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For children with hearing loss: The earlier the better for cochlear implants, study finds
Receiving a cochlear implant before 18 months of age dramatically improves a deaf child's ability to hear, understand and, eventually, speak, according to a multicenter study led by scientists at...
On 40th Anniversary, Earth Day Is Big Business
Many groups now accept money from corporations or partnering with them to change social behavior.
Dual approach gives a more accurate picture of the autistic brain
A new study, the first of its kind, combines two complementary analytical brain imaging techniques, to provide a more comprehensive and accurate picture of the neuroanatomy of the autistic brain.
New insights into the implications of autism onset patterns
New study results show that when and how autism symptoms appear in the first three years of life has vital implications to a child's developmental, diagnostic, and educational outcomes.
'People work all their lives and never get a judgment like that'
Simon Singh's lawyer discusses the libel case that may end up reforming English law.
NFL donates $1M US for brain injury study
The NFL is donating $1 million US to Boston University School of Medicine for the study of the long-term effects of repetitive brain trauma in athletes, particularly football players.
Indoor tanning may be addictive
As many as one in three young people who use tanning beds could be addicted to the behavior, scientists say in a new report. As many as a third of young people...
Quebec to review special needs education
The Quebec government is rethinking how it integrates children with special needs into regular classrooms, because of teachers' concerns about overload.
Subliminal Cues Can Empty Wallets
MONTREAL--Rational calculations do not dictate financial decisions, as psychologists have revealed in recent years. Emotions often sway our spendthrift or miserly ways. In particular, positive feelings promote risk taking--gambling in Vegas, say, or...
Once Learned, Never Forgotten
What happens when a language learned as a child is forgotten over time? Many adoptees and emigrants have no conscious memory of their native tongue, but a new study suggests...
Interview: Waxing analytical
Brett Paull talks about analytical chemistry, the effect of personal care products on the environment and the amazing opportunities chemists have to travel
Texting key communication tool for teens
Texting via a cell phone has become the No. 1 way that American teens communicate, beating out cellphone calling, new U.S. research suggests.
Nixing new nuclear process
(PhysOrg.com) -- Risks of laser-based uranium enrichment outweigh rewards, says UCI economist Linda Cohen.
Therapy can help even very distressed married couples, largest study finds
The largest, most comprehensive clinical trial of couple therapy ever conducted has found that therapy can help even very distressed married couples if both partners want to improve their marriage....
1 in 10 revelers plan on consuming more than 40 units of alcohol in a single evening
Using measures of blood alcohol concentration, self-assessed and observer-assessed drunkenness, a study in the North West of England has confirmed the overwhelming prevalence of extreme alcohol consumption in UK nightlife....
Gene variant may protect memory and thinking skills in older people
New research shows a gene variant may help protect the memory and thinking skills of older people. The research will be published in the April 20, 2010, issue of Neurology(R),...
H. Guyford Stever, former National Science Foundation director, dies at 93
The advisor to Presidents Nixon and Ford helped create NASA and restore its credibility after the Challenger crash.
U of C may expel anti-abortion protesters
The University of Calgary is threatening to expel a group of students who refused to move a graphic anti-abortion display on campus.
Campus green space more important for undergrads
Students' perceptions of their overall experience on campus may be most strongly associated with their academic accomplishments, but research has also found a solid relationship between undergraduates' use of campus...
Books on Science: Embracing Silence in a Noisy World
An author sets out to understand noise and silence, and how they mold our surroundings.
Personal Health: Risks for Youths Who Eat What They Watch
With rates of childhood obesity soaring, parents should object to junk-food marketing on children’s television shows and brand placement in movies.
Essay: With AIDS, Time to Get Beyond Blame
In most states, it’s still a crime to transmit H.I.V. But science has moved on.
Vital Statistics: Despite Advice, Many Mothers Refrain From Breast-Feeding
A survey found that less than 75 percent of women breast-fed at all, and by one year only about a fifth were still nursing their babies.
Educational historian looks at origins of the culture wars
It did not take long for Binghamton University educational historian Adam Laats to look to the past for answers while teaching high school in Wisconsin.
Free UAB service to help parents advocate for safer playgrounds, gyms
Simple tools developed by researchers in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Human Studies will help parents and teachers identify potential dangers on playgrounds and in gymnasiums...
Morality Controls Physical Endurance, Psychologists Suggest
Moral behavior may increase our capacity for willpower and physical endurance, according to new research from Harvard University. Participants in the new study who did good deeds -- or even...
Court takes up public employees' privacy case
(AP) -- The Supreme Court appears likely to rule against public employees who claimed a local government violated their privacy by reading racy text messages they sent on their...
The Squeeze on the Middle Class
Middle-class families continue to struggle with insurance costs, a recent study confirms.