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'Set of decisions' on forestry, tech expected at Cancun
No major breakthrough, but only some progress in talks and decisions is expected at Cancun climate summit.
WikiLeaks Claims Cyber Attack
Hacker Known as "The Jester" Reportedly Claims Responsibility for Apparent DOS Attack as Wiki Leaks Diplomatic Cables
Vital Signs: Unsteady on Your Feet? Try Music
A music and exercise program lowered the risk of falling in elderly participants, a study found.
Auction of codebreaker's papers
Papers published by World War II code breaker, Alan Turing, are expected to fetch about £500,000 at auction later.
LSU sociologist produces documentary on Kenyan election violence
While Africa is certainly no stranger to violence, the response to the Kenyan presidential elections of 2007 came as a surprise. Political unrest evolved into outright and unmitigated violence,...
Sociologists: Latinos lacking in English skills face more risk of violent crime
LSU Professor Edward Shihadeh and Ph.D. candidate Raymond Barranco recently published a study titled "Latino Immigration, Economic Deprivation and Violence: Regional Differences in the Effect of Linguistic Isolation" in the...
’100 Reasons To Give’
What inspires you? The reasons we give and causes we care about are as diverse as the people in the Harvard community. For more than 50 years, faculty and staff at Harvard...
Upper-class people have trouble recognising others' emotions
Upper-class people have more educational opportunities, greater financial security, and better job prospects than people from lower social classes, but that doesn't mean they're more skilled at everything. A new...
You Can Feel Safer
Feeling safer is a tricky subject, with complications that can be both personal and political. (This topic and others are explored in depth in my interview with New Dimensions.) Yes,...
Korean deaths spark inquiry
Cases highlight the challenge of policing multinational trade in stem-cell treatments.
Let's talk about sex differences. Again | Carol Tavris
I have been writing about gender my whole professional life and I am tired of researchers repeating the same errorsOf course there are differences. Take a photo of women and men in...
Iran Denies Nuclear Setback from Stuxnet Virus
Nuke Chief says Iran's "Enemies Failed to Achieve their Goals" after Diplomats Claim Enrichment Program was Halted
See something? Tell the teacher
(PhysOrg.com) -- Many school districts are pushing principals to spend more time in classrooms observing and evaluating teachers but few are using the information they gather to improve education.
Confronting prejudice may be 'antidote' for workplace distress
(PhysOrg.com) -- Women who publicly confront instances of sexism in the workplace tend to feel more capable and competent in their jobs and about themselves in general, a new study...
Rowan, selfish genes, and atheism | Andrew Brown
Religious believers should understand the strength of evolutionary approaches to psychologyI had prepared for the New Atheism debate a particularly nasty and important question: did either of the speakers think the New Atheism...
Nearly 25 percent of overweight women misperceive body weight
A startling number of overweight and normal weight women of reproductive age inaccurately perceive their body weight, affecting their weight-related behaviors and making many vulnerable to cardiovascular and other obesity-related...
Eyeblink conditioning may help in assessing children with fetal alcohol exposure
Children with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) are extremely difficult to diagnose, as well as treat. But new research indicates that eyeblink conditioning may provide a better model for assessing and...
Naval Academy should be center for study of cybersecurity, new superintendent says
The U.S. Naval Academy's new superintendent wants his campus to become a center for cybersecurity education, with a $100 million building and a slate of new classes devoted to the...
Before You Buy: A Woo Primer For Parents
It seems like many autism-related sites have ads on them for our kids, promising all sorts of results. How do we evaluate the claims of these products and prevent ourselves...
Virtual Healing for the Real World
With cybertherapy, patients can experience and work through social challenges without real-world consequences.
Well: A Voice of Post-Traumatic Stress
Most people associate pos- traumatic stress disorder with military service during war time. But increasingly, therapists are reporting that the typical patient with P.T.S.D. has experienced trauma in everyday life.
A Brain Scientist Investigates Social Learning
Patricia Kuhl, a brain researcher and director of the National Science Foundation's LIFE Science of Learning Center at the University of Washington, studies how social interactions can foster learning skills...
New guide sets youth drug-prevention standards
The Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse has released a new guide aimed at helping schools, families and community workers implement and evaluate drug-prevention programs.
Banking on predictability, the mind increases efficiency
Listeners can become effectively deaf to sounds that do not conform to their brains' expectations. Like musical compression saves space on your mp3 player, the human brain has ways of...
Personal Health: It’s Time for Recess: Just Keep on Moving
One doctor’s prescription for exercise: Do it where you gather, even 10 minutes at a time.
Vital Signs: Behavior: Young Marijuana Users Pay Cognitive Price
Those who began smoking before age 16 performed the worst on tests assessing brain function, researchers say.
A friend in the Middle East
The diplomatic challenges facing the United States in the Middle East are myriad: Iran’s nuclear program, a terror-fueled Yemen, a barely stable Iraq, and a war in factionalized Afghanistan compete for attention against...
Cutting-edge salivary diagnostics research presented at AADR 3rd Fall Focused Symposium
Alexandria, Va. -- The American Association for Dental Research (AADR) held its 3rd Fall Focused Symposium on November 12-13, in the Washington, DC, area. This year, the theme was...