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Mini-beamer in a cell phone or PDA
A summer barbecue by the lake - as the sausages sizzle on the grill some of the party would like to watch the soccer on TV. Today, a choice has...
How Adolescent Girls Manage Stress
Greater influence over everyday life, emotional support, and cultural and recreational activities help to enable teenage girls to withstand stress.
UN reports decline in cultivation of some drugs
(AP) -- In its annual report on world drug use, the United Nations concludes that global markets for cocaine, opiates and marijuana are holding steady or in decline.
Schizophrenic's 'Automatic Pilot' Still Works, But Processing New Information Causes Problems
Answering a phone call while cooking dinner ... walking to work while texting ... driving while listening to the radio -- all without having to think about it. After plenty...
Study: Slightly overweight live longer
PORTLAND, Ore., June 24 (UPI) -- A researcher in Portland, Ore., says his study found that slightly overweight people live longer than their normal weight counterparts.
Most People Prefer Right Ear for Listening
People are more likely to perform a task when the request is received in their right ears rather than their left ones.
Social class, gender and ethnic group determine adolescents' sexual-affective education
The social class, the gender and the ethnic group are three essential dimensions, not only in the social differentiation, but also in the affective sexual education of the adolescents, where...
Study Contradicts Conventional Wisdom that Perceptual Abilities Improve as We Grow
A study of Spanish- and English- learning infants provides evidence that our perceptual abilities do not improve as we get older, and that younger infants may actually be better at...
Study: Women more likely than men to reject unattractive babies
Women are more likely than men to reject unattractive-looking babies, according to a study by researchers at Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital, possibly reflecting an evolutionary-derived need for diverting limited resources towards...
Morning people and night owls show different brain function
Are you a 'morning person' or a 'night owl?' Scientists at the University of Alberta have found that there are significant differences in the way our brains function depending on...
Ability to literally imagine oneself in another's shoes may be tied to empathy
New research from Vanderbilt University indicates the way our brain handles how we move through space - including being able to imagine literally stepping into someone else's shoes - may...
Now hear this: get what you want by talking into someone's right ear
If you want to get someone to do something, ask them in their right ear, say scientists.
Afghani children suffering from post-traumatic stress
Children who live in Afghanistan are particularly affected every day by a multitude of war time stressors which increase the likelihood of developing PTSD: trauma, child labour, and family and...
Review: 'The Music Instinct: Science and Song' on PBS
Mysteries explained just become more wonderfully mysterious in this in-depth documentary. Science lies at the back of everything real, the world we walk through and breathe in and see and hear. Although there...
In pursuit of a happiness gene
The pursuit of happiness characterizes the human condition. But for those suffering from stress, money trouble or chronic illness, a positive outlook on life can be difficult to find. Now,...
Facedown Burials Widely Used to Humiliate the Dead
From wayward nuns to convicted witches, the global custom of burying people "prone" was likely used to disrespect or humiliate the dead, according to the first study of its kind.
Motorola Get Ahead Of The Social Curve With Karma
Teenagers and young adults can get ahead of the social curve with the latest AT&T quick messaging and social networking phone from Motorola. AT&T and Motorola, Inc. today announced Motorola...
Campaign donors survey: Women and young people behind Obama's small donor success
More individuals gave more money to candidates for federal office, national and state party committees, and political action committees or other interest groups in 2007 than in any previous election....
ROLLER COASTER PICTURES: 125 Years of Thrills
The great American roller coaster celebrates its 125th anniversary this month. Follow the twists and turns of coaster chronicles via pictures of history-making, stomach-churning scream machines.
Heavy Women Have Lower Quality Relationships, But Same Is Not True For Men, Study Finds
Associations between body mass index (BMI) and relationship quality and other partner/relationship perceptions were investigated in 57 couples in New Zealand. Heavier women had lower quality relationships, which they predicted...
Psychotherapy Of Depression Changes Biological Parameters?
Investigators have demonstrated that the early increase in phosphorylated CREB (pCREB) is related to treatment response and does not depend on pharmacological interventions or brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) plasma levels....
Arizona reports hantavirus death
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., June 23 (UPI) -- A Minnesota woman who died from hantavirus may have contracted the rodent-linked disease during a trip through the Grand Canyon, authorities said.
Student’s Design Helps Piece Together Parts Of The Alzheimer’s Puzzle
Extensive research in care homes across South East England has prompted a student to design a jigsaw puzzle especially for people with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. The...
Emotional Cost Of Nursing
What are the costs of caring? A new project explores nurses’ experience of distress and aims to determine if empathy with patients is associated with traumatic experience in nurses.
The 'virtual Watercooler' Email Cliques?
Researchers are exploring the organizational impact of ‘shadowy groupings.’ They are examining the impact of ‘email cliques’ – the equivalent of people who gather around the office watercooler, though this...
Google trial in Italy: freedom v. responsibility
(AP) -- Testimony begins Tuesday in the Italian trial of four Google executives accused of defamation and violating privacy for allowing a video to be posted online showing an...
Anxiety's hidden cost
The effect of anxiety on academic performance is not always obvious but new research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council suggests that there may be hidden costs. The...
Could ballroom dancing be a quick step to better behaviour?
Latin and ballroom dancing can improve pupils' behaviour and learning, it is claimed.