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Sociologist Says This Month's Family Murder-Suicides Only 'the Tip of the Iceberg'

Other Sciences / Other

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(PhysOrg.com) -- A family sociologist at the University at Buffalo says this month's murder-suicides involving a family of four in Ohio and a family of five in California may be "just the tip of the iceberg."


UK teen suicide rates on the decline

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 23, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Suicide rates in those aged 10-19 in the UK declined by 28% in the seven year period from 1997-2003, shows a study published today in The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. The study, carried out by researchers at the ...





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Why newborn babies can't walk

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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(PhysOrg.com) -- The first steps of an infant is a real milestone in the development of all mammals including humans, but little is known about why some animals can walk soon after birth, while others need ...


Final Blu-ray 3D Specification Announced

Technology / Hi Tech

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The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) today announced the finalization and release of the "Blu-ray 3DTM" specification. The specification, which represents the work of the leading Hollywood studios and consumer electronic and ...


Replicating Climate Change to Forecast its Effects

Replicating Climate Change to Forecast its Effects

Space & Earth / Environment

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are replicating the effects of climate change to see what the future holds for soybeans, wheat and the soils where they grow.


IBM Reveals Five Innovations that Will Change Cities in the Next Five Years (w/ Video)

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Today, IBM unveiled a list of innovations that have the potential to change how people live, work and play in cities around the globe over the next five to ten years.


Monument lifted from Cleopatra's underwater city (AP)

Monument lifted from Cleopatra's underwater city

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

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(AP) -- Archaeologists on Thursday hoisted a 9-ton temple pylon from the waters of the Mediterranean that was part of the palace complex of the fabled Cleopatra before it became submerged for centuries in ...


About 25 percent of Arabs in Greater Detroit reported abuse post Sept. 11

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

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One quarter of Detroit-area Arab Americans reported personal or familial abuse because of race, ethnicity or religion since 9/11, leading to higher odds of adverse health effects, according to a new University of Michigan ...


Headwater stream nutrient enrichment disrupts food web

Biology / Ecology

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Human activity is increasing the supply of nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorus, to stream systems all over the world. The conventional wisdom -- bolstered by earlier research -- has held that these additional nutrients ...


Wild chimps have near human understanding of fire, says study

Wild chimps have near human understanding of fire, study says

Biology / Plants & Animals

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(PhysOrg.com) -- The use and control of fire are behavioral characteristics that distinguish humans from other animals. Now, a new study by Iowa State University anthropologist Jill Pruetz reports that savanna ...


Antidepressants cut risk of hospital readmission for suicidal youth

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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Suicidal adolescents who were prescribed an antidepressant medication during inpatient psychiatric hospital treatment were 85 percent less likely than others to be readmitted within a month after discharge, a new study found.


Cancer survival disparities for most minority populations increase as cancers become more treatable

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Racial and ethnic disparities in cancer survival are greatest for cancers that can be detected early and treated successfully, including breast and prostate cancer, according to a study by researchers at Columbia University's ...



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