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Vulnerability to post-traumatic stress disorder runs in families, study shows

Earthquakes have aftershocks — not just the geological kind but the mental kind as well. Just like veterans of war, earthquake survivors can experience post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and anxiety.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 20, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Shame on us: Shaming some kids makes them more aggressive

Aren't you ashamed of yourself? All these years, you've been trying to build up your child's self-esteem, and now a growing body of research suggests you may be making a big mistake. A study published in the December issue ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 20, 2008 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 5

Unusual microbial ropes grow slowly in cave lake

Deep inside the Frasassi cave system in Italy and more than 1,600 feet below the Earth's surface, divers found filamentous ropes of microbes growing in the cold water, according to a team of Penn State researchers.

Biology /

created Dec 20, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1


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