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Lynne Peeples • April 22, 2009
Dairy farmers know that happy cows just keep on giving.
Shelley DuBois • February 18, 2009
While concussions can be insidiously dangerous for high school football players, young athletes are sometimes hardheaded about their safety. A group in Boston pushes for widespread education on the issue.
Robert Goodier • February 6, 2009
Eric Kandel has a gulping, throaty laugh, the rare kind that sounds like a goose might if it could honk as it inhales. It’s contagious, not just because the sound […]
Genevra Pittman • February 5, 2009
Elizabeth Shirtcliff doesn’t want anyone to forget about the children of Katrina. The University of New Orleans psychologist warns that kids who have been through a traumatic event, like Hurricane […]
Brett Israel • January 30, 2009
Overbidding out of fear can lead to a fast trip to the poorhouse.
Lynne Peeples • January 12, 2009
“Can rainfall trigger autism?” asked a headline on the Seattle Post-Intelligencer website. MSNBC’s online title answered, “Autism linked with rainfall in study,” while The Palm Beach Post of West Palm […]
Shelley DuBois • December 17, 2008
Researchers use lab rats to examine the role of choice in drug-seeking behavior.
Jonathan Teyan • December 11, 2008
Transorbital lobotomy. A sort of clinical-sounding affair that amounted to nothing more than the insertion of a couple of ice picks into a hapless patient’s brain by way of the […]
Frederik Joelving • December 8, 2008
Asks Kim from Cincinnati, Ohio
Genevra Pittman • December 5, 2008
The Wii gaming system goes beyond playtime as a rehab tool for all ages.
Genevra Pittman • November 21, 2008
The right kind of Web support could help patients with eating disorders.
Christopher Intagliata • November 3, 2008
Asks Leo in Arizona
Eric R. Olson • October 15, 2008
A review of Daniel Gardner's book about the fears that shouldn't consume us.
Victoria Stern • September 17, 2008
Earlier diagnosis and treatment to keep the debilitating disease at bay will help families and victims prepare for the inevitable.
Natalie Peretsman • August 29, 2008
The choices made by fruit fly larvae may provide basic understanding of how animals make decisions.