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Violence Is Part of the Job, Say Nurses, as Study Shows Only 1 in 6 Incidents Are Reported
February 3, 2010 Three-quarters of nurses providing private and public care experienced workplace violence, but only one in six incidents were formally reported, according to a new study. The majority (92%) had been ... > full story -
Reaching for the Stars to Create Music of the Universe
January 29, 2010 While a supernova can be seen, it can't be heard, as sound waves cannot travel through space. But what if the light waves emitted by the exploding star and other cosmological phenomena could be ... > full story -
Scientists and Cast of Thousands Swarm Stage in Europe
January 28, 2010 Typically science doesn't bed down with theater, much less mate with artistic vigor, but the accord between the two is explored in the recent production Heuschrecken [The Locusts] developed by Stefan ... > full story -
American Opinion Cools on Global Warming
January 27, 2010 Public concern about global warming has dropped sharply since the fall of 2008, according to the results of a national survey. Only 50 percent of Americans now say they are "somewhat" or "very ... > full story -
Toronto's Entertainment District 'Hot-Spot' for Violence-Related Injuries
January 26, 2010 Each day people living in large urban centres are injured as the result of violent acts such as physical assault. While existing research tells us where such events are most likely to happen, a new ... > full story -
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Facebook or MySpace, Youths' Use Reflect Face-to-Face Interactions
January 25, 2010 Though parents often have concerns about letting their teens use social media Web sites like Facebook and MySpace, a new study suggests that well-adapted youth with positive friendships will use ... > full story -
Reproductive Coercion Often Is Accompanied by Physical or Sexual Violence, Study Finds
January 25, 2010 Young women and teenage girls often face efforts by male partners to sabotage birth control or coerce pregnancy -- including damaging condoms and destroying contraceptives -- and these efforts, ... > full story -
Making Family Board Games Electronic
January 22, 2010 A groundbreaking technology may make traditional board games a thing of the past. The technology allows groups of friends or family members to play electronic games like they used to do board games: ... > full story -
UK: Science in the Media Reasonably Healthy but Somewhat Affected by Wider Crisis in Journalism
January 22, 2010 A new report on science and the media found that in some respects specialist science news reporting in the UK is in relatively good health. However the research also warns about the serious threat to ... > full story -
People Born in the 1940s Not the Spenders We Thought They Were
January 18, 2010 People born in the 1940s are often portrayed as having both the means and the willingness to spend money on consumption, but how do they appear in the consumption statistics? According to the ... > full story
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