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Clinton to Address China-Google Dispute
Top Diplomat to Mention Row in Speech on Cyber Freedom as China Says Dispute Unrelated to Countries' Ties
Army recruiters visit London's poorest schools most often
Recruiters from the British Regular Army visit London's poorest schools most often, new research from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine shows...
Should obese, smoking and alcohol-consuming women receive assisted reproduction treatment?
The European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) has published a position statement on the impact of the life style factors obesity, smoking and alcohol consumption on natural and...
Chronic sleep loss can be risky
Even a good night's sleep doesn't totally compensate for many weeks of sleep loss. And it's the late-night period when the accumulation of sleep loss may be most apparent.
School burnout
Recent research indicates that school burnout among adolescents is shared with parental work burnout. Children of parents suffering from burnout are more likely than others to experience school burnout. Funding...
Judges on trial: How to promote judicial accountability
Public employees have long been subject to performance reviews that evaluate how well they are performing their jobs. But can judges, public employees who literally hold the power of life...
Go for the good deal -- and get a dose of spirituality
New Zealand missionaries want to host the "Chosen People" for the spiritual experience; Israeli backpackers use their services for the cheap deal. "Regardless of conflicting expectations, both sides come out...
People born in the 1940s not the spenders we thought they were
People born in the 1940s are often portrayed as having both the means and the willingness to spend money on consumption, but how do they appear in the consumption statistics?...
Close Encounters of the Desired Kind: Study Reveals Wanted Objects Are Seen as Closer
We assume that we see things as they really are. But according to a new report in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, if we really...
Organised chaos gets robots going
In humans and animals, periodically recurring movements like walking or breathing are controlled by small neural circuits called 'central pattern generators' (CPG). Scientists have been using this principle in the...
Parents to fight son's removal from life support
An Alberta couple is seeking a court order to prevent an Edmonton hospital from taking their infant son off life-support.
Cochlear implants associated with improved voice control over time in children who are deaf
Children with cochlear implants in both ears appear to have difficulty controlling the loudness and pitch of their voices, but these measures improve over time, according to a new report.
Fear grips Iranian academics
Assassination of physicist Masoud Alimohammadi heightens tensions in Tehran
Let children take their pick of vegetables
Children prefer vegetables which are crunchy and have no brown patches. They also get a perk when they can choose what they eat beforehand. So says PhD student Gertrude Zeinstra...
Social TV viewing is disappearing
We are watching television together less and less often. "We are becoming more and more individualistic also in our choice of TV programs," according to new research.
Start running and watch your brain grow, say scientists
• Aerobic exercise triggers new cell growth – study• Region of brain affected linked to recollectionThe health benefits of a regular run have long been known, but scientists have never understood the curious...
Narrowing an Eating Disorder
When anorexia, bulimia and other labels don’t fit, experts use other labels for disordered eating.
Children Don’t Have Strokes? Just Ask Jared
A frantic mother rushed her second grader to the hospital, starting a family’s search for treatment and answers.
The Science Behind the Cell Phone Cancer Scare
Do cell phones cause cancer? Studies can't find a link, but fear remains.
Happiness: A Theory -- Jaak Panksepp and the Seeking System.
A great deal of commentary on happiness uses the language of reward, dopamine error readings, and the like.
Q&A: Will Lidia Brito put the science back into UNESCO?
UNESCO has a new science policy division head. Lidia Brito talks to SciDev.Net about her plans.
Scent of a woman: Men's testosterone responses to olfactory ovulation cues
Women around the world spend billions of dollars each year on exotic smelling perfumes and lotions in the hopes of attracting a mate. However, going "au natural" may be the...
Burst of neural activity marks transition between not seeing and seeing
Scientists find a burst of neural activity at the transition between not seeing and seeing, revealing a clear threshold that must be crossed for perception to occur.
Migraine and depression may share genetic component
New research shows that migraine and depression may share a strong genetic component. The study involved 2,652 people who took part in the larger Erasmus Rucphen Family study. All of...
Dimensions and Magnetism
I've randomly become interested in something, and I have been trying to follow stuff I've googled on it, but its all a bit over a my head. So I...
Becoming a space pilot may be a 'regular job' in 20 years
Becoming the pilot of a spaceship may seem the stuff of science fiction, but it could be a regular job in just 20 years time, a report says.
Prevalence of high body mass index among children and teens remains steady
The prevalence of high weight among children and teens in the US (i.e., at or above the 95th percentile), ranges from approximately 10 percent to 18 percent, although these rates...
Interpreter skill affects trials
A recent study found that court interpreters are prone to mistakes that make testimony less believable – and could lead to an unjust trial.