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In Sex, Happiness Hinges on Keeping Up With the Joneses
April 15, 2013 In sex, happiness hinges on keeping up with the Joneses, a new study finds. Sex apparently is like income: People are generally happy when they keep pace with the Joneses and they're even happier if ... > full story -
Exercise or Make Dinner? Study Finds Adults Trade One Healthy Act for Another
April 12, 2013 American adults who prepare their own meals and exercise on the same day are likely spending more time on one of those activities at the expense of the other, a new study ... > full story -
Warmest Summers in Last Two Decades in Northern Latitudes Were Unprecedented in Six Centuries
April 11, 2013 Through developing a statistical model of Arctic temperature and how it relates to instrumental and proxy records derived from trees, ice cores, and lake sediments, scientists have shown that the ... > full story -
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Young Children Have Grammar and Chimpanzees Don't
April 10, 2013 A new study has shown that children as young as two understand basic grammar rules when they first learn to speak and are not simply imitating adults. The study also applied the same statistical ... > full story -
On Twitter, Anti-Vaccination Sentiments Spread More Easily Than Pro-Vaccination Sentiments
April 4, 2013 On Twitter, a research team tracked the pro-vaccine and anti-vaccine messages about a new vaccine for combating a virus strain responsible for swine flu, and then observed how Twitter users expressed ... > full story -
Men 'More Depressed and Sad' Than Women If Childless, Says Study
April 3, 2013 Men are almost as likely as women to want children, and they feel more isolated, depressed, angry and sad than women if they don’t have them, a new study ... > full story -
Mental Illness Linked to Heavy Cannabis Use
April 2, 2013 People with mental illnesses are more than seven times more likely to use cannabis weekly compared to people without a mental illness, according to new ... > full story -
Statistical Technique Identifies All Possible Causes of Severity in a Traffic Accident
April 2, 2013 Researchers in Spain have created a system to enable a much more accurate analysis of severe accident ... > full story -
Tests to Predict Heart Problems and Stroke May Be More Useful Predictor of Memory Loss Than Dementia Tests
April 1, 2013 Risk prediction tools that estimate future risk of heart disease and stroke may be more useful predictors of future decline in cognitive abilities, or memory and thinking, than a dementia risk ... > full story -
Prostate Cancer Risk Rises in Men With Inherited Genetic Condition
April 1, 2013 Men with an inherited genetic condition called Lynch syndrome face a higher lifetime risk of developing prostate cancer and appear to develop the disease at an earlier age, according to a new ... > full story
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