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Useless online student quizzes
Online quizzes are not helping students learn their subject, according to a new study.
The Origin of Darwin
The evolutionist's struggle about faith and family is portrayed in the film 'Creation,' as told by great-great-grandson Randal Keynes. ...
Teaching computer games
Computer games have a broad appeal that transcends gender, culture, age and socio-economic status. Now, computer scientists in the US think that creating computer games, rather than just playing them...
Team finds childhood clues to adult schizophrenia
Years before adults develop schizophrenia, there is a pattern of cognitive difficulties they experience as children, including problems with verbal reasoning, working memory, attention and processing speed...
China: Clinton's Call Info "Imperialism"
Secretary of State's Criticism of China's Internet Restrictions Rejected
'Useless' Information Becomes Useful As We Age
As people age, they gradually lose their ability to filter out irrelevant information. But that may actually give aging adults a memory advantage over their younger counterparts, according to a...
3 key factors to help children avoid social rejection identified
Neurobehavioural researchers at Rush University Medical Centre have found three key factors in a child's behaviour that can lead to social rejection. The studies are a crucial step in developing...
Going to the gym shouldn't be a workout for your eardrums
Listening to an iPod while working out feels like second nature to many people, but University of Alberta researcher Bill Hodgetts says we need to consider the volume levels in...
How to Get Control of Your Wired Kids
Media Study: They Spend 7.5 Hours a Day Plugged In; How You Can Set Limits
Blueberry juice improves memory in older adults
Scientists are reporting the first evidence from human research that blueberries -- one of the richest sources of healthful antioxidants and other so-called phytochemicals -- improve memory.
Heart attack victims who have ECGs in the field experience shorter time-to-treatment
A recent study found that individuals experiencing chest pain who had electrocardiogram assessments prior to arriving at the hospital experienced a significantly reduced time-to-treatment or door-to-balloon (D2B) time. The mean...
Screw tightens on pay-for-delay drug deals
Pharma’s delaying tactics for generic drug market entry come under closer scrutiny on both sides of the Atlantic
Video: Teens Tied to the Screen
A new study indicates that American children are spending a great deal of time using various electronic devices, such as TV and video game consoles. John Blackstone reports on...
Letters: Badger cull: no black and white issue
George Monbiot's attack on the Welsh assembly government's decision to pilot a targeted badger cull in west Wales (When our economic interests are at stake, the war on nature resumes, 19 January) paints...
Emotions should be taken seriously
Health workers trained to take emotions more seriously may prevent depression among patients, a recent study at the University of Stavanger finds.
What Happened in Haiti?
(PhysOrg.com) -- As the world focuses on the heart-wrenching losses and unbelievable devastation of the recent earthquake in Haiti, researchers at Michigan Technological University, discuss what happened there and why.
Attention drug drives memory research
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the Queensland Brain Institute have found a way to measure the attention span of a fly, which could lead to further advances in the understanding of...
Memo to medics: it's about emotions as well as tumours | Zoe Williams
The latest dust-up among breast cancer experts shines a light into the grey areas of the NHS's screening programmeThe Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine published an article this week levelling the...
Sexist Olympic coverage
Pirkko Markula says when it comes to the Olympics, media coverage rarely gives women equal treatment.
Children grasp time with distance in mind
Beginning in early in childhood, spatial knowledge may inform a concept of time
Neuroscience In The Courtroom
In a new article published in WIREs Congnitive Science, researchers from Duke University and the NIH suggest that the latest cognitive science research has the potential to fundamentally change how...
Why We Must Abandon The 'Concept' That There Exists A 'One Real Image' Of Any Observed Object.
Throughout the articles I have been writing, I have been trying to get a closer ‘look’ at what exactly ‘Reality’ is. Where are we now?
Size of brain region linked to performance
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Jan. 20 (UPI) -- The size of a region in the cerebral cortex influences a person's motor skills and ability to adapt to changing environments, scientists in...
Cybersecurity Expert Stays Creative Baking Bread
Is there a recipe a scientist might follow to spur creativity and cook up new discoveries? Cybersecurity expert Kevin Fu says experimenting with flour, salt and yeast to bake artisanal...
56 percent of young adults in a new sexual relationship infected with HPV
A groundbreaking study of couples led by Professor Eduardo Franco, Director of McGill University's Cancer Epidemiology Unit, in collaboration with a team of colleagues from McGill and Universite de Montreal/Centre...
Words used to describe substance-use patients can alter attitudes, contribute to stigma
Changing the words used to describe someone struggling with alcoholism or drug addiction may significantly alter the attitudes of health care professionals, even those who specialise in addiction treatment. Massachusetts...
Disadvantaged neighbourhoods set children's reading skills on negative course
A landmark study from the University of British Columbia finds that the neighbourhoods in which children reside at kindergarten predict their reading comprehension skills seven years later...
Who's afraid of the HPV vaccine?
A new study concludes that people tend to match their risk perceptions about policy issues with their cultural values, which may explain the intense disagreement about proposals to vaccinate elementary-school...