News tagged with myths


Debunking myths about warm-ups, eggs

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 29, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (21) | comments 2

There are so many things to worry about these days. Wouldn't it be nice to cross something off the list? Turns out you can. Researchers have been busy debunking some common medical myths that have been repeated so many times, ...


More medical myths: Turkey doesn't make you tired?

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 07, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

What if someone told you turkey doesn't make you tired, or that you nails really don't keep growing after you die?





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What's the best hangover cure? Truth be told, there isn't one

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 1.8 / 5 (4) | comments 15

(PhysOrg.com) -- With the holiday party season at hand, UNC's Dr. James C. Garbutt offers these tips about how to enjoy a few drinks responsibly -- while sparing yourself and those around you from the potentially ...


Thanksgiving Combines Myths, Traditions and Truths, CU Professor Says

Thanksgiving Combines Myths, Traditions and Truths, CU Professor Says

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Over the centuries Thanksgiving in America has meant many things to many people. What we consider the traditional Thanksgiving holiday today has been around only a few decades, according ...


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Pulling the plug on hybrid myths

Technology / Energy

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (16) | comments 31

(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether you call them myths, urban legends, fables or old wives' tales, there's a lot of misinformation out there about plug-in electric hybrid vehicles. These vehicles, abbreviated PHEVs, ...


L-R: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet and John Cusack at the premiere of "2012"

NASA on crusade to debunk 2012 apocalypse myths

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 4

The world is not coming to an end on December 21, 2012, the US space agency insisted Monday in a rare campaign to dispel widespread rumors fueled by the Internet and a new Hollywood movie.


The new myths of gifted education (w/ Podcast)

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

More than 25 years after myths about gifted education were first explored, they are all still with us and new ones have been added, according to research published in the current Gifted Child Quarterly (GCQ), the official journa ...


For economic success, channel your inner bonobo

For economic success, channel your inner bonobo

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Psychology Professor Marc Hauser dispels misconceptions about human and ape behavior with regard to patience, impulsiveness, and economic interactions in Harvard Museum of Natural History talk.


Juggling Video Highlights Breast Cancer Screening

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Playing by Air Productions, a Nashville-based entertainment company, has teamed up with Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center to create a new video aimed at busting a common myth about breast cancer risk and reminding ...


Devices locate kids, parents find peace of mind (AP)

Devices locate kids, parents find peace of mind

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (6) | comments 5

(AP) -- With a computer or cell phone and an electronic tracking device, you can locate a missing pet, follow the path of a stolen car, find a skier buried in an avalanche and rescue a hiker lost in the woods.


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 ...


Girls' violence on the rise

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

The link between cyber-bullying and an increase in violence among young women will be featured in a new book published in November.



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