Who shalt not kill? Brain power leads to level-headedness when faced with moral dilemmas June 09, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Should a sergeant sacrifice a wounded private on the battlefield in order to save the rest of his troops? Is euthanasia acceptable if it prevents needless suffering? Many of us will have to face some sort of extreme moral ... | |
Half of women have negative feelings about 1-night stands June 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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The sexual and feminist revolutions were supposed to free women to enjoy casual sex just as men always had. Yet according to Professor Anne Campbell from Durham University in the UK, the negative feelings reported by women ... | |
Love thy neighbor? States that lower drinking age hurt others June 30, 2008 | User rating: 2.5 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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States currently considering reducing the drinking age aren't doing their neighbors any favors. | |
Genome study charts genetic landscape of lung cancer November 04, 2007 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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An international team of scientists today announced the results of a systematic effort to map the genetic changes underlying lung cancer, the world’s leading cause of cancer deaths. Appearing in the November 4 advance online ... | |
 This is your brain on violent media December 06, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 34 vote(s)
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Violence is a frequent occurrence in television shows and movies, but can watching it make you behave differently? | |
Brain reacts to fairness as it does to money and chocolate April 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 25 vote(s)
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The human brain responds to being treated fairly the same way it responds to winning money and eating chocolate, UCLA scientists report. Being treated fairly turns on the brain's reward circuitry. | |
Golf prolongs life May 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 29 vote(s)
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Golf can be a good investment for the health, according to a new study from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet. The death rate for golfers is 40 per cent lower than for other people of the same sex, age ... | |
Prevent a bone break, drink milk to boost calcium June 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Boosting calcium intake by drinking milk could reduce healthy adults' chances of a debilitating bone break. In a new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, healthy men and women supplemented ... | |
Homosexual behavior due to genetics and environmental factors June 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 37 vote(s)
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Homosexual behaviour is largely shaped by genetics and random environmental factors, according to findings from the world's largest study of twins. | |
Salmonella toll tops 1,000; peppers now eyed July 09, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 6
(AP) -- More than 1,000 people now are confirmed ill from salmonella initially linked to raw tomatoes, a grim milestone Wednesday that makes this the worst foodborne outbreak in at least a decade. Adding to the confusion, ... | |
UT pathologists believe they have pinpointed Achilles heel of HIV July 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 66 vote(s)
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) researchers at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston believe they have uncovered the Achilles heel in the armor of the virus that continues to kill millions. | |
Daylight savings time disrupts humans' natural circadian rhythm October 24, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 35 vote(s)
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When people living in many parts of the world move their clocks forward one hour in the spring in observance of daylight saving time (DST), their bodies’ internal, daily rhythms don’t adjust with them, reports a new study ... | |
Genital arousal disorder adversely impacts women's lives November 16, 2007 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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New research shows that women suffering from Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder (PGAD), a condition marked by unprovoked, intrusive and persistent sensations of genital arousal that are unrelieved by one or several orgasms, ... | |
Herbal extract found to increase lifespan December 05, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 48 vote(s)
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The herbal extract of a yellow-flowered mountain plant indigenous to the Arctic regions of Europe and Asia increased the lifespan of fruit fly populations, according to a University of California, Irvine study. | |
 Self-Paced Brain-Computer Interface Gets Closer to Reality January 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 43 vote(s)
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Using the human mind to control computers could lead to a wide range of applications, such as giving people with limited motion the ability to operate machines. However, translating thoughts into actions is ... | |
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