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With hot coffee, we see a warm heart, researchers find

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 23, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 0

Our judgment of a person's character can be influenced by something as simple as the warmth of the drink we hold in our hand.





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Sun cutting up to 3,000 jobs as awaits Oracle deal

Technology / Business

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

(AP) -- Sun Microsystems Inc. plans to eliminate up to 3,000 jobs, or 10 percent of its worldwide work force, as it awaits a takeover by Oracle Corp., a deal being held up by antitrust regulators in Europe.


Casting light on social blame

Casting light on social blame

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Mothers whose children suffer from emotional and behavioral disabilities say they shoulder a tremendous social burden of responsibility to remedy their kids’ problems, says Linda Blum, associate ...


FDA panel backs first non-drug asthma treatment

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Federal health advisers on Wednesday said a novel technology from a small medical technology firm should be approved as the first non-drug treatment for asthma.


Home-help staff stretch the rules for the good of the service

Home-help staff stretch the rules for the good of the service

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new thesis from the University of Gothenburg reveals that out of loyalty to the people for whom they provide care, groups of home-help staff sometimes break the rules dictating how their work should be performed.


Awareness of racism affects how children do socially and academically

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Most children actively notice and think about race. A new study has found that children develop an awareness about racial stereotypes early, and that those biases can be damaging.


Administration takes aim at distracted driving

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

(AP) -- Driving while distracted is a growing peril in a nation reluctant to put down its cell phones and handheld devices even behind the wheel, the Obama administration declared on Wednesday. Officials said Congress and ...


Ein, Zwei, Molson Dry? Researcher says hand gesturing to count in foreign countries can be tricky

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

If you are planning to do some Oktoberfesting in Germany, you may want to pay attention to how you order your beverages. The server is not giving you a three-for-the-price-of-two beer special; you're holding up the wrong ...


Scientists first to see RNA network in live bacterial cells

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists who study RNA have faced a formidable roadblock: trying to examine RNA's movements in a living cell when they can't see the RNA. Now, a new technology has given scientists the first look ever at RNA in a live ...


Psychology Researchers Recommend Ethical Ban on Torture by Psychologists

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Arkansas psychology professor Jeffrey Lohr and colleague David Tolin have documented the history and criticisms of the ethics policy of the American Psychological Association and recommended ...


Cisco said it will pay cash and retention-based incentives for ScanSafe

Cisco to buy ScanSafe for $183 million

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created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cisco announced on Tuesday it has agreed to buy Web security company ScanSafe for some 183 million dollars, the latest in a string of acquisitions by the US networking giant.



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