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OPINION: An online tool to help achieve your weight-loss goal (no, it’s not a fad diet)
The best way to lose weight is to do it slowly and gradually, Gary Sacks writes.
National Briefing | Environment: March Against Pipeline Planned
Environmental groups are mobilizing for a demonstration at the White House on Sunday against the proposed 1,700-mile Keystone XL pipeline.
Skip disco music for CPR lessons
Listening to the song Disco Science while giving CPR helps rescuers keep the rhythm but the music isn't effective enough to warrant changing first-aid guidelines, researchers say.
Infant formula ads reduce breastfeeding
The World Health Organization said a study has found that Filipino mothers who have been influenced by advertisements or their doctors to use infant formula are two to four times...
Research duo uncovers clues about why 'fingernails across a chalkboard' is so horrible
(Medical Xpress) -- Proving that science isn’t always just fun and games, two researchers with music backgrounds have conducted experiments to get to the bottom of why people are so...
Researchers uncover aerodynamics of the best attributes of the common jump rope
(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the cool things about science is, no matter where you are, it’s all around you, and sometimes all that’s needed is for someone to open their...
Autumn colours: your Green shoots photographs
Leaves, berries and mists are among the pick of your spectacular autumn sights
Pictures: Ten Least Crowded Places in the World
With humanity now at seven billion, is elbowroom becoming endangered? Escape to ten spacious places—and find out how they got that way.
Psychologists stress the importance of memory in preventing relapse after therapy
(Medical Xpress) -- Addictions, phobias, post-traumatic stress disordersuch painful and harmful problems are recalcitrant to treatment. In the clinic, a person may suppress the association between the stimulus and the...
B.C. parents lobby for in-school diabetes care
Parents of children with Type 1 diabetes have launched a petition against the B.C. government, saying it is failing their children by not providing in-school assistants who are trained to...
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Open-source cancer research [video] | @GrrlScientist
How does cancer know it's cancer? How does cancer know it's cancer? This is the question that cancer researcher, Jay Bradner and his colleagues have focused on in their research, and they...
Critic's Notebook: Harrowing Births on Prime-Time TV
Prime-time television has been having something of a pregnancy epidemic, and it’s not going away anytime soon.
Autistic people superior in multiple areas: Scientists must stop emphasizing autistics' shortcomings, expert urges
We must stop considering the different brain structure of autistic individuals to be a deficiency, as research reveals that many autistics -- not just "savants" -- have qualities and abilities...
Current training programs may not prepare firefighters to combat stress
Current training programs may not effectively prepare firefighters for the range of scenarios they are likely to encounter, according to human factors/ergonomics researchers.
Legalizing medical marijuana does not increase use among youth, study suggests
Researchers studied whether legalizing medical marijuana in Rhode Island would be likely to increase its use among youths. Based on their analysis of 32,570 students, they found that while marijuana...
Developing unbiased measures of customer likes and dislikes
Companies around the world rely on various marketing strategies to make their brands more appealing to customers, and now, according to a study published in the online journal PLoS ONE,...
Do animals really know right from wrong?
In a famous YouTube video, Tank the dog looks guilty when his owner comes home to find trash scattered everywhere, and the trash can lid stuck on Tank's head. But...
Study examines nicotine as a gateway drug
A landmark study in mice identifies a biological mechanism that could help explain how tobacco products could act as gateway drugs, increasing a person's future likelihood of abusing cocaine and...
Autism Can Be an 'Advantage,' Researcher Says
Scientists need to stop always viewing the characteristics of autism as flaws that need to be corrected.
Search Tool Accentuates the Negative, Eliminates the Positive
Feeling negative about your PubMed searches? You're not alone. Because of the way search...
11-02-2011: Happy Palindrome Day!
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: 11-02-2011 is a day for digit fans to celebrate ... and a great warmup for 11:11 on 11-11-11.
Anonymous exposes visitors to child porn sites
The online "hacktivist" group Anonymous claimed on Wednesday to have published the Internet Protocol addresses of nearly 200 visitors to child pornography forums.
Special issue on neuroscience: The autism enigma
Special issue on neuroscience: The autism enigmaNature 479, 21 02112011 doi: 10.1038/479021aDiagnoses and research funding are rising, but much about autism remains a puzzle. Nature seeks...
Interactive play with blocks found to facilitate development of spatial vocabulary
In a recent study published in Mind, Brain and Education, researchers at Temple's Infant Lab found there are some very real benefits to playing with that old toy classic ...
FOR KIDS: Young scientists come to Washington
Thirty middle school students compete in the inaugural Broadcom MASTERS science challenge
Lang Lang lends his ear to Harvard
Not even a very unseasonable nor’easter could keep almost 800 classical piano devotees from packing Sanders Theatre on the afternoon of Oct. 29. The reason? Superstar Lang Lang was in the house —...
Escalating drug dearth spooks White House
Escalating drug dearth spooks White House