Structure More Effective In High School Science Classes, Study Reveals

Self-led, self-structured inquiry may be the best method to train scientists at the college level and beyond, but it's not the ideal way for all high school students to prepare...

TV Shows Convey Mixed Messages About Alcohol Consumption In Youth

Efforts to dissuade youth consumption through negative alcohol consumption depictions can be thwarted by portrayals of positive consumption in prime-time television programming. A new study reveals that television series often...

Psychiatric disorders are common in adults who have had anorexia

The study was initiated in 1985. A total of 51 teenagers with anorexia nervosa were studied, together with an equally large control group of healthy persons. The groups have been...

Police arrest 57 in countrywide child pornography sweep

More than 50 people across the country have been arrested as a result of a police investigation into child sexual abuse online.

Vindictiveness doesn't pay

Vindictiveness doesn't pay. This has been demonstrated by a current study at Bonn and Maastricht Universities. According to this study, a person inclined to deal with inequity on a...

Developing Brains: Alcohol Worse than Marijuana

(PhysOrg.com) -- It appears that when it comes to teen brain development, parents should be more worried about alcohol abuse than marijuana abuse. Two recent studies have been published showing...

Combating weight gain caused by antipsychotic treatments

Antipsychotic drugs, such as olanzapine (Zyprexa), risperidone (Risperdal) and quetiapine (Seroquel), are commonly used to treat psychotic disorders like schizophrenia, but also bipolar disorder and even behavioral problems related to...

Personality Influences Reproductive Success

A new study reveals that personality at adolescence predicts reproductive success later in life. The study findings showed that male and female teens with socially dominant personalities were more likely...

When It Comes To Intelligence, Size Matters

A new study has demonstrated a positive link between cognitive ability and cortical thickness in the brains of healthy six- to 18-year-olds. The correlation is evident in regions that integrate...

Social Skills, Extracurricular Activities In High School Pay Off Later In Life

It turns out that being voted “Most likely to succeed” in high school might actually be a good predictor of one’s financial and educational success later in life. A professor...

Distinct hippocampal neurones monitor success or failure during learning task

Scientists have discovered that individual neurones in the monkey hippocampus can signal information about the outcome of experimental trials during an associative learning task. The research, published by Cell Press...

Bad news for insomniacs: 'hunger hormones' affected by poor sleep

In a study to be published in the May issue of the journal Psychoneuroendocrinology and currently available online by subscription, Sarosh Motivala, an assistant professor of psychiatry at the Semel...

Study shows brain activity associated with phantom limbs

Phantom limbs, often described after amputation, are also experienced as an extra limb in patients who are paralysed on one side following a stroke. Referred to as supernumerary phantom limb...

Beverly Hills surrogacy firm accused of fraud and theft

One suit alleges the agency kept Spanish couple's money instead of paying the surrogate and doctor. The firm filed for bankruptcy but was denied, and had its license revoked for...

UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News

Space shuttle Discovery to land Saturday … Scientists develop canine cancer drug … Study finds not all bats land the same way … New anti-cancer drug found effective ... Health/Science...

A new baby can spell trouble for marriage

COLLEGE STATION, Texas, March 25 (UPI) -- Having a baby can damage a marriage in ways new parents never anticipate, Texas A&M researchers warned Wednesday

Alternative teacher certification programs do not meet expectations

COLUMBIA, Mo. - What began in the 1980s as a possible way to relieve teacher shortages and improve instructional quality in areas such as mathematics and science, alternative teacher certification...

Gender, geography influence floral purchases

CHANGHUA, TAIWAN--Scientific studies of "consumption value" explore the reasons consumers choose particular products and provide marketers with ways to analyze consumer behavior and influence purchasing.

British therapists still offer treatments to 'cure' homosexuality

New apps change how you use mobile devices

They tell us where to eat, how to find friends, when to make a left turn. Oh, and they can also make a phone call.

Study: Technology can overwhelm even 20-somethings

(AP) -- They are comfortable with gadgets, yet shudder sometimes as the cell phone rings.

Networking out of natural disasters

Open-source software could transform response to disease outbreaks and natural disasters.

Study shows summer jobs may help prevent suicidal tendencies in at-risk teens

A University of Iowa study found that when a friend of a friend attempts suicide, at-risk teens are more likely to seriously consider doing so. But at-risk teens are less...

Visual learning study challenges common belief on attention

A visual learning study by scientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston indicates that viewers can learn a great deal about objects in their field of...

Chemo Researcher Does the Right Thing

Ravi Bellamkonda ditched his plan to become a doctor, because he found he could help more people as a scientist.

Robot Madness: Walk Like Humans Do

Robots struggle to balance form versus function in walking.

Why We Have Difficulty Recognizing Faces In Photo Negatives

Humans excel at recognizing faces, but how we do this has been an abiding mystery in neuroscience and psychology. In an effort to explain our success in this area, researchers...

The Brain Maintains Language Skills In Spite Of Alcohol Damage By Drawing From Other Regions

Researchers know that alcoholism can damage the brain's frontal lobes and cerebellum, regions involved in language processing. Nonetheless, alcoholics' language skills appear to be relatively spared from alcohol's damaging effects....