Spiritual effects of hallucinogens persist, researchers report July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 87 vote(s)
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In a follow-up to research showing that psilocybin, a substance contained in "sacred mushrooms," produces substantial spiritual effects, a Johns Hopkins team reports that those beneficial effects appear to last more than ... | |
Many common medical beliefs are untrue December 21, 2007 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 37 vote(s)
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Should we drink at least eight glasses of water a day? Does shaving hair cause it to grow back faster or coarser? Does reading in dim light ruin your eyesight? | |
Drugs industry protecting 'morally unacceptable' patent system July 17, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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Major drugs companies are using fierce lobbying tactics to protect a pharmaceutical patent system that is "simply morally unacceptable", a world-leading political philosopher will tell a major meeting of UK and European pharmacologists ... | |
Is infant male circumcision an abuse of the rights of the child? December 07, 2007 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Circumcision is one of the commonest surgical procedures performed on males. Opponents argue that infant circumcision can cause both physical and psychological harm, while recent evidence shows that circumcision is medically ... | |
Does time slow in crisis? December 12, 2007 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 37 vote(s)
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In The Matrix, hero Neo wins his battles when time slows in the simulated world. In the real world, accident victims often report a similar slowing as they slide unavoidably into disaster. But can humans really experience ... | |
Humor develops from aggression caused by male hormones December 21, 2007 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 37 vote(s)
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Humour appears to develop from aggression caused by male hormones, according to a study published in this week’s Christmas issue of the British Medical Journal. | |
Study: Curvy hips lure men to smart women November 12, 2007 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 82 vote(s)
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Women with small waists and big hips also have big IQs, a new U.S. study has found. | |
Antibacterial Toothpaste and Tongue Scraping Eliminate Halitosis April 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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The stigma and embarrassment associated with chronic bad breath, or halitosis, can be sufficient to turn sufferers into near-hermits. One in four adults has halitosis, statistics show, and the percentage may be as high as ... | |
 Sweat, luck and eureka: Recipes for scientific discovery June 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Every week thousands of academic articles heralding discoveries in medicine and science are vetted and validated before being published in no-nonsense journals with names such as "Acta Crystallographica," ... | |
Middle class relaxing with marijuana May 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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A variety of middle-class people are making a conscious but careful choice to use marijuana to enhance their leisure activities, a University of Alberta study shows. | |
Study: Early sex not cause of delinquency November 12, 2007 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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People who have sex at an early age are not more likely to become delinquents later on, a U.S. study concluded. | |
Almost 90 percent of children reported experiencing sexual violence October 15, 2007 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Almost 90% of teenagers aged 12-18 claim to have been victims of some level of sexual violence, according to a study conducted jointly by the University of Haifa and Ben Gurion University (Israel). The research surveyed 1,036 ... | |
UK anti-drinking campaign ads may be 'catastrophically misconceived' December 10, 2007 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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Some anti-drinking advertising campaigns may be “catastrophically misconceived” because they play on the entertaining ‘drinking stories’ that young people use to mark their social identity, say researchers who have just completed ... | |
Over one-third of former American football players had sexual relations with men, study says October 29, 2007 | User rating: 2.9 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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A study of former high-school American Football players has found that more than a third said they had had sexual relations with other men. | |
Marijuana withdrawal as bad as withdrawal from cigarettes January 24, 2008 | User rating: 2.3 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Research by a group of scientists studying the effects of heavy marijuana use suggests that withdrawal from the use of marijuana is similar to what is experienced by people when they quit smoking cigarettes. Abstinence from ... | |
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