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How The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Made Kids Fat
Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Plant, March 14, 2011 DigitalGlobe via Getty ImagesKids in Fukushima are now the most overweight in Japan. Here's why. After a massive earthquake and tsunami struck Japan in 2011, causing...
Writing exercises help jobseekers find work, claims government's nudge unit
Team says range of behavioural psychology experiments shows value of lifting confidence and cutting red tapeAn experiment in improving the chances for the unemployed to find work has been hailed as a success...
5 Questions with 'Hungry Girl's' Lisa Lillien
The 'Hungry Girl' entrepreneur is a genius at finding and sharing low-cal ways to scratch a craving itch. She dishes on her new book, 'Hungry Girl to the Max,' exercise...
F.D.A. Approves Eliquis From Bristol and Pfizer
Eliquis is the third anticlotting medicine to be approved recently and it is expected the backers will aggressively market their products.
Like math? Thank your motivation, not IQ
Looks like Tiger Mom had it half-right: Motivation to work hard and good study techniques, not IQ, lead to better math skills, a new study shows.
New Year honours: arise Dame Sarah Storey and Sir Bradley Wiggins
Olympians and Paralympians lead the gong show in a highly patriotic list expanded to take in a successful summer of sportCyclists Bradley Wiggins and Sarah Storey, sailor Ben Ainslie and a host...
Toshiba smartphone camera sensor has eye on future
(Phys.org)—Toshiba may be targeting the end of 2013 for the launch of a new camera sensor for smartphones and tablets, where the picture taker can choose a specific area of...
African scientists call for climate change evidence
Africa's science academies have issued a statement calling for evidence to fill large gaps in the continent’s climate-change evidence base.
Theater 'Tweet Seats' Now Available for Twitter Addicts
Will roped-off sections for social media junkies increase attendance?
Canada poll finds distrust of scientists
OTTAWA, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- About one-third of Canadians distrust scientific findings on major issues, a survey found, but a researcher says people aren't getting "information they need."
Genetics May Provide Clues to Newtown Shooting
Could the roots of violent behavior like the Newton school shooting be found in DNA?
Music therapy offers hope for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s
Music might help people with cognitive impairment, including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, a study suggests.
UK's Pearson invests in Barnes & Noble's Nook
British publisher Pearson PLC says it is investing in a business based on Barnes & Noble's NOOK e-reader.
56% of female university students get drunk in record time, Spanish study suggests
Researchers have studied university students' lifestyles; their analysis, which includes alcohol and illegal drug consumption habits, sport and food, concludes that most students indulge in unhealthy behavior. One of the...
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Announces 10 Major Research Achievements of 2012
The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (formerly National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression or NARSAD) highlights 10 research achievements of 2012. These mental illness breakthroughs by NARSAD Grantees...
Grade us on 8 digital media experiments launched in 2012
Have you noticed all the trial balloons rising up from the CBC Community Blog this year? We've let the wind out of projects that just didn't carry, and doubled our...
Young California voters shun party affiliation
Young adults in California registered to vote in record numbers in 2012, especially online, driving a trend toward no party [...]
Visual Feedback Learning Essential For Imitating Facial Expressions
Our ability to imitate facial expressions depends on learning and visual feedback, say psychologists. Marketing people knew that already. The 'chameleon effect' is commonly used in interpersonal negotiations because imitating...
Program helps veterans reintegrate through music
MONTCLAIR, N.J. (AP) -- Many military veterans say having music to listen to helps them deal with the stress of deployment....
Celebrities taken to task in annual round-up of scientific nonsense
Sense About Science charity criticises Simon Cowell for using 'house healer', but praises Stuart Broad and Gary KempEvery Christmas, the charity Sense About Science (SAS) records the silly scientific things celebrities say and...
Infants, Monkeys, Love, And AI
Perhaps you have seen pictures or videos from the 1960s of rhesus monkey babies clinging to inanimate surrogate mothers.These experiments were by Harry Harlow, who eventually went against the psychology...
Having a Polar Christmas
With Christmas upon us, Cambridge historian Dr Shane McCorristine and geographer and psychologist Dr Jane S.P. Mocellin take us back to the heroic age of Polar exploration, when festive celebrations...
Science Confirms The Obvious: Being Nice Helps You Make Friends
The ButterCream Gang Feature Films For FamiliesA new study finds that kids really do like other kids who are nice. After conducting a month-long study with several hundred Canadian tweens, researchers have arrived...
Students' online and offline social networks can predict course grades
The information can be used to determine which students need the most help, as well as which ones excel and might be guided to further study or careers in that...
Science 2.0's Top 10 Most Popular Articles Of 2012
Science 2.0 is not like most other science sites. Aside from not being a part of a billion-dollar conglomerate, our audience is also a little off kilter. By off kilter,...
Kenya hospital imprisons new mothers with no money
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- The director of the Pumwani Maternity Hospital, located in a hardscrabble neighborhood of downtown Nairobi, freely acknowledges that he detains mothers who...
Expansion of P.E.I. kidney drug coverage falls short
The P.E.I. government has added a third kidney cancer drug to its high-cost drug subsidy program, but remains the only province not funding a second-round option.
China tightening controls on Internet
China's new communist leaders are increasing already tight controls on Internet use and electronic publishing following a spate of embarrassing online reports about official abuses.