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Religious Parents Can Be Mixed Blessing for Kids
Kids less likely to act out if parents have the same religious beliefs and are married.
Video: Science girls breaking the stereotype
Ten camps across California are encouraging 8th grade girls to pursue their passion for science. Bill Whitaker reports on how these girls are breaking the notion that girls aren't as...
Science Weekly Podcast: The science of sleep | Alok Jha talks to Prof Russell Foster
This week Science Weekly is dedicated to the vital but often neglected topic of sleep and its importance to health, wellbeing and mental sharpness. Prof Russell Foster discusses recent developments in our understanding...
Richard Dawkins, check the evidence on the 'chilly climate' for women | Emily Band
As a fellow rational thinker I must take Dawkins to task for a lack of empathy in the 'elevatorgate' debate over unwanted flirtationA few weeks ago, blogger and Skepchick.org founder Rebecca Watson publicly...
Hiccups And Ever-Expanding Comfort Zones: Coping Adaptively
You know how you'll be swimming along (metaphorically), going, well geez, things are going pretty well, knock on wood? And then, bamm! You say those words, even invoking superstitious protections,...
OPINION: Square eyes: how much TV is too much for kids?
Chris Rissel discusses the negative impacts of allowing children to watch too much television.
Aunt's nursing home hinders exit
Questions are answered on nursing home powers and health savings accounts.Questions answered on how much a nursing home can restrict a resident and how to determine the benefits of a...
Science and truth have been cast aside by our desire for controversy | Robin McKie
Last week's report into media science coverage highlighted an over-reliance on pointless disputeThomas Huxley, the British biologist who so vociferously, and effectively, defended Darwin's theory of natural selection in the 19th century, had...
Maybe We Need A Geopolitical Rumspringa
Norway just had a tragedy - the kind of random violence that social scientists, who we all wish would take a holiday during horrific events, will try and find correlation...
Dow Jones editor reminds reporters of ethics code
Dow Jones editor-in-chief Robert Thomson, the American flagship of Rupert Murdoch's media empire, has reminded journalists that they must follow a code of ethics in a memo to all staff.
IMF 'may never know' who mounted cyber attack
The International Monetary Fund said Friday it may be impossible to identify who mounted a cyber attack on its computer files in May, after a Bloomberg report suggested it was...
Your Money: Tuition Refunds, but Not Quite on Equal Terms
Sallie Mae offers tuition refund insurance policies for students who become ill and must withdraw from college, but they pay out only 75 percent if the cause is mental illness.
Getting a grip on grasping
Quickly grabbing a cup of coffee is an everyday action for most of us. For people with severe paralysis however, this task is unfeasible – yet not “unthinkable”. Because of...
Research Journal Pirate Finds a Crewmate
The open-access publishing movement, which seeks to make information on scientific research freely available, seems...
How Blasts Injure the Brain
New findings may provide important clues to how explosions cause traumatic brain injury in soldiers
Video: Comic-Con 2011: Timberlake promotes "In Time"
With co-star Amanda Seyfried in tow, pop star-turned-actor Justin Timberlake attended Comic-Con in San Diego for the first time as the celebrity pair promote their new film, "In Time."
Can feeling too good be bad? Positive emotion in bipolar disorder
Positive emotions like joy and compassion are good for your mental and physical health, and help foster creativity and friendship. But people with bipolar disorder seem to have too much...
Why does it take L'Oréal to tell us women are interested in science?
Despite the high number of female undergraduates studying the subject, women still aren't wearing white coats in the workforceMaggie Aderin-Pocock was standing on a soapbox on London's South Bank, explaining astronomy to an...
Green: Go Wild, a Homeowner Tells Her Yard
"This is actually not a weed," she tells a judge in appealing a $75 fine. "It's Prunus serotina, a black cherry seedling."
Are these shape-shifters?
Some people swear by 'toning' footwear, but don't cancel your gym membership just yetSome people swear by 'toning' footwear, but don't cancel your gym membership just yet.
Digital studios mature by adopting 'old media' ways
Nine studio executives sat in a glass-enclosed conference room in Beverly Hills, Calif., discussing potential snowy locales for filming later this year.
Archive Gallery: The Best of Biomimicry
December 1926 How caterpillars, seagulls and winged sycamore seeds became tanks, airplanes and helicopters. Humans might be the most highly-evolved species on the planet, but most animals possess skills we can only dream...
PGA invests in minority golf opportunities
Golf's storied history in the US has long been criticized for its lack of diversity, but the PGA has taken steps to improve minority participation and exposure to the game....
Seasonal mood disorder spirits lift in heat wave
For people with seasonal mood disorders, sunny days are definitely something to smile about.
Facebook users' app use contradicts their stated security concerns, study finds
Although most Facebook users claim to be very uncomfortable with how third-party apps use their personal information, their actual behavior doesnt reflect this concern, a new study by School of...
Sentencing expected for Calif. Facebook stalker
(AP) -- A 23-year-old man who trolled women's Facebook pages searching for clues that allowed him to take over their email accounts and then made nude pictures of them...
Another day, another Hulu buyer - this time...Apple?
Apple reportedly holding preliminary talks about a possible deal - which actually could make sense
Businesses use more automation, fewer workers
Company spending on employees has only grown by four percent, compared to the 25 percent increase spent on new technology