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Schizophrenia mouse model should improve understanding and treatment of the disorder
Scientists have created what appears to be a schizophrenic mouse by reducing the inhibition of brain cells involved in complex reasoning and decisions about appropriate social behaviour...
A facial expression is worth a thousand words
Moving pictures are more suitable to interpret the mood of a person than a static photograph. Communication is a central aspect of everyday life, a fact that is reflected in...
Cosmic Log: How to speak ‘Avatar’
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: The professor who created the alien language used in the movie "Avatar" hopes it becomes as widely used as Klingon. But for now, that's out...
My Worst Columns Of 2009
To wrap up the year, I'm listing my 4 worst columns. Or, at least, the four columns that got outstandingly terrible readership. I searched for a pattern or justification for...
Lost Couple Can't Blame GPS, Air Force Says
Neither aging GPS satellites nor a weak GPS signal was responsible for an elderly couple getting stranded in the woods, the Air Force says.
The most embarrassing, not to mention, damaging fakery of the noughties has been the rise of 'fake science'
Sarah Palin is untainted by biased things such as fact and experience. This is why she would like AvatarMuch criticism – positive and negative – has already been ladled on Ego "James" Cameron's...
Brain scans show distinctive patterns in people with generalized anxiety disorder
Scrambled connections between the part of the brain that processes fear and emotion and other brain regions could be the hallmark of a common anxiety disorder, according to a new...
Forward-Thinking People Make Healthier Choices
When New Year's Eve rolls around and you're deciding whether to have another glass of champagne, your decision may be predicted by your perspective on the future. A pair of...
San Jose police mount cameras on officers' heads
(AP) -- Grainy cell phone images are often used against cops accused of using excessive violence. Now, officers are being armed with their own cameras.
Phone points illegal border crossers to water
(AP) -- A group of California artists wants Mexicans and Central Americans to have more than just a few cans of tuna and a jug of water for their...
Hangover Cures: What Works, What Doesn't
A lot of products tout the ability to help you feel better should you go overboard in toasting in the New Year.
Top five video games of 2009
Treasure hunters, assassins and terrorists ruled the console world this past year, providing gamers with countless hours of fun - and sore thumbs.
COMPASS points to weight loss
(PhysOrg.com) -- Obesity researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are recruiting families with overweight children for a study to help those kids, and their parents, lose...
Music therapy for tinnitus hope
Personalised music therapy may help cut noise levels experienced by people who suffer from tinnitus, say researchers.
Football (soccer) fights depression
Despite being a significant risk group, young men are amongst those least likely to seek professional help when mentally distressed or suicidal. The 'Back of the Net' program, a pilot...
Researchers develop drug information interface to save lives
A new drug information interface system has been shown to help in dealing with visual and motor impairments, which can make sorting, holding and identifying pills a challenge as we...
Seeing without looking: Brain structure crucial for moving the mind's spotlight
Like a spotlight that illuminates an otherwise dark scene, attention brings to mind specific details of our environment while shutting others out. A new study shows that the superior colliculus,...
Accurate taste perception relies on a properly functioning olfactory system
As anyone suffering through a head cold knows, food tastes wrong when the nose is clogged, an experience that leads many to conclude that the sense of taste operates normally...
Letters: Cash for Kidneys? (2 Letters)
Readers respond to an article in Science Times about organ donation.
Israelis’ Cancer Is Linked to Holocaust
Immigrants who arrived in Israel after World War II have higher cancer rates than those who arrived during the war, a study found.
Books: Resilience, Not Misery, in Coping With Death
The findings of George A. Bonanno, a clinical psychologist who interviewed hundreds of grieving people, were different from those of Freud and Elisabeth Kübler-Ross.
Kenya: Group Worries About Rights of Children as Kenya Plans In-Home Tests for H.I.V.
Many children in the African country have been ill-treated when their status became known, Human Rights Watch said.
There may be a 'party' in your genes
Genetics play a pivotal role in shaping how individual's identify with political parties , according to new research.
Health bills nudge US on long-term care insurance
CHICAGO (AP) -- Most people don't buy long-term care insurance. They simply don't want to think about moving into an assisted living center or hiring a...
Row over Iranian well seizure subsides
TEHRAN, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Iraq does not intend to harm its relations with neighboring Iran as both sides move toward border talks following a well seizure, Iranian media...
Marriage helps weather health issues: study
Riding out health problems and economic downturns can be a lot easier if you're married, suggests new research.
Blame Denmark, not China, for Copenhagen failure | Martin Khor
The decision to override the multilateral process and hold a secret meeting of select nations ruined any chance of successIt's been several days since the chaotic end to the Copenhagen climate conference but...
Researchers find clues to why some continue to eat when full
DALLAS -- Dec. 28, 2009 -- The premise that hunger makes food look more appealing is a widely held belief -- just ask those who cruise grocery...