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Women's Rights Activists Win 2011 Nobel Peace Prize
World peace is impossible without equal rights for men and women, they say.
Think You're in Good Health? Then Your Dementia Risk is Lower
Thinking that you are in poor health may increase your risk for dementia
In the Brain, Winning Is Everywhere
Winning may not be the only thing, but the human brain devotes a lot of resources to the outcome of games, a new study by Yale researchers suggest. The study...
Monkeys' thoughts run virtual arm
The future of thought-controlled prosthetics receives a boost as monkeys both control and receive tactile feedback from a virtual arm.
In iPad, researcher sees hope for children with impaired visual function
A researcher at the University of Kansas believes the iPad could vastly improve the lives and prospects of children living with cortical visual impairment, a severe neurological disorder resulting from...
Study finds crows can identify symbols
UTSUNOMIYA, Japan, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Crows possess the seemingly human ability to distinguish between symbols representing different quantities, a study by Japanese researchers says.
Collectivism and bribery: The more collective feeling in a society, the more its members are likely to offer bribes
Why are some places more prone to bribery and corruption than others? Part of the answer seems to be the level of collective feeling in a society, according to new...
Rick Martin Had Disease Related to Brain Trauma
Rick Martin, the left wing on the Sabres’ French Connection line, had chronic traumatic encephalopathy when he died last March of a heart attack at age 59.
Longer trips to the ER, especially for minorities and poor
Closures of hospital trauma centers are disproportionately affecting poor, uninsured and African-American populations, and nearly a fourth of Americans are now forced to travel farther than they once did.
We are what we experience
Our life experiences -- the ups and downs, and everything in between -- shape us, stay with us and influence our emotional set point as adults, according to a new...
Can peer mentors help teens lose weight? New strategies for combatting teen obesity
Obesity among adolescents has more than tripled over the past 40 years, and recent estimates find that over 18 percent of teens in the US are obese. Education and mentoring...
New Book Explores Latino Gay Activists
A new book by a University of Illinois at Chicago health sociologist and educator examines how gay, bisexual, and transgender (GBT) Latino activists and volunteers are transformed by the AIDS...
Students Refuse to Let a Tough Economy Keep Them from Finding Work
The University of Utah's David Eccles School of Business gives students a career advantage through Business Career Management Center.
The world reacts to Steve Jobs' passing
Steve Jobs, a legend in his time, has inspired generations of tech enthusiasts, and the tributes after his death are pouring in
Athletes' winning streaks may not be all in our -- or their -- heads
When an athlete consistently does well, sports commentators may describe them as being "hot" or "on fire." Scientists have debunked these streaks as being in the eye of the beholder,...
You can wash away your troubles, with soap
"Wash away my troubles, wash away my pain," goes the song. Is there such a thing as soap and water for the psyche? Yes: Metaphor is that powerful, say authors...
Machine that feels is key to 'Jedi' prosthetics
A new method of feeling without touching may allow people with paralyzed or lost limbs to interact with the world using sophisticated prosthetic devices that send sensations directly to the...
Untold war stories
When Abby Disney was writing her dissertation on war novels at Columbia, she noticed a curious pattern: Nearly all of them were about men, by men, and in most cases, for men....
Israeli chemist wins Nobel Prize after ridicule
When Israeli scientist Dan Shechtman claimed to have stumbled upon a new crystalline chemical structure that seemed to violate the laws of nature, colleagues mocked him, insulted him and exiled...
Companies are like-minded on social media jobs
Like many people, Evan Cunningham spends time on Facebook and Twitter while at the office. He sends out party invitations or chats about beer. But unlike most people, he gets...
Mother questions hospital after daughter's escape
A mother of a troubled 15-year-old girl is calling for changes at The Moncton Hospital after her daughter and two other youth escaped from the hospital for several hours on...
Table saw injuries 'gruesome'
With about 10 people losing a finger or mangling a hand in a table saw each day, the U.S. government wants to make the saws safer.
Don't get math? Researchers home in on the brain's problem
Can't calculate a tip or even balance your checkbook? Take heart; maybe you can blame your brain - specifically, the parietal cortex in the top back part of the head....
Tiny Israel a giant in scientific research
Israel's contribution to the world of scientific research has won it a growing number of accolades, with the Jewish state turning out an impressive number of achievements relative to its...
Texture Messaging: Breakthrough May Help Spinal Cord Patients Experience Tactile Sensations
In a first-ever experiment, primates move and feel objects on a computer screen using only their thoughtsWhen real brains operate in the real world, it's a two-way street. Electrical activity in the brain's...
NG Investigates: Outlaw Bikers: Hells Angels Pictures
Just who are the Hells Angels – a club of rebel bikers or a gang of crooks? In 2002 the Federal Government launches Operation Black Biscuit, which is meant to...
GPS Induced Stupidity
When a technology becomes reliable to a certain level people tend to free themselves from thought and responsibility to varying degrees.
'Mumpreneur', 'mankle' and 'mamil' among new words in latest dictionary
Updated Collins book includes 70 new terms from the fields of politics, technology, fashion and contemporary culture"Arab Spring" and "mumpreneur" are among the new words and phrases that have entered the latest edition...