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Marriage's effect on lesbian and gay couples studied

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Legal recognition of same-sex relationships, including marriage, influences how gay and lesbian baby boomers prepare for late life and end of life issues. Unmarried same-sex couples may suffer greater fear and anxiety around ...





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Pre-eruption earthquakes offer clues to volcano forecasters

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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Like an angry dog, a volcano growls before it bites, shaking the ground and getting "noisy" before erupting. This activity gives scientists an opportunity to study the tumult beneath a volcano and may help ...


Scientists Shed New Light On Right Brain Activity

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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It’s a world first: thanks to new technology developed by the University of Victoria, Canada, researchers can now show how multiple parts of the right brain dynamically process spatial relationships.


Critical communication for caregivers

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia represent an exponentially growing social and health care challenge for American families - not only family members who face the progressive brain disease, but also those who ...


Australia dismissed as "baseless" claims it was proposing a China-style plan for mandatory filtering of the internet

Australia defends controversial web filter

Technology / Internet

created 20 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Australia on Wednesday dismissed as "baseless" claims it was proposing a China-style plan for mandatory filtering of the internet and denied the system could be abused to silence free speech.


'Happy housewife' myth debunked by new book

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Many believe that 1950s cinema portrayed women as complacent, conservative housewives who liked nothing better than to rustle up a three-course meal for their hardworking husbands, but a new book has shown ...


Adding technology to geometry class improves opportunities to learn

Adding technology to geometry class improves opportunities to learn

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new study co-written by a University of Illinois expert in math education suggests that incorporating technology in high school-level geometry classes not only makes the teaching of concepts such as congruency ...


Gene identified as cause of some forms of intellectual disability

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A gene involved in some forms of intellectual disability has been identified by scientists at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), as published this month in The American Journal of Human Genetics. The gene i ...


Psychotherapy offers obesity prevention for 'at risk' teenage girls

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A team of scientists at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the National Institutes of Health have piloted psychotherapy treatment to prevent excessive weight gain in teenager girls deemed 'at risk' ...


Obesity increases the risk for obstructive sleep apnea in adolescents, but not in younger children

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A study in the Dec. 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine shows that being overweight or obese increases the risk for developing obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in adolescents but not in younger children.


The importance of attractiveness depends on where you live

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Do good-looking people really benefit from their looks, and in what ways? A team of researchers from the University of Georgia and the University of Kansas found that yes; attractive people do tend to have more social relationships ...



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