News tagged with thoughtfulness

What is your dog thinking? Brain scans unleash canine secrets in Emory study

When your dog gazes up at you adoringly, what does it see? A best friend? A pack leader? A can opener?

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 04, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

The search for a job begins and ends with you

Staying motivated is always tough, but it certainly gets easier when you start seeing results. That's why keeping your spirits up during a job search can be extremely difficult. Candidates often face repeated rejection and ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Physicist suggests Einstein could have beaten Bohr in famous thought experiment

(PhysOrg.com) -- Way back in the 1930’s, Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr were sparring over ideas related to whether the new field of quantum mechanics was correct. In one thought experiment that Einstein said showed ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (22) | comments 56 | with audio podcast weblog

Quantum cats are hard to see

Are there parallel universes? And how will we know? This is one of many fascinations people hold about quantum physics. Researchers from the universities of Calgary and Waterloo in Canada and the University ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (17) | comments 319 | with audio podcast

Facebook aims to help prevent suicide

Help is just a few clicks away on Facebook for people expressing suicidal thoughts.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

How do political debates affect advertising?

Advertisers covet spots during political debates, which often draw large numbers of viewers. But according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, political debate can sometime decrease the effectiveness of sub ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pfizer anti-smoking drug has heart risks: US

US regulators said Thursday that the label on Pfizer's anti-smoking drug Chantix must be changed to warn of a slightly higher risk of heart problems in patients who already have cardiovascular disease.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

FDA adds heart warning to Pfizer anti-smoking pill

(AP) -- Federal health regulators are warning doctors and patients that Pfizer's anti-smoking drug Chantix may slightly increase the risk of heart attack and other cardiovascular problems.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Video gaming teens sleep less: study

Teens who play a lot of video games are likely to sleep less than the eight to nine hours a night recommended for the age group, researchers said Monday.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

To help combat at-sea piracy, ONR recruits DOD community for online wargame

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) intends to launch on May 16 a new Internet wargame, recruiting a community of more than 1,000 players to collaborate on solving real-world problems facing the Navy.

Technology / Other

created May 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

New Zealander says eating finger was cry for help

A mentally ill New Zealand man who cut off and ate his own finger in a rare case of self-cannibalism has described his action as a cry for help but "ultimately, a very stupid idea".

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers consider ancestry of recent fossil finds

(PhysOrg.com) -- Someday a future intelligent organism could sweep away a million years of dust and find the bones of a Homo sapiens and wonder what he was.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Mar 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

First international index developed to predict suicidal behavior

Although thousands of people commit suicide worldwide each year, researchers and doctors do not have any method for evaluating a person's likelihood of thinking about or trying to commit suicide. An international ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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

How artists' depiction of emotion evolved over centuries

How and why does art make us feel the way we do?

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Effects of TV ad violence, Super Bowl implications on kids (w/ Video)

The Super Bowl annually produces the year's largest TV audience, making it a prime event for advertisers to debut their flashy, new commercials. But ads with violent content aired during a sporting event that also contains ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 01, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0