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Posted August 8, 2012:

• Authors Dispute 'Innovation Crisis' Among Pharmaceutical Companies

Posted August 2, 2012:

• Disorders of Consciousness: How Should Clinicians Respond to New Therapeutic Interventions?

Posted August 1, 2012:

• Forget Blizzards and Hurricanes, Heat Waves Are to Die for
• Northwest Earthquake Risk in U.S. Looms Large: 40% Chance of Major Earthquake Within 50 Years

Posted July 23, 2012:

• Why Do Anti-Hunger and Anti-Obesity Initiatives Always Fall Short?
• Many Employers Use Facebook Profiles to Screen Job Applicants

Posted July 19, 2012:

• How Does Fat Influence Flavor Perception?

Posted July 18, 2012:

• Punishment Motivated by Fairness, Not Revenge

Posted July 17, 2012:

• Global Health Impacts of the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

Posted July 12, 2012:

• Love Thy Neighbor, Unless They Are The Weakest Link

Posted July 2, 2012:

• War-Related Climate Change Would Reduce Substantially Reduce Crop Yields

Posted June 28, 2012:

• New Insights Into the Effects of Stress on Pregnancy

Posted June 22, 2012:

• Parents' Work-Life Stress Hinders Healthy Eating

Posted June 19, 2012:

• Assessing Olympic Terrorism Threats
• Belief in Hell, According to International Data, Is Associated With Reduced Crime

Posted June 14, 2012:

• Lessons Learned from the 'Ethical Odyssey' of an HIV Trial

Posted May 27, 2012:

• It Took Earth Ten Million Years to Recover from Greatest Mass Extinction

Posted May 24, 2012:

• Who Pays for Personalized Medicine?

Posted May 23, 2012:

• Wearing Two Different Hats: Moral Decisions May Depend on the Situation

Posted May 20, 2012:

• Soldiers Who Desecrate the Dead See Themselves as Hunters

Posted May 14, 2012:

• Chicago Police Cameras More Effective When Clustered

Posted May 3, 2012:

• Biased Evidence? Researchers Challenge Post-Marketing Drug Trial Practices

Posted April 30, 2012:

• Obesity Affects Job Prospects for Women, Study Finds

Posted April 29, 2012:

• Fear of Not Having Enough Food May Lead to Obesity

Posted April 23, 2012:

• Costs of 'Dirty Bomb' Attack in Los Angeles

Posted April 19, 2012:

• Lizard Moms May Prepare Their Babies for a Stressful World

Posted April 12, 2012:

• Rebuffing Racial Insults: How Culture Shapes Our Behavior
• Tsunami Risk Reduction in the Age of Twitter

Posted April 10, 2012:

• Eagle Scouts Have Positive, Lasting Influence on American Society, Study Suggests

Posted April 9, 2012:

• Consumerism and Its Antisocial Effects Can Be Turned on -- Or Off

Posted April 2, 2012:

• Genes Linked to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Posted March 28, 2012:

• Online Dating Scammers Looking for Money, Not Love

Posted March 20, 2012:

• Ethical Considerations of Military-Funded Neuroscience
• Wealth Affects Women's Heart Disease Risk, Study Suggests

Posted March 12, 2012:

• Narcissism Impairs Ethical Judgment Even Among the Highly Religious, Study Finds

Posted March 5, 2012:

• Bioethicist Calls Jon Stewart 'Our Greatest Public Intellectual'

Posted March 2, 2012:

• Fukushima One Year On: Poor Planning Hampered Fukushima Response

Posted February 29, 2012:

• The Ever-Expanding Definition of 'Diversity'

Posted February 23, 2012:

• Underage Drinking Laws Reduce Future Criminal Behavior

Posted February 11, 2012:

• Human Cognitive Performance Suffers Following Natural Disasters

Posted February 9, 2012:

• US Workers Are 'Giving Away the Store,' Costing Firms Billions, Study Finds

Posted February 6, 2012:

• Physical Punishment of Children Potentially Harmful to Their Long-Term Development

Posted January 26, 2012:

• Hurricane Katrina Survivors Struggle With Mental Health Years Later

Posted January 24, 2012:

• It's Evolution: Nature of Prejudice, Aggression Different for Men and Women

Posted January 23, 2012:

• Unilateral Divorce Laws Caused Temporary Spike in Violent Crime

Posted January 18, 2012:

• Study Shows Connection Between Birth Weights and Armed Conflict

Posted January 12, 2012:

• Discrimination May Harm Your Health

Posted January 10, 2012:

• Chronic Poverty Stalks Haitian Earthquake Victims Still Living in Camps

Posted January 4, 2012:

• The Cost of Disabilities Could Reach 77.2% of Household Income
• Smart Way of Saving Lives in Natural Disasters

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