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Acute stress improves working memory, research suggests
Stress is no fun. Chronic stress can ruin your health. But the body’s response to troubling situations is not without benefit. New research shows that after a brief encounter with...
Divorce Undermines Health In Ways Remarriage Doesn't Heal
Divorce and widowhood have a lingering, detrimental impact on health, even after a person remarries, new research shows. "Among the currently married, those who have ever been divorced show worse...
Just expecting a tasty food activates brain reward systems
Research to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into all aspects of eating and drinking...
Health care leaders say need for reform is urgent
New York, N.Y., July 27, 2009 -- By a wide margin, health care leaders believe that individuals should have a choice of public and private health plans, and strongly support...
Mom and dad as financial advisors
Why are so many students deep in debt before they finish college, only to take on more debt as they begin their careers? The answer may be found by looking...
Talk to The Times: Science Reporter Henry Fountain
Henry Fountain, science reporter, is answering questions July 27-31.
Personal Values Color Understanding Of Sentences Within Milliseconds
Moral-ethical and political beliefs color the way people read opinion questions. This ‘coloring’ process takes place well before people become aware of their answers to such questions. This phenomenon was...
Hacker posts Chinese flag on film fest website
A hacker attacked the website of the Melbourne International Film Festival on Saturday to protest the premiere of a documentary about an exiled Uighur activist Beijing blames for ethnic riots...
Latvia signs Cooperation Agreement with ESA
Latvia becomes the second Baltic country to sign a Cooperation Agreement with ESA. ESA’s Director of Legal Affairs and External Relations, Peter Hulsroj, and Latvian Minister for Education and Science,...
Reach of Subsidies Is Critical Issue for Health Plan
As lawmakers struggle to achieve the goal of universal coverage, a critical question is whether the plans will be affordable to those who are uninsured.
Teen Drinking Linked To Behavioral Problems, Norwegian Study Finds
Teens who drink heavily are more likely than their peers to have behavioral and attention problems and suffer from anxiety and depression, a Norwegian study has found.
New Science Of Learning Offers Preview Of Tomorrow's Classroom
Of all the qualities that distinguish humans from other species, how we learn is one of the most significant. Researchers who are at the forefront of neuroscience, psychology, education, and...
Multitasking Ability Can Be Improved Through Training
Training increases brain processing speed and improves our ability to multitask, new research indicates.
Scientists try to stop schizophrenia in its tracks
(AP) -- She was sociable and happy in high school. But in college that changed abruptly: Depressed and withdrawn, some days she couldn't get out of bed. And that...
What can we learn from Confucianism?
With the recent revival of Confucianism in China, Chinese scholars are examining its unique contribution to problem solving
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Name: Yefei Zhao Gender: male Affiliation: Department of Computer Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China Degree: Ph. D. candidate Member: IEEE student member, IACSIT Senior Member?Editor and reviewer of “Journal of Digital Content...
Lobbyists the silver lining in health care storm?
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A strong force, perhaps as powerful in Congress as President Barack Obama, is keeping the drive for health care going even as lawmakers...
Study finds suppressing emotions can hurt
EUGENE, Ore., July 25 (UPI) -- Emotional suppression may cost college freshmen friendships, a co-author of a University of Oregon at Eugene study said Saturday.
Political Memo: Partisan or Not, a Tough Course on Health Care
President Obama is under growing pressure to choose between wooing a small band of Republicans or struggling to rally his party to get the job done.
University of Pennsylvania: My Eczema, My Shame
After every morning shower, I dance. I skank, cardio box and bob my shoulders like a Bollywood dancer before class at 10:30. Naked. It’s a ritual that began in my...
Middlebury College: The Imperfect Eating Disorder
In high school, I was a skeleton of who I am now. With pangs of hunger and a jutting rib cage, I was waiting for confidence and determination to flesh...
Caffeine-drinking teens lack sleep
PHILADELPHIA, July 25 (UPI) -- Teenagers who Web surf, text message and consume caffeine at night are more likely to fall asleep during the day, researchers in Pennsylvania...
1 Plus 1: Shanghai Tweaks Child Rules
Thirty years after China began enforcing a one-child policy, city officials will offer emotional counseling and financial incentives to couples willing to have a second.
Groups wants to raise and display ship
BUFFALO, N.Y., July 24 (UPI) -- A group of shipwreck wants proposes to raise a schooner from the bottom of Lake Erie and display it in a tank in...
Those medical tests are yours
Doctors' offices can be reluctant to provide you with reports or records. But don't give up -- you're entitled. ...
Birth control pill can lower sex drive
Oral contraceptives can lower levels of testosterone, which is partly responsible for triggering sexual desire. ...
Should Thursday Be the New Friday? The Environmental and Economic Pluses of the 4-Day Workweek
As government agencies and corporations scramble to cut expenses, one idea gaining widespread attention involves cutting something most employees wouldn't mind losing: work on Fridays. Regular three-day weekends, without a decrease in the...
"Environmental Justice" Tool in the Works
Lauded as Stimulus Achievement, Pollution Scores for Poor and Minority Neighborhoods Still on Drawing Board