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MU anthropologist develops new approach to explain religious behavior

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 09, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (20) | comments 0

Without a way to measure religious beliefs, anthropologists have had difficulty studying religion. Now, two anthropologists from the University of Missouri and Arizona State University have developed a new approach to study ...


Media source impacts ag biotech communication

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created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Communication between the public and government is a necessary component of public trust. For many modern issues, constituents trust that their legislators understand the science behind these topics and pass legislation for ...


Most would refuse emergency use H1N1 vaccine or additive

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A majority of Americans would not take an H1N1 flu vaccine or drug additive authorized for emergency use by the Food and Drug Administration, according to a University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health and University ...


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Republicans to whip up support with Blackberry app

Technology / Software

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The Republican leadership in the US House of Representatives unveiled a free application for the Blackberry on Thursday to keep users up to date on the latest in Congress through their cellphones.


How to improve email communication: Developing strategies to mimic face-to-face interactions

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created Nov 25, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

In a new article in the current issue of American Journal of Sociology authors Daniel A. Menchik and Xiaoli Tian (both of the University of Chicago) study how we use emoticons, subject lines, and signatures to define how we ...


Deaf children use hands to invent own way of communicating

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Deaf children are able to develop a language-like gesture system by making up hand signs and using homemade systems to increase their communication as they grow, just as children with conventional spoken language, research ...


Coma recovery case attracts doubters

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created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Rom Houben's mother remembers her son's amazement when he finally started communicating again after spending 23 years locked in a paralyzed body that was misdiagnosed as vegetative.


Rosetta spacecraft meets asteroid Steins

Rosetta spacecraft meets asteroid Steins

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 25, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

ESA's Rosetta spacecraft will make a historic encounter with asteroid (2867) Steins on 5 September 2008.


Anolis lineatopus

Jamaican lizards' shows of strength mark territory at dawn, dusk

Biology /

created Aug 27, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

What does Jack LaLanne have in common with a Jamaican lizard? Like the ageless fitness guru, the lizards greet each new day with vigorous push-ups. That's according to a new study showing that male Anolis ...


Is it right for drug companies to carry out their own clinical trials?

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created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In BMJ today two experts debate whether the conflict of interest is unacceptable when drug companies carry out clinical trials on their own medicines.


Unrequited Love: How to Stay Friends

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 21, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Unrequited romantic feelings don't have to sink friendships, according to research by Michael Motley, a professor of communication at the University of California, Davis.


Hubble enters safe mode

Hubble enters safe mode

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 02, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (9) | comments 1

At approximately 02:00 CEST on Sunday, 28 September, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope automatically entered safe mode when errors were detected in the Control Unit/Science Data Formatter-Side A.


Research Shows Multimedia Can Help Report Complex News

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created Feb 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Assistant Professor Ron Yaros paid his dues as a journalist - working in the midwest from Michigan to Wisconsin and Missouri. He covered science, technology and health. But he wanted more. "I realized that there might be ...


Climate change will affect public health -- a call to action

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 08, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Extreme heat events (EHE), or heat waves, are the most prominent cause of weather-related human mortality in the United States, responsible for more deaths annually than hurricanes, lightning, tornadoes, floods and earthquakes ...


From slam poetry to plain language for health care

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The doctor's mouth opens, and "medicalese" pours forth: words like "pyrosis" and "myocardial infarction." The patient's eyes glaze over. If only the doctor said "heartburn" or "heart attack," the patient could learn what ...