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Study to probe mobile health risk
Researchers launch a decades-long study into whether mobile phone use and health problems such as cancer are linked.
How do older people use e-mail?
Researchers in Spain have studied how older people interact and use e-mail in their daily life. The study was carried out in social centers in Barcelona and will be used...
How do ads depicting mixed emotions persuade abstract thinkers?
People who think more abstractly respond better to ads that portray mixed emotions, according to a new study.
Another chance for 'Peace Pipeline'
TEHRAN, April 21 (UPI) -- Iranian, Pakistani and Indian leaders are scheduled to meet in Tehran next month to discuss extending a planned strategic pipeline from Iran to energy-short...
Brain training games fail the test
Brain training video games don't make you cleverer, according to research done on BBC viewers. Thousands of people played online games designed to improve their memory, attention span, spatial reasoning, and maths ability....
Inuit preschoolers gaining size: study
Inuit preschoolers in Nunavut are as tall as children in the general U.S. population but they are also heavier, a new study finds.
Iran, Uganda set for oil refinery talks
KAMPALA, Uganda, April 20 (UPI) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is expected Friday in Uganda to discuss building an oil refinery in the energy-rich African nation.
Ethnic groups show different cardiovascular risk profiles
There are striking differences in the cardiovascular risk profiles of four ethnic groups - white, Chinese, South Asian and black - living in Ontario, Canada, found a new study in...
Bionanotechnology has new face, world-class future at Florida State
Imagine the marriage of hard metals or semiconductors to soft organic or biological products. Picture the strange, wonderful offspring - hybrid materials never conceived by Mother Nature...
Buyer beware: Consumers in conflict may become victims to unwanted influence
When products don't easily fit into our goals, we experience conflict. According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, conflicted consumers are easily swayed by unwanted influences.
Under Threat, Women Bond, Men Withdraw
MONTREAL--When we're under immediate stress --say, we are about to give a speech or about to be mugged--we either fight or flee, or so scientists have long preached. But some...
Americans turn to Al-Jazeera for raw images of war, UA study finds
Sometimes gruesome war-time images of death and destruction are necessary for getting the whole story, even if you have to go to non-U.S. media to find them, according to a...
Language dysfunction in children may be due to epileptic brain activity
Epileptic activity in the brain can affect language development in children, and EEG registrations should therefore be carried out more frequently on children with severe language impairment to identify more...
Swaziland poacher murders exposed
A Swazi lawyer wins a prestigious award for her work exposing the extra-judicial killings of suspected poachers.
Recipes for Health: Tacos: Health Food With a Kick
Real tacos, stuffed with healthy fillings, are a far cry from the fast-food concoctions we’ve come to expect.
US needs new national strategy for era of cyber aggression, new paper concludes
The nominee to head the Pentagon's new CyberCommand testified in front of Congress late last week that employing Cold War strategies to cyberwarfare challenges may not work for the United...
Unrequited love – coping with rejection | Ask Carole, Evolutionary Agony Aunt
Carole Jahme shines the cold light of evolutionary psychology on readers' problems. This week: rejected advancesFrom an anonymous, 23-year-old maleDear Carole, There is a girl in my office who joined about eight months...
What is the memory capacity of the human brain? Is there a physical limit to the amount of information it can store?
What is the memory capacity of the human brain? Is there a physical limit to the amount of information it can store? --J. Hawes, Huntington Beach, Calif.
Broken Promises
What goes on in the brain of the groom who says “I do,” then has an affair? Or the friend who pledges to repay a loan but never does? Breaking...
7 Ordinary Things Turned Hi-Tech
As scientists expand their knowledge of how things work, they are finding undiscovered potential in everyday objects from T-shirts to umbrellas.
Heavy mothers gain weight later
Women who gain a lot of weight during pregnancy are much more likely to be obese 21 years later, according to a new study.
To build a cooperative society, is it better to punish or reward?
(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the basic components of a functional, cooperative society is a code of law, where the laws are usually enforced by some kind of incentive. Social incentives...
Pigeon 'backpacks' track flock voting
Pigeon flocks are guided by a flexible system of leadership in which almost every member gets a 'vote' but the votes of high-ranking birds carry more weight, a new study...
Mother-infant psychoanalysis may create a beneficial circle in the event of poor bonding
Even when a baby has been longed for, some mothers might have trouble bonding with their baby, who in turn may develop disturbed behavior, such as crying, poor sleeping patterns...
An altered state
Mexico’s president Felipe Calderon has made a military campaign against the country’s ascendant drug-trafficking gangs the centerpiece of his presidency. After thousands of fatalities, many of them due to retaliatory strikes by the...
Elizabeth Campbell obituary
My friend and research collaborator Elizabeth Campbell, who has died of breast cancer aged 55, was a clinical psychologist by training and an academic by conviction. She had a fierce intelligence, integrity and...
Obama Health Team Turns to Carrying Out New Law
Officials are scrambling to make the transition from waging political war on Capitol Hill to managing one of the most profound changes in social policy in generations.
Doctors Hear Many Questions About Health Law
Doctors are answering questions about law that many do not understand, and which they may have opposed.