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Does a placebo gene exist?

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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

A short time ago, Swedish scientists published a paper suggesting the existence of a genetic disposition to respond to placebo, thus giving rise to debate in the media about a possible "placebo gene." In the current issue ...


FTC explores future of journalism in Internet age

Technology / Internet

created 7 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The federal government is wading into deliberations over the future of journalism.


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Report claims Wikipedia losing editors in droves

Technology / Internet

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (16) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- The findings of a Spanish study claiming that Wikipedia's editors are leaving at an alarming rate have been refuted by the Wikimedia Foundation and by Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales.


Study: Believers' inferences about God's beliefs are uniquely egocentric

Study: Believers' inferences about God's beliefs are uniquely egocentric

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created 20 hours ago | popularity 4.2 / 5 (23) | comments 31

Religious people tend to use their own beliefs as a guide in thinking about what God believes, but are less constrained when reasoning about other people's beliefs, according to new study published in the ...


Can heart disease treatments combat AMD?

Medicine & Health / Research

created 41 minutes ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Can treatments that reduce risks for cardiovascular disease (CVD) also help combat age-related macular degeneration (AMD), an eye disease that affects millions of Americans? CVD and AMD share some risk factors-such as smoking, ...


Long-term physical activity has an anti-aging effect at the cellular level

Medicine & Health / Health

created 20 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Intensive exercise prevented shortening of telomeres, a protective effect against aging of the cardiovascular system, according to research reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.


Silver lining effect study, 'I have some good news and some bad news'

Other Sciences / Economics

created 19 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Communicating "I have some good news and some bad news" is better than combining messages into a single, bleak result when small gains and large losses occur together, according to a study in the current issue of Management Sc ...


First Pump-Probe Experiment at LCLS Completed

First Pump-Probe Experiment at Linac Coherent Light Source Completed

Physics / General Physics

created 19 hours ago | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first experiment using the Linac Coherent Light Source to illuminate molecules via a "pump-probe" technique has been completed by an international team of more than 30 scientists from ...


Glasgow scientists predict the unpredictable to guide future nano-chip design

Glasgow scientists predict the unpredictable to guide future nano-chip design

Technology / Semiconductors

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

Scientists at the University of Glasgow, in collaboration with colleagues from Edinburgh, Manchester, Southampton and York universities, have developed technology which will help microchip designers create ...


Online retailers rev up deals to keep up momentum (AP)

Online retailers rev up deals to keep up momentum

Technology / Business

created 21 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Retail Web sites kept amping up the deals Monday, the first day after the Thanksgiving holiday, to try to maintain the long weekend's strong online sales.



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