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Video: Tips for Photoshopping Family Photos
Yvonne Berger, instructor at The Digital Photo Academy, shared with Steven Fabian some secrets to snapping the picture perfect family photo and some photoshopping tips for beginners.
Fear discovery could lead to new interventions for PTSD
Researchers at the University of Iowa have pinpointed the part of the brain that causes people to experience fear - a discovery that could improve treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder...
Mom's voice plays special role in activating newborn's brain
A mother's voice will preferentially activate the parts of the brain responsible for language learning, say researchers. The research team made the discovery after performing electrical recordings on the infants...
Message to ITER Fusion Project: Keep Calm and Carry On
Managers from the ITER fusion reactor project in France held urgent meetings at the...
Fearless woman's brain reveals key to phobias
The case of a literally fearless woman - rendered so after brain damage - has helped scientists confirm that a part of the brain structure regulating emotions is the key...
Planet Hunters: another citizen-science project
Here's a fun and exciting online astronomy game using real scientific data where you, the citizen-scientist, identify stars that may have planets orbiting themMy devoted readers -- all three of you! -- know...
Emotional intelligence peaks as we enter our 60s, research suggests
Older people have a hard time keeping a lid on their feelings, especially when viewing heartbreaking or disgusting scenes in movies and reality shows, psychologists have found. But they're better...
Another Worthless Study
Today we find a study published which indicates that children that consume caffeine may sleep less. Besides the fact that this is an obvious and expected finding, it is interesting...
Teacher effort is linked to difficult students' inherited traits
Challenging students take up more of their teachers' time -- and the difference between a tougher student and an easier one appears to be genetic, according to a new study....
Paul Farmer appointed University Professor
Paul Farmer, an anthropologist and physician whose research has helped to revolutionize the strategies for treating infectious disease in some of the poorest corners of the world, has been named a University Professor,...
Research on ICT for development 'lacks African voice'
While international research is flourishing on how ICT can be used for development, African academics are publishing little on the subject.
Well: Ask the Expert About Holiday Stress and Children
Adolescent psychiatrist Dr. Joshua Sparrow answers reader questions about helping children cope with holiday stress.
Kids got the blues? Maybe they don't have enough friends
Friendless kids can become social outcasts who risk spiraling into depression by adolescence, according to new research. Yet for most shy and withdrawn children, the study reports that friends can...
Gap Between Young and Old Web Users Shrinking
Gen Y and Gen X engaged various activities from social media use, reading blogs and playing games is becoming more uniformly popular.
Biomed Analysis: Time to reform healthcare funding
Governments need innovative financing and efficiency reforms to strengthen healthcare, argues Priya Shetty.
Hemodynamic responses to the mother's face in infants by near-infrared spectroscopy
A Japanese research group led by Prof. Ryusuke Kakigi and Dr. Emi Nakato (National Institute for Physiological Sciences: NIPS) and Prof. Masami K Yamaguchi (Chuo University) found that there was...
A look inside: Kirkland House
A slew of Santas have been roaming Harvard Square lately, but more than a few have remained incognito as Secret Santas at Kirkland House. Last week, residents were serenaded at lunch by...
Aid groups that make a difference
Staff members at Hildebrand Family Self-Help Center have noticed an influx of homeless families this year. With the economy still skittish and the weather only getting worse, center officials anticipate seeing many more...
Back from Afghanistan
Three weeks after returning to the United States from my latest tour of duty in Afghanistan, I arrived in Cambridge to begin the midcareer master in public administration program at the Harvard Kennedy...
Seeing Patients: Unconscious Bias in Health Care
Augustus A. White III, a pioneering black surgeon and the Ellen and Melvin Gordon Distinguished Professor of Medical Education, and contributor David Chanoff use extensive research and interviews with leading...
Don’t just stand there
Like most city dwellers, Robin Parker is used to uncomfortable public moments. “Riding back and forth on the T, I see a lot of things,” she said. But one recent evening, her...
Administrator by day, singer by night
By day, Karen Woodward Massey bounces through the halls of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ Research Administration Services, tackling projects with an energy and presence that belie her petite frame. But on...
No change in health gap between England's richest and poorest: report
Significant health inequalities still exist between the country's richest and poorest according to the latest findings from the biggest annual survey of health in England, The Health Survey for England....
When the accent is on creating a good impression | Mind your language
Young British Asians are changing the way they speak in formal contexts, according to new researchWe all have to avoid putting our foot in it during an interview, but young British Asians...
Families have unhealthier diets than childless couples: study
Research by the University of Reading has found that couples with children have a poorer diet than those without.
Older web users catching up: Pew report
Older adults are swiftly closing the generation gap when it comes to internet activity, with more mature populations now surpassing younger crowds in some online habits, says the Pew Internet...
Hey, Barbie—Show Me The Science!
While Christmas shopping today with my sister and little 3 year old niece, I noticed something that rather disturbed me. And as difficult as it is for me to say...
Woman in fetus rights case speaks out
A Manitoba mother whose addiction battle sparked a Supreme Court challenge over the rights of the unborn is speaking out for the first time about how the case changed her...