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Science in the Obama White House: An Interview With John Holdren, Part 2
Yesterday's installment of our recent conversation with John Holdren, the president's science adviser and director...
Site in brain where leptin may trigger puberty identified
Researchers have pinpointed a tiny site in the brain where the hormone leptin may help trigger the onset of puberty.
Emotional intelligence empowers positive attitudes in private sector; not in public sector
A new study from the University of Haifa shows that within the private sector high levels of emotional intelligence empower positive attitudes towards the workplace; however, the same effect was...
Drug row sets Pakistan scientists against ministries
The development of a cheap local version of a hepatitis B drug has brought Pakistan scientists into conflict with two different ministries.
Does equality increase status spending?
People are happier when goods are more equally distributed, but equality makes people want to spend more to get ahead of their neighbors, according to a new study.
China defends Africa resources role
China defends its economic and trade relations with African nations, in its first policy paper on the subject, amid criticism of a "resource grab".
Americans Used Phones for Mid-Term Election Updates
14 percent of all American adults used their cell phones to tell others that they had voted during recent elections.
Computers with emotions (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Cambridge University film provides a glimpse of how robots and humans could interact in the future.
VIDEO: iPhone and iPad apps for pets
There are iPhone and iPad apps for adults and for kids. When are they going to come up with apps for our pets? They already have, as the CBC's Theresa...
German science benefits from pensioner power
Prominent immunologist Klaus Rajewsky left his home country after German law required him to retire at 65. After nine years working in the United States, he tells Alison Abbott why...
The US embassy cables enigma | Jonathan Farley
Don't want people to read your stuff? Easy – send it in code. So why didn't the state department make itself WikiLeaks-proof?When I was an undergraduate at Harvard, an astronomer from Berkeley...
Cherokee, Apple partner to put language on iPhones
(AP) -- Nine-year-old Lauren Hummingbird wants a cell phone for Christmas - and not just any old phone, but an iPhone. Such a request normally would be met with...
Teen girls in most deprived areas 5 times as likely to be assaulted
Teen girls living in the most deprived areas are five times as likely to be assaulted as their affluent male and female peers, reveals research published online in Emergency Medicine...
Researcher reveals newspapers' historic resistance to granting reporters' bylines
A new study by Dr. Zvi Reich, a researcher at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Beer-Sheva, Israel, documents the process through which journalists at major newspapers fought to...
Santa Claus And Your Child In The PolarHeroes 3D Game
Game development company Fantastec has created an online 3D game called PolarHeroes for children aged 4 to 8. read more
Political Science
For too long, scientists have ducked away from public service, not because their peers have been unwilling to elect them, but because there is a sense among scientifically educated people...
Christmas lights blamed for 3 fire deaths
An East Vancouver house fire that killed three men and left one other injured is being blamed on a faulty extension cord connected to an old set of Christmas lights.
As Americans keep getting fatter, doctors ask: Where are the drugs?
In their quest to find drugs to curb obesity, scientists have had about as much success as long-term dieters who want to stay thin - which is to say, very...
Study: Voices can reveal level of fatigue
MELBOURNE, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Australian researchers say they've determined the level of a person's fatigue can be measured in their voice, which "flattens" after 24 hours without sleep.
Placebos work -- even without deception
For most of us, the "placebo effect" is synonymous with the power of positive thinking; it works because you believe you're taking a real drug. But a new study rattles...
Drunken violence may have genetic basis
BALTIMORE, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they've identified a genetic mutation in the brain that may cause people under the influence of alcohol to exhibit violent behavior.
Why do risks with human characteristics make powerful consumers feel lucky?
People who feel powerful are more likely to believe they can beat cancer if it's described in human terms, according to new study.
Preplay: How past experiences subconsciously influence behavior
Researchers report for the first time how animals' knowledge obtained through past experiences can subconsciously influence their behavior in new situations.
10 tips for heading off stress during the holidays
Wondering if you'll be able to survive the stress of the holidays the meals, the presents, reliving old times, and all that togetherness?
Mail's Wikileaks 'revelation' about Muslim students is their own 2008 story
The Daily Mail's latest Wikileaks 'revelation' about British Muslims is actually a story they published in 2008, and it's as dodgy now as it was then.Spot the difference: Today's Daily Mail carries the...
Chinese scholars celebrate Gates
Specialists in African-American and American literature from across China gathered at the Beijing Foreign Studies University to honor Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. The event, “The China National Conference on African American...
Abused, neglected children have lower IQ in teens
University of Queensland research has found children who have been abused or neglected are likely to struggle academically during adolescence.
Imagine your future self: Will it help you save money?
Why do people choose present consumption over their long-term financial interests? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research finds that consumers have trouble feeling connected to their future...