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Nobel Physics laureates undeserving, colleagues say: report

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (8) | comments 4

Former colleagues of two American scientists who won the 2009 Nobel physics prize say the winners, Willard Boyle and George Smith, did not deserve the award, Canada's Globe and Mail reported Tuesday.


Child Development Expert Says The Magic Of Santa Claus Is No Lie

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Should parents let their children believe in Santa Claus?


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Tiny Train Model May be World's Smallest (w/ Video)

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- David Smith, who has been building model railroads since 1965, has always had a preference for the smaller scale train models. His most recent project is a five-car train that runs through ...


Apology for human rights abuses has precedent in US

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A growing global movement to apologize and make restitution to victims of human rights abuses is now gathering steam in the United States, but it won't be a first for the country, says the president of The Western History ...


Evidence points to conscious 'metacognition' in some nonhuman animals

Evidence Points to Conscious 'Metacognition' in Some Nonhuman Animals

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (36) | comments 16

(PhysOrg.com) -- J. David Smith, Ph.D., a comparative psychologist at the University at Buffalo who has conducted extensive studies in animal cognition, says there is growing evidence that animals share functional ...


Formerly conjoined twins to need years of care (AP)

Formerly conjoined twins to need years of care

Medicine & Health / Other

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

(AP) -- Formerly conjoined Bangladeshi twins separated this week in a marathon surgery will remain in the care of a humanitarian group for at least two years, the organization's CEO said Friday.


African men who have sex with men are ostracised from HIV services

African men who have sex with men are ostracised from HIV services

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Men who have sex with men (MSM) in sub-Saharan Africa are a hidden, stigmatised group which suffers from a high burden of HIV infection without access to appropriate public health provision, ...


RI judge tosses patent verdict against Microsoft

Technology / Software

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 1.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- A federal judge in Rhode Island threw out a $388 million patent infringement jury verdict against Microsoft Corp., the latest move in a six-year legal skirmish.


Astronauts deal with flooded toilet in orbit (AP)

Astronauts deal with flooded toilet in orbit

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 19, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 6

(AP) -- The bathroom lines at the already crowded space shuttle and space station complex got a lot longer Sunday because of a flooded toilet. One of two commodes aboard the international space station malfunctioned, ...


Health information not communicated well to minority populations, MU researcher finds

Health information not communicated well to minority populations, researcher finds

Medicine & Health / Health

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

According to the Institute of Medicine, more than 90 million Americans suffer from low health literacy¬, a mismatch between patients' abilities to understand healthcare information and providers' abilities ...


NASA Phoenix Results Point to Martian Climate Cycles

Mars data published in Science this week

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Four papers in the journal Science this week offer new details about the history of water on Mars, gleaned from the 2008 NASA Phoenix Mars Mission that was operated from The University of Arizona.


Study finds racial disparities exist in radiation therapy rates for early stage breast cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Black women are less likely than white women to receive radiation therapy after a lumpectomy, the standard of care for early stage breast cancer, according to a new study by researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson ...


More STDs for Older Widowers in ED Drug Era

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Widowers take care: Older men who have recently lost their wives are more likely than still-married peers to be diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease (STD), according to a new study.


NOAA deploys new 'smart buoy' off Annapolis

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

NOAA deployed the seventh in a series of "smart buoys" to monitor weather conditions and water quality in the Chesapeake Bay today. The buoy, located at the mouth of Severn River near Annapolis, Md., will be used by commercial ...


School children could lead the way on sustainability

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Many children are not only passionate about environmental issues, but more than capable of driving forward sustainability initiatives, argues new research into the role of schools in developing more sustainable communities. ...