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Like never before, inauguration experienced online
(AP) -- In an inauguration defined by a sense of change, the experience of watching Barack Obama take office was fittingly revolutionary.
Staying Healthy Never Felt So Good
Why is it that when you are working hard and multitasking like a superhero, you tend to get sick? A recent study by Sheldon Cohen from Carnegie Mellon University...
Scientists using own kids as test subjects
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Some U.S. researchers, stymied by a lack of test subjects, say they have begun using their own children in experiments.
Pope to have own Google channel with video
(AP) -- The Vatican says Pope Benedict XVI is getting his own channel on Google.
Why we can never recover from first love
First relationships can be intense, passionate and inspire a great deal of bad poetry.
Key To A Healthy Lifestyle Is In The Mind
The main factors influencing the amount of physical exercise people carry out are their self-perceived ability and the extent of their desire to exercise. A study of 5167 Canadians has...
How We Are Tricked Into Into Giving Away Our Personal Information
We human beings don’t always do as we have been taught, and organizations are poorly prepared for IT security attacks that target human weaknesses. Since it is difficult to change...
Neural paths for borderline personality disorder
People prone to stormy social lives display brain activity that may prompt oversensitivity to emotion and an inability to resolve conflicting information
Grab the Remote, the Doctor’s In
Embarrassing questions, a heartthrob doctor and friendly banter create a daytime TV hit.
Key Developmental Mechanisms Of The Amygdala Identified
For the first time, scientists have successfully identified a key developmental program for the amygdala -- the part of the limbic system that impacts how the brain creates emotional memories...
Report: Jobs Considering Liver Transplant
After Barack Obama is sworn in next week, he'll be able to enjoy one of the lesser-known benefits of the presidency: phone calls that always go through.
Observatory: Monkeys Pick Right Stone for a Tough Nut
Researchers have found that bearded capuchin monkeys in the wild will select the most effective stone for use in cracking nuts.
Gamers crave control and competence, not carnage
Study turns belief commonly held by video game industry, gamers, on its head
Video Game Violence Not Why Most Play
Contrary to popular belief, violence does not make video games more enjoyable, a new study suggests.
Screen time links to unhealthy kids
A study has found that children spending more than two hours a day in front of a computer or TV are much more likely to be unfit, though boys are...
First Settlement in Chinese Milk Case
A couple said that they had received $29,300 from the Sanlu Group. The settlement included an agreement not to sue the company.
No need for MDs to feel snubbed, health minister says
A pair of young doctors in Vermont got the cold shoulder from recruiters in central Newfoundland after they inquired about work opportunities in the region, the province's health minister says.
"Sexting" Shockingly Common Among Teens
While it may be shocking, the practice of "sexting" - sending nude pictures via text message - is not unusual, especially for high schoolers around the country.
Concussion summit set to start in London, Ont.
On Saturday, experts and players will descend on London, Ont., to shine a spotlight on hockey's most under-reported injury.
Early bad behaviour predicts troubled path, according to study
(PhysOrg.com) -- It seems the ill-advised roads taken early in life are mostly one-way.
Ex-astronaut Cernan to donate papers to Purdue U.
(AP) -- Former astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, a 1956 Purdue University graduate and the most recent person to walk on the moon, is donating his personal papers to the...
Drug Abusing Offenders Not Getting Treatment They Need in Criminal Justice System
The vast majority of prisoners who could benefit from drug abuse treatment do not receive it, despite two decades of research that demonstrate its effectiveness, according to researchers at the...
Speech Disorders Can Be Assessed From A Distance, Research Finds
There should be no barriers to providing high-quality speech pathology services, according to one Australian researcher. Her work has found that speech and language disorders can be validly and reliably...
DVD teaches autistic kids what a smile means
(AP) -- It wasn't until Jude met Jenny that the 3-year-old autistic boy understood what happy people look like. Jenny, a green tram with a human face, had a...
Parkour Training: How to Do a Wall-Flip
How to perform a two-step wall-flip and live to enjoy the high-five that will follow. Good for impressing friends and escaping pursuers…
Is conflict betwen God and science hardwired?
New study suggests our minds are conflicted, making it so we have trouble reconciling science and God because we unconsciously see these concepts as fundamentally opposed, at least when both...
UNICEF: Teen births 5 times deadlier than in 20s
(AP) -- Girls who give birth before the age of 15 are five times more likely to die in childbirth than women in their 20s, the U.N. said Thursday,...
Does universal health care affect attitude toward dementia?
A new study has found that in spite of their universal health care system which facilitates access to free dementia care, older adults in the United Kingdom are less willing...