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US lifts some restrictions on embryo stem cells

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 17, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- When President Barack Obama eased limits on taxpayer-funded embryonic stem cell research, the big question became how far scientists could go. Friday, the government answered: They must use cells culled from fertility ...





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Hummer owners claim moral high ground to excuse overconsumption

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity 1.9 / 5 (8) | comments 25

Hummer drivers believe they are defending America's frontier lifestyle against anti-American critics, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.


Are women more generous? New study sheds light on donation behavior

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Why would women give more to the victims of Hurricane Katrina than to the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research sheds light onto the way gender and moral identity affect donati ...


Trust your gut? Study explores religion, morality and trust in authority

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 3

In a world filled with dogma, doctrine and discipline, it is accurate to say most of us strive to do what we believe is "right." These convictions and beliefs permeate every aspect of our lives, including education, ethics ...


Psychologists shed light on origins of morality

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 26, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (13) | comments 8

In everyday language, people sometimes say that immoral behaviours "leave a bad taste in your mouth". But this may be more than a metaphor according to new scientific evidence from the University of Toronto that shows a ...


The two worlds of kids' morals

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Children's moral behavior and attitudes in the real world largely carry over to the virtual world of computers, the Internet, video games and cell phones. Interestingly, there are marked gender and race differences in the ...


PR pros are good ethical thinkers, study finds

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

For years journalists and others have questioned the ethics of public relations practitioners and firms. People in PR, however, appear to be getting a bad rap. That's what a new study funded by the Arthur W. Page Center ...


Easily grossed out? You're more likely a conservative

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (23) | comments 24

(PhysOrg.com) -- Are you someone who squirms when confronted with slime, shudders at stickiness or gets grossed out by gore? Do crawly insects make you cringe or dead bodies make you blanch?


Buying green can be license for bad behavior, study finds

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Those lyin', cheatin' green consumers. Just being around green products can make us behave more altruistically, a new study to be published in a forthcoming issue of Psychological Science has found.


Of mice and men: Stem cells and ethical uncertainties

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

The recent creation of live mice from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) not only represents a remarkable scientific achievement, but also raises important issues, according to bioethicists at The Johns Hopkins University's ...


It's your funeral: The eco burial movement gathers ground

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Natural burial is often thought of as a green option that takes place in the countryside for non-religious people, but according to researchers at the University of Sheffield, that is only part of the story. 'Lots of different ...



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