New Guidelines For Organization-wide Password Management

When an employee has so many complex passwords to remember that he keeps them on a sticky note attached to his computer screen, that could be a sign that your...

Adolescent risk-taking has major consequences when it comes to marriage

A national study of data collected over 12 years finds that delinquent teens marry earlier than their peers, while substance-abusing teens - especially girls who abuse marijuana - marry later...

Think Memory Worsens With Age? Then Yours Probably Will

Thinking your memory will get worse as you get older may actually be a self-fulfilling prophecy. Researchers have found that senior citizens who think older people should perform poorly on...

Remembrance of Things Past Influences How Female Field Crickets Select Mates

(PhysOrg.com) -- UC Riverside biologists researching the behavior of field crickets have found for the first time that female crickets remember attractive males based on the latter`s song, and use...

How house-hunting ants choose the best home

(PhysOrg.com) -- Direct comparison of alternatives isn`t always the best way to make a decision - at least if you`re an ant. House-hunting rock ants collectively manage to choose the...

'Open up' about aliens, Apollo astronaut tells US government

Prison punishes more people than just the inmates

ANN ARBOR, Mich.---More people live behind bars in the United States than in any other country, but the American prison system punishes more than just its inmates---it also takes a...

Changing the way organ donation requests are made could prevent relatives denying consent

Timing and whether a transplant coordinator makes the request are key factors in whether relatives consent to organ donation, according to a study published on bmj.com today...

Cobbe Portrait 'Not A Genuine Likeness' Of William Shakespeare Made From Life

Working with four specialists, a Shakespeare scholar in Germany has refuted the claim of the picture restorer and owner Alec Cobbe that the "Cobbe portrait", in his family's possession for...

Let's Fantasize: Could You Be Batman?

Batman possesses no supernatural powers. But wow, he must've trained hard!

Ability grouping in elementary school hampers minority students' literacy

African-American and Hispanic students placed in ability groups for reading instruction learned less compared to demographically similar minority students who weren't grouped by ability, a new study by a University...

Islam Is Good

British government officials are planning to deploy search-engine optimization in their war on terror, working with certain Muslim groups to push "positive" depictions of Islam up in the Google rankings. Also...

New Features Found in Einstein's Brain

(PhysOrg.com) -- When one thinks of Einstein, it is natural to assume that obviously his brain differed from that of the average person. And, ever since Thomas Harvey, a pathologist...

Only a small minority of children are carefree and many are bored

A UK study into children's happiness and safety co-authored by a psychologist at the University of Hertfordshire just released has revealed that only 11 per cent of children surveyed are...

Health-care reform should start with paying evidence-based financial incentives

Healthcare Reform should start with 'evidence-based reimbursement,' structuring physician payment incentives around existing empirical evidence of clinical benefit, which would improve quality and reduce the cost of healthcare, says a...

Repeated virtual reality distraction reduces pain perception

Distraction through virtual-reality technology was found to reduce pain perceptions after repeated exposures in a University of Maryland study published in The Journal of Pain. The test subjects did not,...

Now where did I leave my car? How the brain translates memory into action

When we emerge from a supermarket laden down with bags and faced with a sea of vehicles, how do we remember where we've parked our car and translate the memory...

Supporting servicemembers with combat injuries

Servicemembers returning from deployments with combat injuries, and their families, may benefit from a recent Department of the Army grant awarded to the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences,...

Study shows anxiety increases pain intensity, disability

British researchers writing in The Journal of Pain, the peer-review publication of the American Pain Society, found that individuals with high levels of anxiety due to chronic pain exhibit more...

Honduras to reward promising students with computer

Honduran public schools students achieving academic excellence will be rewarded by the government with a computer.

Epilepsy: Exposure To Valproate During Pregnancy Can Impair A Child's Cognitive Development

Three-year-olds whose mothers took the antiepileptic drug valproate during pregnancy had average IQs six to nine points lower than children exposed to three other antiepileptic drugs, a landmark multi-center study...

Manhattan Depicted Before Human Impact

A new study reveals what the island of Manhattan looked like before it became a concrete jungle.

Neandertals Babies Didn't Do the Twist

Unlike in humans, Neandertal babies may not have rotated in the birth canal

Well: What Are Friends for? A Longer Life

Many people overlook a powerful weapon in the quest for better health: their friends.

Rapid emotional swings could precede violence

A tool from physics helps link patterns of psychiatric patients’ symptoms and the likelihood they will commit violent acts

Do-not-call list now good for 5 years not 3: CRTC

The CRTC says phone numbers on its do-not-call registry now will be off-limits to telemarketers for five years instead of three.

Security Alert: Beware of SMS Messages That Can Take Control of Your Phone

(PhysOrg.com) -- Trust Digital has proven that an attacker with the right knowledge and toolkits can remotely hijack a phone by sending an SMS message to it. The attack would...

Candidate's racy Facebook photos showed 'lack of judgment': NDP leader

B.C. NDP Leader Carole James says the party's former candidate for Vancouver-False Creek showed a "lack of judgment" over pictures displayed on his Facebook page.