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Obama Orders Review of Synthetic Biology
President Obama has asked his bioethics commission to study the implications of research published...
World's biggest study on cell phones and brain cancer inconclusive
The world's biggest investigation on possible links between cell phone use and brain tumours is inconclusive, according to a Canadian scientist who collaborated on the Interphone International Study Group. Jack...
Slideshow: Slideshow: St. Helens, then and now
View images of Mount St. Helens in the days before and after the 1980 blast. Mount St. Helen - Washington - United States - Volcano -...
Pesticides Tied to Hyperactivity in Children
Study Finds Link Between Common Pesticides and Rise in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Nomad people baffle with good health in spite of malnourishment
The human body is a true miracle. For that Nadja Knoll found new proof in the nomad people of the Maasai in Kenya in Eastern Africa. For her thesis the...
Cellphone brain cancer link still open question
The question of whether cellphone use causes brain tumours remains unsettled after the results of a major study on almost 13,000 cellphone users over 10 years.
Let's leave the Mozart mind games
Claims for a sonata that made you smarter have been proven wrong. Now we can focus on the positive effects of all musicAt last. Researchers in Vienna have established that the "Mozart...
Distracted doctors forget tasks
Emergency room doctors who get interrupted rush the original job in half the time, a study has found – and many forget it entirely.
U.S. racial wealth gap quadrupled since mid-1980s, new study finds
The wealth gap between white and African-American families increased more than four times between 1984-2007, and middle-income white households now own far more wealth than high-income African Americans, according to...
Teens learn dangers of texting while driving
(AP) -- Kamy Mayott has been told that texting while driving is dangerous. But the 15-year-old didn't know just how dangerous until she navigated a golf cart through an...
Talking seriously with children is good for their language proficiency
How adults approach children aged 3 to 6 years during conversations has a major influence on their language acquisition. Those who address children as fully-fledged conversation partners lay an early...
Stanford-led team validates, extends fMRI research on brain activity
Like a motorist who knows that the 'check engine' light indicates something important but ill-defined is happening, neuroscientists have relied heavily on an incompletely understood technology called functional magnetic resonance...
Can’t She/He See I Need Sex?
Are you gauging the value of your relationship by how often you have sex? Is your mate starting to react to your every gesture of affection as pressure to "get...
Researcher out of Iranian jail, home in Paris amid talk of backroom deal
Clotilde Reiss left Iran just days after France refused to extradite accused arms smuggler Majid Kakavand to the U.S. and instead released him to Iran. A French researcher held in Iran since the...
Men with bigger wallets have bigger waistlines
Montreal, May 14, 2010 -- In Canada, in stark contrast with the rest of the world, wealthy men increase their likelihood of being overweight with every extra dollar they...
Gruesome death photos are at the forefront of an Internet privacy battle
A car crash victim's father is suing the CHP over the wide dissemination of pictures of his daughter's body. ...
A bigger blanket to cover young adults
In most cases, the children of a health plan's enrollees must be offered coverage until age 26. Ed Emmerman's a happy guy, and not just because he'll be able to stop paying...
Time to reexamine bipolar diagnosis in children?
Psychiatrists in favor of a new label, temper dysregulation disorder, cite a spike in bipolar diagnoses. But others worry it will add uncertainty to the treatment of an already confusing condition. They are...
Participatory And Emancipatory Autism Research: What’s The Problem?
Today I am including a guest paper on this blog, from my academic supervisor, Dr Mitzi Waltz. The paper written back in 2006, and things have improved slightly since, two...
Business Group Joins Suit on Health Law
Lawyers said the move, by the leading lobbying group for small businesses, intended to depoliticize a challenge brought by mostly Republican state officials.
New Orleanians Report Odd Smells, and Think of the Gulf
From the French Quarter to New Orleans East, people here have been complaining about a tinge to the air that is unsettling even by local standards.
Actors lose out on health benefits as SAG, AFTRA keep separate plans
Actors find it increasingly difficult to meet earnings thresholds for receiving benefits, because their income is carved up between the unions. That's one reason a merger is again under discussion. Fred Ochs' second...
What I'm really thinking: The life model
'People usually want to know whether I worry about getting an erection. That's never happened'Standing naked in front of a group of people isn't the embarrassing part. In fact, it's quite relaxing. There...
Whodunnit?
Criminal profilers were once the heroes of police work, nailing offenders with their astonishing psychological insights. So why did it all fall apart?One day, 70 years ago, a package was left on a windowsill...
What Is Science 2.0? No One Else Seems To Know
I recently saw an article that surprised me, and it isn't often I am surprised by anything that shows up on the Internet. It was written by Adrienne J....
Man. ambulances get GPS systems
Ambulances in Manitoba are being outfitted with global positioning systems to improve response times.
The Call in the Middle of the Night
A video shot in a government office shows that from the outset, feedral experts entertained a high estimate of the potential spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Allure of avatar to unlock secrets of sex
(PhysOrg.com) -- There's more to what makes a man or woman attractive than mere shape or weight, but what else do we take into account when we make that judgement?