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Brain scans reveal differences in brain structure in teenagers with severe antisocial behaviour
Brain scans of aggressive and antisocial teenage boys with conduct disorder (CD) have revealed differences in the structure of the developing brain that could link to their behaviour problems. The...
Fears grow that U.S. losing its space mojo
Concerns about program suffering from declining budget, wayward priorities and lack of direction
Video: Schwarzenegger to star in "The Governator" cartoon
Arnold Schwarzenegger is moving on from politics following his stint as governor of California. CBSNews.com's Ken Lombardi reports that Schwarzengger has teamed up with Stan Lee to make a...
Out of work? Your resume is no good here: Unemployed Americans face discrimination, study finds
Through a series of simple experiments, researchers found that unemployed Americans face discrimination that is unrelated to their skills or conditions of departure.
Internet program reduces infant and toddler sleep problems, helps moms sleep better too
A study in the April 1 issue of the journal SLEEP demonstrates that an Internet-based intervention was effective at reducing infant and toddler sleep disturbances, as well as providing positive,...
New insight into 'aha' memories
When we suddenly get the answer to a riddle or understand the solution to a problem, we can practically feel the light bulb click on in our head. But what...
Welsh girls to get morning-after pill for free
(AP) -- Women and girls as young as 13 in Wales can get the morning-after pill free without a prescription from pharmacies, beginning Friday.
From science fiction to research breakthrough
Four years ago, the biologist Karen Martinez almost didn’t believe in the research project herself when she started with her team working on it, but now it has been proven....
Ont. pharmacists get prescribing power
Patients having trouble filling a prescription in Ontario may find things easier this spring, because they can turn to their pharmacist rather than their family doctor.
1 in 4 overweight or obese adults don't believe they have a problem
(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to losing weight, perception is not always reality - in fact, it's often a major hurdle.
Interview: Catching up with Twitter's Biz Stone
(AP) -- When Twitter turned five years old on March 21, co-founder Isaac "Biz" Stone was on the road celebrating with some of the popular short messaging service's famous...
Being a good mum: Teens have their say
Just in time for Mother's Day teens have spoken out on what they consider makes a good mother. The project Young Lives and Times, part of the Timescapes study and...
Sex-Change Chicken: Gertie the Hen Becomes Bertie the Cockerel
Under the right circumstances, a hen can actually transform herself into a cock.
Misreading faces tied to child social anxiety
Children suffering from extreme social anxiety are trapped in a nightmare of misinterpreted facial expressions: They confuse angry faces with sad ones, a new study shows.
College students more connected than ever through their smart phones
For the first time, more college students are using smart phones than traditional feature phones, reports a new study from Ball State University.
How do neurons in the retina encode what we 'see'?
The moment we open our eyes, we perceive the world with apparent ease. But the question of how neurons in the retina encode what we “see” has been a tricky...
Angelina Jolie vs. Kathy Bates -- who is a valid role model?
Exposure to attractive, aggressive, female leads in films affects how men and women think about who women ought to be in the real world. Women in particular have high standards...
El Bulli for you: Ferran Adrià now caters for a mass market
The world's greatest chef is closing the Spanish restaurant that was his life's work in order to take what he has learned onlineThe world's greatest chef has had enough. "I don't care...
Death anxiety prompts people to believe in intelligent design, reject evolution
Researchers at the University of British Columbia and Union College (Schenectady, N.Y.) have found that people's death anxiety can influence them to support theories of intelligent design and reject evolutionary...
Is pastoralism in crisis? – in pictures
Pastoralists face insecure livelihoods, but depictions of them as victims of forces beyond their control and dependent on relief handouts fail to tell the whole story
The brain against words in the mirror
Most people can read texts reflected in a mirror slowly and with some effort, but a team of scientists from the Basque Centre on Cognition, Brain and Language (BCBL) has...
The New Old Age: After Dementia, Counting
She can't remember exactly where we are; she can't remember exactly where we're going. But having lost the thread, she still relishes the count.
Different genes influence smoking risk during adolescence and adulthood
There is growing evidence that the risk factors for addiction change throughout the lifespan. The risk factors for developing addiction in adolescence are the most intensively studied because this life...
Nurse reprimanded for illegible handwriting
A Dartmouth, N.S., nurse has been reprimanded for his illegible handwriting, a problem some health-care workers say is made worse by modern communications.
Cooling the burn
"When we talked to the girls about cyberbullying on Facebook, it was like an explosion. They all knew someone whod been bullied that way."
Cellphone Radiation May Alter Your Brain. Let’s Talk.
There are a number of things that cellphone users can do to reduce the potential impacts of radiation on their brains.
Brain scientists offer medical educators tips on the neurobiology of learning
A new article connects research on how the brain learns to how to incorporate this understanding into real world education, particularly the education of doctors.
Pittsburgh symposium answers: What is Watson?
(AP) -- Six university students attempted to match wits with IBM's "Jeopardy!"-playing computer Wednesday and lost badly in a mock game show. But the competition was hardly the point...