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The dark side of loneliness: It can hurt body, mind

Jody Schoger felt utterly alone, "curled up like a turtle" in her hospital bed, where she was fighting a life-threatening infection after breast cancer surgery.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 11, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (16) | comments 0

Coordinated Punishment Leads to Increased Cooperation in Large Groups

(PhysOrg.com) -- Humans are incredibly cooperative, but why do people cooperate and how is cooperation maintained? A new research study by UCLA anthropology professor Robert Boyd and his colleagues from the ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 01, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (13) | comments 48 | with audio podcast

The iceberg’s accomplice: Did the moon sink the Titanic?

(PhysOrg.com) -- The sinking of the ocean liner Titanic 100 years ago is perhaps the most famous--and most studied--disaster of the 20th century. Countless books and movies have examined in great detail the ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (9) | comments 17 | with audio podcast

Debris narrowly misses International Space Station (Update 2)

A piece of space debris narrowly missed the International Space Station on Tuesday in a rare incident that forced the six-member crew to scramble to their rescue craft, space agency officials said.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jun 28, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 6

INFLUENCE GAME: Online companies win piracy fight

(AP) -- Outspent but hardly outgunned, online and high-tech companies triggered an avalanche of Internet clicks to force Congress to shelve legislation that would curb online piracy. They outmaneuvered the ...

Technology / Internet

created Jan 22, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 3

Authors Guild sues universities over online books

Authors and authors' groups in the United States, Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom sued the University of Michigan and four other universities Monday, seeking to stop the creation of online libraries made up of as ...

Technology / Other

created Sep 13, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 7

Many US police use cell phones to track: study

Many US police departments use cell phone tracking, often without court orders, to find suspects and investigate criminal cases, according to a study released Monday.

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Females choose sexier friends to avoid harassment

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have observed a strategy for females to avoid unwanted male attention: choosing more attractive friends. Published today (7 December) in the journal Proceedings of the Royal So ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

I know something you don't know -- and I will tell you

Researchers found that wild chimpanzees monitor the information available to other chimpanzees and inform their ignorant group members of danger.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 29, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

Prison punishes more people than just the inmates

(PhysOrg.com) -- More people live behind bars in the United States than in any other country, but the American prison system punishes more than just its inmates--it also takes a toll on the health of friends ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Research Investigates Rebuilding Identity When Communication Is Impaired

What happens to a person’s identity when a stroke or a disease profoundly impairs the ability to communicate? In Neurogenic Communication Disorders: Life Stories and the Narrative Self, University of Arkan ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Court orders FDA action on antibiotic use on farms

(AP) -- A federal court judge has ordered the Food and Drug Administration to take action on its own 35-year-old rule that would stop farmers from mixing popular antibiotics into animal feed, a practice which is widely believed ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Youths are most influenced by negative family members and by positive adults outside the family

While children look up to and aspire to be like a positive family member or peer, they are more likely to imitate traits of other role models -- including negative role models, which can lead to behavioral problems, according ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 26, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Faculty retention proves a major challenge for universities

Attracting and retaining the world's brightest students is on the mind of every university official. But a new, unprecedented study in the journal Science suggests leaders in higher education face an understated, even more p ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (4) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

Passing in the night: Examining work schedules, gender and marital quality

Taking care of business is becoming an ever-growing, 24/7 challenge for the American worker. A new study out of the University of Cincinnati is examining the effect this is having on marriages. The research by David Maume, ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 17, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2