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How an unfixed Net glitch could strand you offline
(AP) -- In 1998, a hacker told Congress that he could bring down the Internet in 30 minutes by exploiting a certain flaw that sometimes caused online outages by misdirecting...
Hardship and human rights violations continue among Burma cyclone survivors
The survivors of Cyclone Nargis, which struck Burma (also known as Myanmar) in May 2008, continue to face challenges in rebuilding their lives, in lack of access to relief and...
Text-the-pope service launched in Italy
Roman Catholics can send now text messages of support to Pope Benedict XVI, Italian public television said Saturday, as the Church faces an international paedophile scandal.
Brunch celebrates caregivers who stepped in to raise relatives' children
Dozens of grandparents, aunts, uncles and other family members are thanked at the pre-Mother's Day event in South Los Angeles, sponsored by the Community Coalition. ...
Town grieves for oil rig worker lost in explosion
Relatives, friends and co-workers of Donald Clark say they know the risks of oil-rig jobs – and why workers take them. ...
The little pill that could cure alcoholism
When an alcoholic doctor began experimenting with Baclofen, he made what could be the medical breakthrough of the centuryThe Hotel Lutetia is a beautiful belle époque building in Paris's sixth arrondissement. It's a...
Anil Seth: identifying the roots of consciousness
The co-director of the Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science hopes to unravel the mystery of where 'we' exist through studying the brainConsciousness is the last outpost of pure mystery in our scientific understanding...
What Is A Tipping Point ?
What Is A Tipping Point ? The term 'tipping point' is in widespread use in English, but what does it mean? Imagine a child's seesaw with an empty bucket on each end. ...
PLO agrees to indirect Israeli-Palestinian peace talks
The U.S.' top Mideast envoy will shuttle between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators in an effort to narrow differences in the long-stalled talks. But both sides have doubts about whether the negotiations will yield...
Musical Clowns
Musical ClownsWhy is it that so often a genius of comedy has brilliant musical talent?Or is it the other way round? I've also noticed that geniuses of comedy tend to be...
A bullet in Baghdad, a son's need, a mother's love
MANASSAS PARK, Va. (AP) -- There are mothers who will spend today missing sons and daughters fighting overseas. There are women who have lost children in...
Birth of a Bond: Illustrating a Year of Mother and Baby Development
Genetically, children are a blend of code from both of their parents. But for the first nine months of development, a fetus gets just about everything else from its mother....
Words to the wise: Experts define wisdom
Compassion. Self-understanding. Morality. Emotional stability.read more
Toddlers and TV: Early exposure has negative and long-term impact
Want kids who are smarter and thinner? Keep them away from the television set as toddlers. A shocking study from child experts has found that television exposure at age two...
Protecting teens or expanding a 'nanny state'?
Proposals that would bar California high school students from buying Gatorade on campus, ban metal bats from their baseball games and require them to wear helmets while skiing are drawing criticism. Barring high...
Judge orders Dodgers' Frank McCourt to pay his wife more than $637,000 a month in spousal support
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has ordered Dodgers owner Frank McCourt to pay his estranged wife, Jamie, $637,159 a month in temporary spousal support, plus lawyers' fees pending...
Pantry Raid: Young but on a dangerous diet path
This 29-year-old has bad eating habits that need to be broken before they lead to serious health problems. ...
Movies With Sensory Reduction
"What is autism" is a medical science question. "How can people with autism adapt to society" is a social science question. "Why would someone pay to see a movie in...
Researchers uncover Fragile X syndrome gene's role in shaping brain
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered how the genetic mutation that causes Fragile X syndrome, the most common form of inherited mental retardation, interferes with the "pruning" of...
Kids Overimitate Adults, Regardless of Culture
Children copy their elders to a fault, even mimicking silly and useless actions
Early childhood experiences have lasting emotional and psychological effects
Experiences between birth and age 5 matter significantly to children's long-term emotional and psychological health, and changing these experiences for the better pays dividends, according to an editorial and several...
Psychological research not always universal; Studies should involve more cross-cultural collaboration, says researcher
Previous studies have found that the vast majority of published psychological research in the United States is based on American samples and excludes 95 percent of the world's population. Yet,...
Quebec woman sues hospital over cancer test
A Quebec woman is suing a hospital for $760,000 for failing to tell her she tested positive for cervical cancer a year and a half ago.
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What Causes Moms and Kids to Bond?
Scientists have identified the hormone oxytocin as important to human bonding
Video Games Effective Pain Relievers, Researchers Say
New research has found that video gaming is an effective way to reduce anxiety and acute pain caused by medical procedures and could be a useful treatment for chronic pain....
With Hung Parliament, British Scientists Wonder Who's the Boss?
Britain this morning woke up to an uncertain political future—and British scientists continue to...
Scientists bemoan loss of expertise in election
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's scientific community was dismayed Friday at the loss of some its leading advocates in parliamentary elections, and experts said they feared health and science policymaking would...