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Video: Egypt's Internet Revolution
The turmoil in Egypt was a long time coming and has recently been propelled by the latest forms of social media. Daniel Sieberg reports.
Infants ascribe social dominance to larger individuals
Psychologists have found that infants less than one year old understand social dominance and use relative size to predict who will prevail when two individuals' goals conflict. The lead author...
Yellowknife MD gets 90 days in jail
Dr. Richard Cunningham of Yellowknife is sentenced to 90 days in jail after threatening to kill a woman and violating emergency protection orders she took out against him.
Retired NFL players misuse painkillers: study
NFL players misuse painkillers after they retire more than the general population. Their injuries on the field often cause long-term pain.
13 percent of biology teachers back creationism
The majority of high school biology teachers don't take a solid stance on evolution with their students, mostly to avoid conflicts, and fewer than 30 percent of teachers take an...
Memory training explored as strategy for addiction treatment
People with addictions to stimulants tend to choose instant gratification or a smaller but sooner reward over a future benefit, even if the future reward is greater. Reduced value of...
Smoking habits are transmitted from mother to daughter and father to son
"Fathers transmit their smoking habits to a statistically significant level to their sons, and the same is true of mothers and daughters. However, if a mother smokes it does not...
Weighing the costs of disaster
Disasters - both natural and manmade - can strike anywhere and they often hit without warning, so they can be difficult to prepare for. But what happens afterward? How do...
Expert questions Lansley's key arguments for NHS reform
England's health secretary Andrew Lansley has said that his reforms for the NHS are needed because the country's health outcomes are among the poorest in Europe. But in an article...
Marriage is good for physical and mental health
The 'smug marrieds' may have good reason to feel pleased with themselves as experts today confirm that long-term committed relationships are good for mental and physical health and this benefit...
Illuminating the brain: Technique stimulates brain cells, reveals how those neurons influence the rest
There are about 100 billion neurons in the human brain, and each one belongs to elaborate networks that control our behavior, thoughts and emotions. A message from a single neuron...
Law professor studies 'sexing up and dumbing down' of work force
(PhysOrg.com) -- Pick a decade, any decade. From secretaries in miniskirts in the "Mad Men"-style '60s and Southwest Airlines' "hostesses" in hot pants in the "liberated" '70s, to the present-day...
Probing EPA Rules
House lawmakers question the effect on jobs of two key decisions on air pollution.
At-risk children died needlessly: B.C. report
A new report slams B.C.'s attempts to protect infants from dying unnecessarily, citing the cases of 21 deaths where children died unexpectedly in their sleep.
How Safe Is Nano? Nanotoxicology: An interdisciplinary challenge
(PhysOrg.com) -- The rapid development of nanotechnology has increased fears about the health risks of nano-objects. Are these fears justified? Do we need a new discipline, nanotoxicology, to evaluate the...
The New Old Age: Strains for Hispanic Caregivers
Caregiving obligations are deeply felt in many Hispanic families, but tradition is running up against harsh modern realities, experts say.
What does your body odour say about you?
The science of b.o. is growth area: scientists have shown that dogs can sniff out some cancers, whilst electronic "noses" are being developed to assist in search and rescueGenerally speaking, body odour –...
"Life in a Day" Film is Video Diary of All of Us
What Were You Doing on July 24, 2010? Filmmakers Asked People to Send in Video "What Was Most Important to Them"
On a school lawn, protests over solar panels
Hundreds of students and their parents protest the installation of solar panels on the popular front lawn at Dwyer Middle School in Huntington Beach.To the students at Dwyer Middle School...
Scientists want to probe Egypt's Great Pyramid
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Scientists from Quebec want to test an unorthodox claim that the Great Pyramid was built inside-out and contains two hidden chambers.
Astrology for science communicators
It's easy to make fun of astrology, but are we lazy in our criticisms? Guest post by Dr Rebekah Higgitt.Like Martin, I heard about the astrologers' petition to the BBC and blogged...
CDC Issues Preparatory PrEP Guidance
In November when researchers revealed positive results from the first large-scale trial of anti-HIV...
Daniel Bell, social scientist, 91
Daniel Bell, the Henry Ford II Professor of Social Sciences Emeritus at Harvard University and one of America’s most dynamic thinkers, died on Jan. 25. He was 91. Born in 1919 in...
Babies Understand Might Makes Right
Babies understand that might makes right by the time they're 10 months old, suggesting an that understanding of social interactions is built into the brain.
Knowledge demands must drive developmental universities
Developmental universities must commit to putting knowledge at the service of social development, argue Rodrigo Arocena and Judith Sutz.
Challenger: 25 years later, a still painful wound
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- For many, no single word evokes as much pain....
Return to the Silence: Is theatre exposing the gutlessness of TV science?
Curious Directive's adventures with neuroscience at the theatre are the latest in a series of remarkable science-based productions that make TV science look pretty conservative by comparison.On December 10, 1996 the then 37-year-old...
Study finds 'masculine' women get more promotions at work
Women who demonstrate stereotypical masculine traits should be mindful of their behavior if they want to get ahead in the workplace. That is the finding of researchers at George Mason...