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Sad People Have Surprising Memory Advantage
The study reveals how a person's mood affects the brain.
Social media: Don't shoot the messaging service
The recent riots in the United Kingdom have shown the dark side of social media. But we must avoid heavy restrictions on their use.
Province denies newborn died due to staff shortage
The provincial government and the Vancouver Island Health Authority are refuting claims that there is an anesthesiologist shortage.
Want to improve employee engagement? Make it part of the performance management process
The performance management process should evaluate and focus on employee engagement in addition to job performance, according to a new paper.
Fat-stigma study: Mass media messages appear to trump opinions of family, close friends
Women harbor a fat-stigma even though their family and closest friends may not judge them as "fat," according to new findings by social scientists. Those research results have scientists questioning...
Working together can help battle effects of fatigue: Teams show more flexible thinking when fatigued than individuals, study finds
Fatigue can lead to dangerous errors by doctors, pilots and others in high-risk professions, but individuals who work together as a team display better problem-solving skills than those who face...
Obese Canadians fudge weight data
Canadians' perceptions of their weights are biased with both sexes underreporting what the scale says, a new report suggests.
President Nixon's Air Force One pilot dies at 88
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) -- A retired Air Force colonel who piloted Air Force One for President Richard Nixon and flew Henry Kissinger on a historic secret...
China must reform how it evaluates chemistry research
China's emphasis on journal impact factors to evaluate the quality of scientific work is damaging chemistry research, says Nai-Xing Wang.
Friendship, timing key differences between US, Eastern European love
The importance of friendship in romantic love and the time it takes to perceive falling in love are two key differences in how residents in the US, Lithuania and Russia...
Hyenas can count like monkeys
Ability suggests intelligence evolved to keep track of social interactions in large groups.
Dementia shrink spots found
Scientists have found the brain shrinkage regions responsible for behavioural changes in frontotemporal dementia.
Evil as a common goal | Alex Haslam
Fifty years after Stanley Milgram's experiment, research is showing that awful acts involve enthusiasm, not just obedienceFifty years ago, in August 1961, social psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted an experiment that changed our understanding...
Intuitive eating seminar open for enrollment
Tired of the endless cycle of deprivation and overeating? Feel anxious and guilty about your eating? Harvard University Health Services’ Intuitive Eating Seminar, led by registered dietitian and licensed nutritionist...
China's chemists should avoid the Vanity Fair
Problems in Chinese science are well documented. The slow pace of reform affects chemists more than most, says Nai-Xing Wang.
Stress in early life reduces life expectancy - and that of partners
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study from the University of Glasgow, published today in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, suggests that our expectancy is likely to be...
FA Cup to go live on Facebook
Non-league sides Ascot United and Wembley FC will create a small slice of footballing history on Friday when their FA Cup preliminary round tie is screened live on Facebook, it...
Spoilers actually enhance your enjoyment
Twist in US psychologists' tale is that readers who know how a story will end get greater pleasure from itYes! Vindication! I am one of those people who can't read a book...
The Laboratory Safety Song [video]
Do you know the basics of working in a science lab without blowing up yourself and the building? This video can help! Have you ever worked in a science lab? If you...
Yahoo! asks if it's really a small world
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Yahoo! and Facebook are partnering to test one of the most famous U.S. social psychology experiments of the 1960s, the "Small World"...
Video: What's Trending - Episode 14 - 8/16/11
"A Day in the Life" producer Morgan Spurlock, a live performance by Kina Grannis and panelists Amy Jo Martin and Shay Carl weigh in on Republicans using social media, UK...
Hidden Poaching Takes a Toll on Scandinavian Wolves
Analysis tracks the impacts of unreported hunting on wolves in Sweden and Norway
Artsy cell phone pictures
New York exhibit focuses on high quality, artistic cell phone pictures
Video: Morgan Spurlock talks about "A Day in the Life"
Morgan Spurlock skypes into the What's Trending studio to talk about his new show on Hulu.com, A Day in the Life and shares his thoughts on the convergence of media...
Speaking and understanding speech share the same parts of the brain
The brain has two big tasks related to speech: making it and understanding it. Psychologists and others who study the brain have debated whether these are really two separate tasks...
McGuinty pledges leave for workers with ill relatives
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty is promising to extend unpaid leaves from work for people who need to provide care to family members if the Liberals win the Oct. 6 election.
Research on Siamese twins demonstrates how paradox of American identity played out in bodies of Chang and Eng
Cultural scholar Cynthia Wu has spent years studying Chang and Eng Bunker, a pair of Asian-born, co-joined, entrepreneurial, self-promoting "human marvels." "The Bunker twins," she says, "have served for more...
White House checks in with foursquare
The White House, in its latest social media foray, has joined the popular location-sharing service "foursquare."