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The joy is in the social hunt

13 years ago from Physorg

The popularity of social networking websites has grown dramatically in recent years. One of the most popular sites, Facebook.com, now boasts more than 350 million users worldwide. With so many...

Brain Makeover

13 years ago from Science Blog

Practice makes perfect--and it rewires the brain, as many studies have shown. But sometimes hours of practice can take these brain changes too far, as happens in musician’s dystonia, when...

Children who lose a parent to suicide more likely to die the same way, study finds

13 years ago from Science Daily

Losing a parent to suicide makes children more likely to die by suicide themselves and increases their risk of developing a range of major psychiatric disorders, according to a study...

Perception: Skinny people aren't lazy but overweight people are

13 years ago from Science Daily

A new study shows that when a thin person is seen laying down watching television, people assume they're resting. But when people see an overweight person relaxing, it's automatically assumed...

Concern over hearing loss from personal music players

13 years ago from Science Daily

Young people who listen to personal music players for several hours a day at high volume could be putting their hearing at risk, warns an expert in a new editorial.

Computer model better than clinical judgment for diagnosing fever in young children

13 years ago from Science Daily

A computerized diagnostic model outperforms clinical judgment for the diagnosis of fever in young children, and may improve early treatment, a new study finds.

Tough girl or sidechick?

13 years ago from

These have the potential to influence a young viewing audience and their ideas about gender and violence. Her study is published in Springer's journal Sex Roles...

Fish oil supplements provide no benefit to brain power

13 years ago from

The largest ever trial of fish oil supplements has found no evidence that they offer benefits for cognitive function in older people...

Mercury in Tuna Sushi Higher at Restaurants than Groceries

13 years ago from Live Science

Tuna sushi from your local supermarket might have lower mercury levels and so be safer to eat than sushi from a high-end restaurant, a new study using fish DNA suggests.

Investigating The Many Different Types Of Autism

13 years ago from

Anyone who has worked with children with autism knows that, based on symptoms alone, this disorder is comprised of several different types. Yet, surprisingly, no authoritative study exists to validate...

Male monkeys hold babies to make friends

13 years ago from MSNBC: Science

It's easy to make friends when you are holding a baby, suggests a new study that found male Barbary macaques have a better chance of bonding with each other when...

Video: So, Is it "Tweeted" or "Twittered?"

13 years ago from CBSNews - Science

Katie Couric asks Twitter co-founder, Biz Stone if he says "Tweeted" or "Twittered" when speaking in the past tense about sending out a tweet.

Study: Many Teens Sending 3,000 Texts a Month

13 years ago from CBSNews - Science

New Study Reveals Depths of What Some Call an Addiction that Can Cause Hand Problems and Inhibit Interpersonal Skills

Video: Generation Text

13 years ago from CBSNews - Science

The amount of text messages sent by teenagers in America has risen to new and surprising levels. CBS News' Ben Tracy examines the alarming use of mobile messaging among...

Can Parents Cover Their Married Children?

13 years ago from NY Times Health

Adult children will be able to enroll in their parents' health plans even if they are married.

Acknowledging The Function Of Scientific Bloggers

13 years ago from

Researchers who blog are a rare and endangered species. As far as rarity is concerned, it is easy to understand why that is so. Scientific research is a round-the-clock occupation,...

Children's cognitive ability can be affected by mother's exposure to urban air pollutants

13 years ago from

A study by the Columbia Centre for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) carried out in Krakow, Poland has found that prenatal exposure to pollutants can adversely affect children's cognitive development at...

Invisible Ink and Other Science of Spying in the Revolutionary War

13 years ago from Science Blog

John Nagy, author of Invisible Ink: Spycraft of the American Revolution, discusses the codes, ciphers, chemistry and psychology of spying in the American Revolution, in a talk recorded by podcast...

Couples therapy can be the best choice for alcohol-dependent women with supportive spouses

13 years ago from

Barbara McCrady and Elizabeth Epstein wanted to know whether cognitive behaviour therapy worked better for alcohol-dependent women when delivered as couples therapy than when delivered as individual therapy. They reported...

Does foreign policy help or hinder global health?

13 years ago from

This week PLoS Medicine launches a series on Global Health Diplomacy with an introductory article outlining the intersection between foreign policy and global health interests, and a case study of...

African countries should unite for drug development

13 years ago from SciDev

African nations must pool resources to promote local pharmaceutical innovation, say Ibrahim Assane Mayaki and Carel IJsselmuiden.

Managers report feeling isolated

13 years ago from Science Alert

With the emphasis on balancing work and home life, businessmen and women report less time for fostering social connections.

Madwomen in the Attic | Radio review

13 years ago from The Guardian - Science

What was really wrong with all those unstable women in classic novels?Madwomen in the Attic (Radio 4) was a spirited, none too earnest look at unstable female characters in classic novels. "Back-diagnosing psychiatric...

Parents Can Help Overweight Kids With Body Image

13 years ago from Physorg

When parents maintain a healthy body image and weight-control strategies, overweight adolescent children tend to follow their example, a new study reveals.

Exposed: The strange sex life of spiders

13 years ago from Physorg

Here's the good news: you are a male and you are allowed to have sex, at most, twice in your life. If that's the good news -- you may well...

Researcher looking for emotional causes of anorexia

13 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to treating people suffering from eating disorders, Michelle Emmerling would like to see caregivers look beyond the physical issues. Emmerling, a PhD candidate in counselling...

The condition that gave me a Chinese accent

13 years ago from The Guardian - Science

Foreign Accent Syndrome has left a West Country woman with a very strange problem . . .Sarah Colwill initially found it amusing when a series of migraines caused her native West Country...

No gain from brain training

13 years ago from News @ Nature

Computerized mental workouts don't boost mental skills, study claims.