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60-Second Mind
Mind & Brain
Parents Who Support Corporal Punishment Do It A Lot
Thirty-three families allowed themselves to be recorded for up to six nights. Parents who said they supported corporal punishment did it often and with little provocation. Christie Nicholson reports.
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60-Second Science
Mind & Brain
Don Corleone: Not A Nice Guy But No Psychopath
Mafiosi incarcerated in Italy scored lower than the threshold level for psychopathy on a standard test, while half the run-of-the-mill inmates qualified as psychopaths. Allie Wilkinson reports.
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Evolution
Jurassic Fossils Suggest Deep-Sea Origins of Marine Life
The 180 million-year-old fossils suggest that shallow-water animals may have originated from deep-sea ancestors -
News
Mind & Brain
Neurofeedback Increases Affection, Builds Empathy
Squabbling with your spouse lately? Someday, couples therapy could mean watching your own brain activity to train your compassionate side -
Nature
Space
Pluto-Bound Spacecraft Faces Crisis
A scramble is on to find an object in the outer solar system's Kuiper Belt in time for a close-up visit -
Climate Central
Energy & Sustainability
"Unprecedented" Flooding in Balkans Caused by Low Pressure Parked over SE Europe
In just a few days last week, some areas in Bosnia and Serbia received an amount of rain equivalent to one third of their annual total -
Scientific American Volume 310, Issue 6
Energy & Sustainability
The Paradox of Pollution-Producing Trees: Why Some Greenery Can Make Smog Worse
Some greenery makes smog levels worse -
News
Space
Backlash to Big Bang Discovery Gathers Steam
Physicists cast doubt on a landmark experiment’s claim to have observed gravity waves from the big bang -
News
Health
How Bacteria in Placenta Could Help Shape Human Health
The placenta is full of microbes, a new study finds, raising questions about how that ecosystem and mothers' oral health influence the risk of pre-term birth -
Observations
Health
The Quest: 6 Facts about Aging and Aging Research
Fact #1: With about $2.5 billion in annual funding, aging research is in the top 20 research categories supported by the National Institutes of Health.* That gives me another opportunity to test my contention that taking a couple of seconds to think about where to start searching for medical information instead of automatically calling up [...] -
Cross-Check
Health
Sorry, But So Far War on Cancer Has Been a Bust
I recently got into an argument, again, about cancer. The occasion was a talk by one of my colleagues at Stevens Institute, philosopher Gregory Morgan, on the fascinating history of research into cancer-causing viruses. -
Budding Scientist
Mind & Brain
Stop Lecturing Me (In College Science)!
College lecture classes have been around for more than 900 years. Lately, a handful of science and engineering professors have been experimenting with a more innovative way of teaching science, especially at the introductory level. -
Environmental Health News
Energy & Sustainability
Extreme Weather Stirs Up Forgotten Lead from Old Smelters
When a mile-wide tornado roared through Joplin, Mo., it killed 158 people and injured thousands, and it also kicked up toxic remnants from the city’s industrial past that are still haunting its residents on the third anniversary of the disaster -
Climatewire
Energy & Sustainability
What Gets Saved? America Begins to Prioritize National Monuments
Climate change is putting national treasures at risk and triage is required -
Scientific American Volume 310, Issue 6
Mind & Brain
What Happens to a Society That Does Not Believe in Free Will?
What happens to a society that believes people have no conscious control over their actions? -
The Primate Diaries
Evolution
On the Origin of White Power
A new book argues race and genetics explain "the rise of the West." Bad science explains the downfall of its ideas. Nicholas Wade is not a racist. -
Scientific American Mind Volume 25, Issue 3
Mind & Brain
Can Acupuncture Curb Killer Immune Reactions?
A needle-based technique has been shown to switch on nerves that tamp down sepsis -
Quick and Dirty Tips
Mind & Brain
How to Ask for Help
Asking for help seems simple enough, but if you’ve ever needed a hand, you know how hard it can be. Clinical psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen explains why it’s so challenging and shows you how it’s done -
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More Science
Is Social Science Research in the National Interest?
A battle is raging in the House of Representatives over an effort to clip the National Science Foundation’s wings -
Reuters
Technology
Nuclear Waste Dump Ordered to Hasten Safety Measures
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