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How do people respond to being touched by a robot?
For people, being touched can initiate many different reactions from comfort to discomfort, from intimacy to aggression. But how might people react if they were touched by a robot? Would...
Judge Who Ruled Against Health Care Law Keeps It in Effect
A federal judge who struck down the Obama health care law issued a stay while it is being appealed, eventually to the Supreme Court.
Facing the Facebook mirror can boost self-esteem
A new study has found that Facebook can have a positive influence on the self-esteem of college students.
Scientists show how men amp up their X chromosome
Vive le difference? Not at the level of DNA. Men must increase gene expression on their lone X chromosome to match the two X's possessed by women. A new study...
Science education: Research on the reservation
American Indians have had some unhappy interactions with scientists in the past. Now, America's tribal colleges are rapidly expanding their own research.
New Research Reveals PG-13 Movies are Becoming More Violent
A just-published study by Stonehill College film scholar Ron Leone reveals a significant increase in violent content in films rated PG-13 in recent years.
Prestigious Education Research Organization Inducts Professor in 2011 Class of Fellows
Professor Cheryl Craig, of the UH College of Education's curriculum and instruction department, will be inducted as a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) the world's largest and...
‘Feminine’ science catches girls’ interest
What makes scientific topics personally relevant and thus interesting to girls? Researchers found that the reason why girls are less interested in science than boys is that scientific topics are...
Trust, clarity and openness in the workplace
In times of uncertainty, employers should engage more openly with their staff and drop the jargon to improve communication and allow feedback, according to a new article.
'Baby-boomer` study shows importance of childhood
Experiences in your childhood shape your health and wealth as an adult according to Britains longest-running baby-boomer research study, funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC), which celebrates its 65th...
Giving children the power to be scientists
Children who are taught how to think and act like scientists develop a clearer understanding of the subject, a study has shown.
Deep future of drug discovery
For GlaxoSmithKline's research chief Patrick Vallance, drug development unites in-house depth with external breadth.
Just like me: Online training helpers more effective when they resemble students
Opposites don't always attract. A new study shows that participants are happier -- and perform better -- when the electronic helpers used in online training programs resemble the participants themselves.
Legal challenge over wild beavers
An order to trap escaped beavers in Tayside could be challenged in the courts, campaigners say.
Natural selection makes some relatives selfish, others altruistic
(PhysOrg.com) -- Cain and Abel certainly displayed it and the three daughters of King Lear proved the point too - families contain a mixture of the selfish and those who...
ASA Launches New Journal Focused on Mental Health and Illness
The American Sociological Association (ASA) announced today that it has launched a new journal dedicated to research on the sociology of mental health and illness.
Reasons Other than Racism Factor Into Disproportionality in Child Abuse Reporting
Black children are involved in reported cases of child abuse at approximately twice the rate of white children. Until now, this has generally been attributed to racial bias in the...
Interactive Game Helps Autistic Children Recognize Emotions
Children with autism spectrum disorders are better able to recognize faces, facial expressions and emotions with the help of an interactive computer program called FaceSay, according to newly published research...
UK youth are happy after all?
As part of the study, which will follow 40,000 UK households over a number of years more than 2,000 young people aged between 10 to 15 years have been asked...
Light-to-moderate alcohol consumption may help stave off dementia, research suggests
Experts agree that long-term alcohol abuse is detrimental to memory function and can cause neurodegenerative disease. However, according to a new study, there is evidence that light-to-moderate alcohol consumption may...
Kids lacking help on anxiety
Young people seeking professional help for their anxiety issues may not be getting effective treatments, research shows.
The taste of music
Synaesthesia is a rare neurological condition allows (lucky) people to actually taste musicHave you ever wondered what music tastes like? If you had a case of musical synaesthesia then you might know. But...
Mating game: Too much choice will leave you lonely
Scientists have made a surprising discovery: The more options you have for choosing a lover, the likelier you are to end up with no-one.
TV review: Horizon: Are We Still Evolving? and Neighbourhood Watched
Are we still evolving? is not really a yes-or-no question. How irritatingI had a strong urge to skip to the end of Horizon: Are We Still Evolving? (BBC2) to find out the...
More charges planned in deadly Texas day care fire
HOUSTON (AP) -- The operator of a Houston day care where four children died in a fire is facing a growing list of criminal charges even...
Meditation beats dance for harmonizing body and mind
The body is a dancer's instrument, but is it attuned to the mind? A new study suggests that professional ballet and modern dancers are not as emotionally in sync with...
Zuckerberg's former classmates press on with suit against Facebook
Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss say they - not Mark Zuckerberg - invented Facebook. And they are willing to risk $160 million for the chance to prove it.
Best friends can make a child more physically active
Boys and girls who take part in physical activity with their best friend in the neighborhood where they live have higher levels of physical activity, new research by academics in...