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Tobacco companies had sued FDA saying forced labels violated free speech
Read More »Bees Appear to Experience Moods
If you have never watched bees carefully, you are missing out.
Read More »Video: Health questions answered early
From sugar substitutes to migraine treatment options, "Early Show" medical contributor Dr. Holly Phillips answers viewer health questions.
Read More »Anything Boys Can Do…
When then Harvard University president Lawrence Summers suggested in 2005 that innate differences between men and women may account for the lack of women in top science and engineering positions (and subsequently resigned), he was referring to the greater male variability hypothesis. Women, it holds, are on average as mathematically competent as men, but there is a greater innate spread in math ability among men. In other words, a higher proportion of men stumble mathematically, but an equally high proportion excel because of something in the way male brains develop
Read More »Winter Wonders: The Science of Cold
When it comes to science, temperature matters. And when it comes to Wisconsin, things get really, really cold.
Read More »Japan Nuclear Disaster Panel Faults Preparation, Communication
By Shinichi Saoshiro TOKYO (Reuters) - A lack of preparation and poor communication at top levels after disaster struck were among the failures that turned a nuclear accident at Japan's Fukushima plant into the worst atomic crisis in 25 years, a panel probing the disaster said on Monday. [More]
Read More »Video: Making gratitude an attitude
Science is proving that being thankful has profound physiological and emotional benefits and Faith Salie explains why you should be making gratitude a year round attitude.
Read More »Rudolph Would Have Run Away From Santa
According to holiday lore, poor Rudolph was a victim of social exclusion because he was different from the rest of the reindeer. In a move that was lucky for nice (but not naughty) children everywhere, he was then approached by Santa, who asked him to guide the sleigh.
Read More »What Are the Chances of a White Christmas?
I am dreaming of a white Christmas. Certainly, they were rare in St.
Read More »Toddlers Don’t Monitor Their Own Speech
When I’m talking I can hear my own voice. And with that feedback I can tell almost immediately when I’ve made an error. Like I just did
Read More »Internet Changes How We Remember
Four years ago Columbia University psychologist Betsy Sparrow turned to her husband after looking up some movie trivia online and asked, “What did we do before the Internet?” Thus, Sparrow set out to investigate how Google, and all the information it proffers, has changed how people think.
Read More »FCC Dreams of a White (Space) Christmas for Wireless Gadgets
If the NFL and NBC can successfully stream the wildly popular, three-hour-plus Super Bowl live via Verizon’s mobile network on February 5th the event could usher in a whole new level of demand for high-speed wireless bandwidth. The U.S
Read More »Utah nurses axed for taping patient’s mouth shut
Daughter says 2 nurses told her mother to shut up, taped her mouth closed and joked they would be fired if they were caught
Read More »Utah nurses who taped patient’s mouth shut fired
Daughter says 2 nurses told her mother to shut up, taped her mouth closed and joked they would be fired if they were caught
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