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The more you take the more you lose

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 17, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (23) | comments 4

In everyday social exchanges, being mean to people has a lot more impact than being nice, research at the University of Chicago has shown.





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Grant to help zoo visitors learn more about science with their cell phones

Technology / Other

created 7 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Zoo visitors may soon use their cell phones to "Call the Wild" as part of a project led by University of Florida researchers to help the public learn more about the nature of science.


Study Examines Racial 'Blind Spots' in Chicago Area Communities

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created 9 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(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.


Tech and teens

Tech and teens

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created 9 hours ago | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Digital media use is transforming the way young people learn, UCI researcher Mizuko "Mimi" Ito has found, and schools should take note.


Research backs theory on autism, schizophrenia

Medicine & Health / Research

created 10 hours ago | popularity 3.6 / 5 (7) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research by Simon Fraser University evolutionary biologist Bernard Crespi reinforces his theory that autism and schizophrenia are diametric or opposite conditions based on genes.


Distrust of Men Doesn't Keep Low-Income Mothers from Romantic Unions

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created 10 hours ago | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Contrary to popular scholarship that attributes low rates of marriage among low-income mothers to their general distrust of men, a new study led by a Duke University sociologist finds that gender distrust ...


Americans born in the South may have a higher risk of dying from stroke as adults

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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The "stroke belt" has a tight hold. People born in the Southern stroke belt have a higher risk of dying from stroke as adults, even if they later move away, compared to people who were born in other parts of the country. ...


Making sense of greenhouse gas accounting

Space & Earth / Environment

created 11 hours ago | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Waste management is increasingly gaining the recognition that it deserves as a major contributor to mitigating climate change. But with at least four different methods of accounting for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions currently ...


Gift Guide: Adventures in the video game aisle (AP)

Gift Guide: Adventures in the video game aisle

Technology / Software

created 11 hours ago | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The video game aisle can be intimidating for aspiring Santas who haven't touched a joystick since "Pong." But it has something for everyone: riveting solo adventures, online multiplayer battles and ...


Study reveals people’s thoughts on living longer

Medicine & Health / Health

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(PhysOrg.com) -- If people were given a pill to make them live longer what would they do with that extra time? According to a new study by University of Queensland researchers, they would spend it with their family.


Research highlights need for national HIV strategy

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that well over one million people in the United States are infected with HIV/AIDS. New research from North Carolina State University shows that many of those infected ...



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