash together, and the same harmonic behavior can be seen in chirping crickets,...
U.S. rallies for 2-2 tie with Slovenia
Donovan and Bradley score in second half as Americans overcome 2-0 deficit to keep World Cup hopes alive. ...
Loneliness, Poor Health Appear to be Linked
(PhysOrg.com) -- Two UA studies have found that hoarding friends doesn't necessarily diminish forlorn feelings and that loneliness is a matter of perception.
Brazil's lessons on science for development
Brazil must ensure its support for science becomes long-term commitment, not one restricted to the mandate of a particular government.
Nobel-winning Portuguese novelist Saramago dies
Nobel-winning Portuguese novelist Saramago dies By BARRY HATTON 2010-06-18T14:56:12Z LISBON, Portugal (AP) -- Jose Saramago, who...
Interdisciplinary prize and medal for Bath scientist
Professor Barry Potter from the Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology at the University of Bath has been awarded a 2010 Interdisciplinary Prize and Medal for outstanding biological and medicinal chemistry...
Winrich Freiwald named Pew Scholar
A cognitive neuroscientist, who uses imaging techniques to study the parts of the brain responsible for visual processing, is the recipient of a prestigious Pew Scholars award.
WHO guidelines on Buruli ulcer need adjustment
Buruli ulcers, one of the ‘neglected tropical diseases’ left aside by big pharma and governments alike, are reasonably well treatable, also in poor regions. But then more attention has to...