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When does planning NOT help consumers gain self-control?

Planning your diet won't really help you gain self-control unless you're feeling good about your weight in the first place, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. And the same goes for saving money. ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Mobile marketing for the future

Bar code scanner apps turn smart phone cameras into a way for shoppers to receive instant, on-the-go, online price comparisons for any item with a Universal Product Code. Does this mean consumers are moving toward online ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Oprah Winfrey chats on Facebook Live talk show

(AP) -- Oprah Winfrey got plenty of `likes' on Facebook Thursday from fans who tuned in to watch a live online chat with the social networking site.

Technology / Internet

created Sep 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Flavored milk no longer a choice in LA schools

(AP) -- The Los Angeles Unified School District is taking a stand against child obesity, becoming the nation's largest school system to stop serving sugar-laden flavored milk.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4

'Thermal pollution' in rivers not fully mediated by gravel augmentation

Although adding gravel to a river to replace lost sediments won't likely cool the whole river channel, it can create cool water refuges that protect fish from thermal pollution, according to a U.S. Forest Service Pacific ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Highest-flying bird crosses the Himalayas in record time

The Bar-headed goose is one impressive creature: it migrates over the immense Himalayan mountain range twice a year, holding the record for the world's highest-flying bird.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Study: Flaxseed doesn't reduce women's hot flashes

Women looking for a natural remedy for a common menopause problem have a disappointment: A new study has found that eating flaxseed does not curb hot flashes.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jun 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hypermasculinity and trait aggression play a major role in perpetration of aggression in bars

Male violence in bars is something most people have either seen or experienced first hand, and is usually dismissed as an unavoidable or necessary annoyance. After all "boys will be boys." But, a new study released in the ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 19, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Let your beer mat do the talking

Forget speed-dating and the classifieds column – now you can leave it to your beer mat to make that all-important first move.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Dec 02, 2010 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (11) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

High-calorie beverages still widely available in elementary schools: study

High-calorie beverages not allowed by national guidelines are still available in a majority of U.S. elementary schools, according to a report posted online today that will appear in the March 2011 print issue of Archives of ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 01, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Children who eat vended snack foods face chronic health problems, poor diet

School children who consume foods purchased in vending machines are more likely to develop poor diet quality - and that may be associated with being overweight, obese or at risk for chronic health problems such as diabetes ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 02, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Frozen fruit bars recalled after typhoid outbreak

(AP) -- Fruiti Pops, Inc. of Santa Fe Springs has recalled its mamey (mah-MAY') frozen fruit bars because of a possible link to a rare U.S. outbreak of typhoid fever.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 27, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Bar codes get around town and get more useful

(AP) -- It used to be that the only time you'd notice a bar code was at a store, maybe when a cashier scanned your groceries. But lately bar codes are showing up in more places around town - and getting more ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jun 06, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (10) | comments 1

Smarter lunchrooms lead kids to eat more salad

Providing healthier food choices for our nation's schoolchildren is a hot-button issue in Michelle Obama's Let's Move campaign. And a team of researchers from Cornell University have recently identified one simple solution ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 27, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Carnegie Mellon's kitchen chemistry makes science palatable

Molecular gastronomy or molecular cuisine, the culinary movement that uses chemistry, is heating up kitchens worldwide. Carnegie Mellon University Chemist Subha Das is bringing the same techniques found in the world's leading ...

Chemistry / Other

created Mar 25, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0