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Did Jesus eat an early Last Supper?
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: A Cambridge professor says biblical accounts of the Last Supper make more sense if the meal took place on Wednesday rather than on Holy Thursday.
Match.com to scan sex offenders list for users
Move comes shortly after woman sues company, saying she was sexually assaulted by someone she met through the website
Gay teen suicide risk lower with support: study
Gay teens are much less likely to attempt suicide when they live in a supportive social environment - such as having gay and lesbian groups at school - compared with...
Well: New Moms Have Worse Health Habits
Young mothers of small children exercise less than other women their age and don't eat as well, according to a new report.
Well: Side Sleeping to Reduce Snoring
Scientists say there are two types of snorers: those who snore only when they sleep on their backs, and those who do it regardless of their position.
Missing the gorilla: People prone to 'inattention blindness' have a lower working memory capacity
Psychologists have learned why many people experience "inattention blindness" -- the phenomenon that leaves drivers on cell phones prone to traffic accidents and makes a gorilla invisible to viewers of...
A screening test for cognitive therapy?
Philadelphia, PA -- 18 April 2011 - The scientific foundation of psychiatry is growing rapidly, yet it is a branch of medicine distinctive for the relative absence of biological...
Research shows men tend to leap to judgment where women see more shades of gray
An experiment by researchers at the University of Warwick has found the first real evidence that men tend to make black-or-white judgements when women are more prone to see shades...
Talking about God, are you a converger or a diverger? | Alan Wilson
When the like-minded circle their virtual wagons around the cyber campfire, it points to a particular type of language useThe question: How should we talk about God online?How does anyone talk about God?...
Probing Question: Do we romanticize the Amish?
The clip clopping of horse hooves on a country lane. Barefoot children in straw hats and bonnets. Black buggies, barn raisings, and tables laden with pickles, casseroles and shoofly pie....
Conservation policies 'impaired by over-confident predictions'
Inappropriate conservation policies may be implemented as a result of scientists failing to sufficiently acknowledge the uncertainty of their models, according to Dr. Colin Beale, of the University of York.
Doctors demand the removal of anti-vaccine ad from Times Square | Mary Platts
The American Academy of Pediatrics has urged CBS Outdoor to remove the advertisement funded by anti-vaccine groupsFor 17 days, every hour for 15 seconds, a controversial message is being sold to the American...
Two students named Anne Wexler Scholars
Social enterprise solutions to long-term poverty and research into malnutrition among Australian indigenous people are the two topics that will be the focus of two Harvard students receiving inaugural Anne Wexler Australian-American Studies...
More kids losing taste buds
More kids are struck with taste disorders and have problems identifying a taste as sweet, salty, bitter or sour, a new research finds.
Prize your science out of the lab
Stephen Curry, a professional scientist, talks specifically to his colleagues about the value of entering the Wellcome Trust/Guardian/Observer science writing competition There is a very real danger that the number of articles written...
Parents 'want child gene tests'
Parents believe the benefits of testing their children for the genetic risk of some diseases outweighs the negative consequences, according to US scientists.
Science Weekly podcast: Middle-aged brains and information overload
Barbara Strauch, science editor at The New York Times, reveals new research suggesting our brains are at their smartest in middle age. That old grey matter might not be decaying after all....
At Easter, Kids Eat Less Junk Food If They Decide How Much To Take
Children eat fewer Easter eggs during the Easter holidays if parents let them decide how many they can have, according to Saima Ehsan and colleagues from the University of Surrey,...
The King’s Screenwriter, Giving Back
David Seidler won an Oscar for his script for “The King’s Speech,” but the visibility the film has brought has also benefited Our Time, a program for children who stutter.
York student online chatting before death: police
A young woman found dead in her apartment near York University in Toronto was involved in an online video chat with someone who may have witnessed her being attacked before...
Out of this world children’s science books
It’s been a while since I used this platform to toot my own horn, so I hope you don’t mind this pointer to an on-line profile. It just appeared at...
Through A Glass Darkly: PBS's Autism Now And Simon Baron-Cohen's The Science Of Evil
For now we see through a glass darkly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then shall I know even as also I am known. It is,...
What we need more of is science
What do rap, sheep and religion have in common? MC Hawking, of courseThis video is silly and amusing and it also nicely puts to rest the claim that "atheists ain't...
The End of The Porn Debate?
The debate about widespread use of Internet porn tends to revolve around social concerns and conflicting surveys. Is today’s porn improving marriages? Causing erectile dysfunction leading to...
Cultural Studies: The Sex Drive, Idling in Neutral
For some women and men, the biological imperative for sex has receded, and is now a distant memory.
Every parent's worst nightmare: how ketamine killed our daughter
Bright, popular, rebellious and creative, 21-year-old Louise Cattell had everything to live for. Then she made a fatal mistake. She took the party drug ketamine and was found dead in the bath...
MacNeil returns to PBS to tell story of autism
BOSTON (AP) -- Half the PBS's famous MacNeil/Lehrer news team is returning to the air after a decade to tell a personal story about autism....
The conversation: Is there any place for religious faith in science?
Can scientists be religious? Sam Harris argues science and faith are completely incompatible, while Robert Winston would like to be more inclusive. Emine Saner adjudicatesLast week, the astrophysicist Martin Rees was awarded the...