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Alcohol-related traffic-risk behaviors among college students become worse at age 21
Drinking and driving among college students continues to be a major public-health concern. A new study has examined how these behaviors may change as students move through their college years....
Consider teen activity options when choosing where to live
Choosing a neighbourhood that has places to walk to and safe routes to get there can help your child maintain a healthy weight during adolescence...
Meth-Head Snails' Enhanced Memories Offer Clue to Why Addiction Is Hard to Control
Can aquatic snails better remember lessons learned when they are hopped up on methamphetamine? Barbara Sorg of Washington State University in Pullman teamed up with Ken Lukowiak...
Video: One Tablet Per Kiddo
Yahoo Mail gets Facebook feed integration, Roku adds local radio stations, and the One Laptop Per Child program turns into One Tablet Per Child.
Taiwan's Foxconn raising pay for workers
(AP) -- The Taiwanese electronics company buffeted by a spate of suicides at its China factories said Friday it will raise the pay of workers by an average of...
Researcher decodes Rembrandt's 'magic'
A researcher using computer-rendering programs has uncovered what makes Rembrandt's masterful portraits so appealing. Rembrandt may have pioneered a technique that guides the viewer's gaze around a portrait, creating a...
Farmers' beliefs on a higher plain
There's more to decisions about land use than climate change, population growth, migration and prosperous economies. In the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco, individual religious beliefs in local Saints are...
Can Oral Sex Cause Herpes?
Dr. Peter Leone responds to readers asking about cold sores, herpes and oral sex.
Robotic-assisted vasectomy reversal offers greater chance of fatherhood
In 1989 a 29-year-old Michael Schrader had it all: steady job, a wife, and two wonderful children - daughter Courtney and son Cameron. He couldn't envision wanting more - that is, more children....
U.S. death toll in Afghan war reaches 1,000
A service member's death by roadside bomb brings the total to the grim milestone. ...
Racial bias clouds ability to feel others' pain
When people witness or imagine the pain of another person, their nervous system responds in essentially the same way it would if they were feeling that pain themselves. Now, researchers...
Violent video games touted as learning tool
(AP) -- You're at the front lines shooting Nazis before they shoot you. Or you're a futuristic gladiator in a death match with robots.
Detecting a crime before it happens
Could the blink of an eye or the curl of a lip give away a terrorist? Government scientists are trying to find out. ...
30 pregnant women exposed to chicken pox
Toronto Public Health says 30 women who attended a prenatal nutrition class earlier this week have been exposed to chicken pox.
Turkey promotes Iranian nuclear compromise
ANKARA, Turkey, May 27 (UPI) -- The Turkish government remains hopeful that the nuclear deal it brokered in conjunction with Brazil over Iran's nuclear program will be accepted.
A Naturalist's Take On Nature Deficit Disorder
I complain every time we have a family dinner at my sister’s house. Don’t get me wrong, I like my family and everything, but she moved with her daughter and son way...
Concepts of fairness and inequality develop over time
Young children are strict egalitarians, content to divvy things up equally among members of a group -- but, as those children progress from elementary school to adolescence, their sense of...
The network in our heads: What our brains have in common with the internet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Our brain works as a set of networks - much like the internet. Could our understanding of the internet help us in understanding our brains? Gabriele Lohmann and...
Research shows some people don't taste salt like others
(PhysOrg.com) -- Low-salt foods may be harder for some people to like than others, according to a newly published study by a researcher in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences....
Study: Communities with wider social networks have more economic opportunity
(PhysOrg.com) -- According to a new study, people who phone diverse acquaintances live in more affluent communities and have more economic opportunities than those who talk to people in their...
N.L. pharmacy network to limit drug errors, abuse
Newfoundland and Labrador has started to link up the province's pharmacies through a $26-million electronic system that aims to prevent prescription errors and drug abuse.
Young assault victims often involved in subsequent violence
When adolescents are treated in an emergency department (ED) after being assaulted, they have a significant chance of being involved in another violent encounter soon afterward.
Scientists Join Protests Against Award in Honor of African Dictator
Scientists—including two Nobel Laureates—and public health groups have joined protests against a new, highly...
MS operation did wonders: Sask. woman
A Rosetown, Sask., woman says she feels "150 per cent better" after receiving a much publicized, but controversial treatment for her multiple sclerosis.
Scientists prove even the thought of money spoils enjoyment
(PhysOrg.com) -- The idea that money does not buy happiness has been around for centuries, but now scientists have proven for the first time that even the thought of money...
Rare disorder makes people think they smell bad
(PhysOrg.com) -- A rare psychiatric disorder called olfactory reference syndrome makes its victims think they smell bad when they don`t, and while this delusion may on the surface seem less...
Privacy fears mount as ad targeting sophistication grows
In the quest for better targeted advertising, marketers are using high-tech tools that can pinpoint a person's location, demographics and habits, raising the hackles of privacy activists.
Obituary: Richard Gregory
Psychologist and leading figure in the scientific study of visual perceptionRichard Gregory, who has died after a stroke, aged 86, was an outstanding figure in the scientific study of visual perception and an energetic, charismatic communicator...