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The Queen and I: How autistic brain distinguishes oneself from others

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created 15 hours ago | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have discovered that the brains of individuals with autism are less active when engaged in self-reflective thought. The study published today in the journal Brain provid ...


Testosterone does not induce aggression

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 8

New scientific evidence refutes the preconception that testosterone causes aggressive, egocentric, and risky behavior. A study at the Universities of Zurich and Royal Holloway London with more than 120 experimental subjects ...


Study Examines Racial 'Blind Spots' in Chicago Area Communities

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Racial residential segregation in the Chicago area may be perpetuated by a lack of knowledge of communities across racial lines, according to a new study led by a University of Illinois at Chicago researcher.


Bigger and bossier better for fish families

Bigger and bossier better for fish families

Biology / Plants & Animals

created 10 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- If you are spending the holidays with big Uncle Frank or bossy Aunt Minnie and wondering whether you would be better off with another family, spare a thought for the humble cichlid fish.


Business professor says lessons on ethics, character can prevent unethical behavior in the workplace

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A Kansas State University professor's research is showing a gap between the character traits that business students say make a good executive and the traits they describe having themselves.


Value of volunteering more than economic

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created 9 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

With rising unemployment and fewer job vacancies, the current financial crisis has seen renewed policy emphasis in both Europe and the UK on volunteering as a route to employment, according to a new report from the Economic ...


Scientists chase deadly MRSA bacteria with new models

Scientists chase deadly MRSA bacteria with new models

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ten years ago, Chicago hospitals were at ground zero when the deadly MRSA bacterium, till then confined to hospitals, learned some new tricks and spilled out into the community. This year, ...


Study finds significantly worse outcomes in cancer patients with cognitive impairment

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created 10 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study published by researchers from the University of Georgia and the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., has found that cancer patients with dementia have a dramatically lower survival rate than patients with cancer ...


Veiling in style: How does a stigmatized practice become fashionable?

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created 6 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Why are an increasing number of Turkish women wearing veils in a secular country where the practice is banned in public buildings? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research says one factor is fashion.


Web sites aim to survive with hyperlocal focus

Technology / Internet

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Finding a financially viable way to provide local news is a challenge large metropolitan newspapers are confronting. But a Coral Gables, Fla., Web site is among a few locally with faith it can succeed.



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