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Danish group develops EEG Smartphone app (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes with Smartphone apps the line between seriousness and gimmick is difficult to discern. Take for example the Smartphone Brain Scanner developed by Jakob Eg Larsen and his...
Doctors Redefine Sexual Behavior Addictions
A major event has occurred in the realm of addiction science and treatment. America’s top addiction experts at The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) have just released their sweeping...
2010: How Scientists And Others Died At Work
To die at work is not the average person's dream. Most workers would not want to leave behind loved ones without financial support and in the process haunt their colleagues...
B.C. Lottery Corp. to offer mobile gambling
The British Columbia Lottery Corporation wants to give players the ability to gamble from their smartphones or tablets, but critics fear the government is trying to recruit young gamblers.
My brother, the stranger
You might share a genetic heritage with your family, but there's no guarantee that you will love – or even like – each other, says Lone FrankWe share DNA?" My younger brother...
Strands of Life: Trailer for 61st Annual Lindau Meeting Films
Scientists from more than 70 countries gathered at the 2011 Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau this summer to discuss the world’s greatest health challenges and how to tackle them....
When jazz captures the young
As a student at Boston Arts Academy, Faraday Fontimus, 16, sometimes feels a disconnect between himself and other teens. A trumpet player, he prefers listening to jazz, a form of music many of...
Belief in 'Da Vinci Code' Conspiracy May Ease Fear of Death
Believing that the Catholic Church is involved in a centuries-old cover-up may help people regain a sense of control over life.
Well Blog: Giving Okra a Second Chance
Not a fan of okra? Give it a second chance with these tasty dishes from Martha Rose Shulman in this week's Recipes for Health.
Electrical brain stimulation studied
LONDON, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Subjecting a specific part of the brain to a small electrical current can help people learn and improve their performance on a task, British...
Beluga dies at Vancouver Aquarium following break-in
Another young beluga has died at the Vancouver Aquarium, following an overnight break-in at the facility, CBC News has learned.
Marsalis in motion
Using rhythm and music and motion, Wynton Marsalis took a rapt audience through the evolution of the American dance form at a packed Sanders Theatre Thursday night. For four and a half...
Well Blog: Love, Divorce and Alzheimer's
Television evangelist Pat Robertson has sparked controversy with his suggestion that a man could divorce his wife with Alzheimer's once she no longer recognized him.
Israel to become Associate Member State of CERN
Geneva 16 September 2011. CERN1 Director General Rolf Heuer and Israeli Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations in Geneva, H.E. Mr....
With no voice, Brigance continues to spread his message
Ravens executive has lost most movement to ALS, but continues to hope for a cureO.J. Brigance sits at a restaurant table, speaking with his eyes. Brigance suffers from amyotrophic lateral...
MRI research demonstrates ALS attacks multiple parts of the brain
Recently published studies by a researcher in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry demonstrate that ALS known as Lou Gehrig's disease damages neurons in parts of the brain...
Kenya's scientists urged to engage in GM debate
Kenya's secretary of state for agriculture says scientists should leave their 'comfort zone' and engage opponents of GM foods in public debate.
Video-game studies have serious flaws
Video-game studies have serious flawsNature News , 16092011 doi: 10.1038/news.2011.543Mo CostandiPoor design of experiments undermines idea that action games bring cognitive benefit.
Negative Bias: Fear Of Fear Itself
The fury of Hurricane Irene was out-categorized by a second hurricane that occurred at the same time: the media windstorm covering the event — a newspaper and broadcast blitz pummeling...
Fitness tests get tweaked
We're not saying they're not out there, somewhere, blithely crushing pre-pubescent souls with their whistles and clipboards and flexed-arm-hang timers.
Video: Bullying: Words Can Kill - A "48 Hours" preview
Middle school can be a place of learning, discovery and friendships, but it can also be a place of cruelty, loneliness and fear. More than 160,000 students stay home every...
Half of Dutch teenagers regularly have a mild psychotic experience: study
Mild psychotic experiences, such as delusive ideas or moderate feelings of paranoia, regularly occur among adolescents. Of the almost 7700 Dutch young people aged 12 to 16 years who were...
Cancer information on Wikipedia is accurate, but not very readable
It is a commonly held that information on Wikipedia should not be trusted, since it is written and edited by non-experts without professional oversight. But researchers from the Kimmel Cancer...
Researchers find incentives effective for weight loss
UConn researchers are finding that applying the concept of reinforcement can be an effective way to improve efforts to lose weight.
First impressions do count: Research shows made-to-measure suit makes you appear more confident, successful
(PhysOrg.com) -- Its often said that we make judgments about people in the first three seconds of seeing them. Now new research from the University of Hertfordshire, in collaboration with...
SPECIAL: N.W.T.'s deficit in mental-health care
The N.W.T. Health Department suggests it is meeting 98 per cent of the needs of people who come in for mental health treatment. But experiences on the ground seem otherwise,...
Suit Over Lead Dust Names Kennedy Krieger Institute
The Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore was accused of knowingly exposing black children as young as a year old to lead poisoning in the 1990s.
Celeb phone, email hacks: New front in old battle?
The FBI is investigating a recent spate of online break-ins which targeted celebrities, not political sites