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Spider venom could boost sex life
Yawning may keep us 'on the ball'
Cannabis 'disrupts brain centre'
Brain pulses stimulate deep sleep
Food chemical 'may boost memory'
'First west Europe tooth' found
Eyes in the sky grow dim
Maths cracks beer froth mystery
Lone tortoise 'not last of kind'
Robot unravels mystery of walking
Garlic 'may cut cow flatulence'
No More Mad Mice
Talk About a Gender Stereotype
Lending an Anonymous Paw
Go Ahead, Everyone Talk at Once
That's Why the Lady is a Tramp
Spontaneous Separation of Charged Grains
BBC Media Selector
Animal behaviour | Ain't misbehaving |
Conception date affects baby's future academic achievement
Stereotype-induced math anxiety undermines girls' ability to perform in other academic areas
Do flies have free will? - Neuroscience can't show us the source of free will, says Philip Ball, because it's not a scientific concept.
Upright orangutans point way to walking - Tree-dwellers can benefit from standing on two legs.
Is it a chimp-help-chimp world? - Clever experiment shows altruism in great apes.
Lost memories could be restored by 'rewiring' brain
Female ducks fight back against 'raping' males
Can culture dictate the way we see?
Stressed female chimps kill rivals' young
Shark pup result of 'virgin birth'
Spite is a uniquely human emotion
When fish get emotional
Bird song goes out of fashion toot
Hormone spray could banish shyness
Ability to Listen to Two Things at Once Is Largely Inherited, Says Twin Study,
NIH Study Tracks Brain Development in Some 500 Children across U.S.
Human-chimp gene study upsets long-held view
Student Results Show Benefits of Math and Science Partnerships - US National Science Foundation
Scientific Savvy? In U.S., Not Much
It’s Maple Syrup Time, So Why the Whiff of French Fries?es
In the Air, a Very Public Failure
On the Road, Hope for a Zero-Pollution Car
A Universe of Promise (and a Tankful of Caveats)
In Ducks, War of the Sexes Plays Out in the Evolution of Genitalia
Coral Is Dying. Can It Be Reborn?
Bill Proposes Climate Study Focused on U.S. Defense
A Split Emerges as Conservatives Discuss Darwin
Astronomers Report Biggest Stellar Explosion
Suspension Bridges - Inca - Andes
Lonesome George - A Renowned Bachelor, and a Search for a Mate
Clean Power That Reaps a Whirlwind
Creation Museum - Religions
Humans Have Spread Globally, and Evolved Locally
Science of the Soul? ‘I Think, Therefore I Am’ Is Losing Forces
Natalie Angier - Science Column - Smart, Curious, Ticklish. Rats?
Ten Politically Incorrect Truths About Human Nature
Sleep pattern linked with teen's behavior
What Finnish Grandmothers Reveal about Human Evolution
The Prospects for Homo economicus
The Traveler's Dilemma -- [ GAME THEORY ]
Brain Pathway May Underlie Depression
The Science of Team Success -- A growing body of research shows that groups can systematically enhance their performance
Ape Aid: Chimps share altruistic capacity with people: Science News Online
Science Tools: Brain Cell Imaging: ScienCentral Video News
Can "neurotheology" bridge the gap between religion and science?
Springer Science+Business Media
UH Researchers To Investigate 'Octosquid'
Modern Man, Neanderthals Seen as Kindred Spirits
If It Feels Good to Be Good, It Might Be Only Natural
Research Links Lead Exposure, Criminal Activity
Shaping Up a Möbius Strip: Scientific American
Titanic baby given new identity
Alexander's Gulf outpost uncovered
Ancient forest found in Hungary
Gene for left-handedness is found
Coffee 'protects female memory'
Macho men 'not seen as good bet'
Tags reveal tuna migration routes
European heatwaves 'have doubled'
Sugar-rushes keep bats airborne
Team finds largest exoplanet yet
Ancient microbes 'revived' in lab
Rare river dolphin 'now extinct'
Lost forest reveals new species
Finds test human origins theory
Experts strive to contain disease
Fat cats facing soaring diabetes
3D Vision Comes Into View
Gene Expression: Intercourse and Intelligence
Genes influence emotional memory - Genetic differences affect recall of positive and negative events.
Pope Benedict admits evidence for evolution
Emotional recall is in your genes
Children Who Complete Intensive Early Childhood Program Show Gains in Adulthood: Greater College Attendance, Lower Crime and Depression,
Focus on 2 R’s Cuts Time for the Rest, Report Says
Nicotine Addiction Is Quick in Youths, Research Finds
In Games, an Insight Into the Rules of Evolution
The Whys of Mating: 237 Reasons and Counting
The First Word
Within Discredited Stem Cell Research, a True Scientific First
Young Athletes Try New Coach: The Psychologist
Learning: In Tiny Part of the Brain, a Key to Foreign Tongues
Inside Every Girl Mouse Brain Is a Swaggering Boy Mouse
How We Know Where Our Lost Keys Are
The Scientist : The Brain On Stress
Baby Einsteins: Not So Smart After All
Autistic kids don't catch yawns - Yawning isn't contagious for some of the socially impaired.
Atlantic yields climate secrets
Cleverest crows opt for two tools
Long-term memory gets wiped - ZIP protein makes rats forget a month-old memory.
Snakes strike back at starvation - Serpents stay alert and strong without food.
Crows wield tools with human-like skill
Bird Nannies Give Mom a Break
View from the lab
Mice can smell greenhouse gas - Rising CO2 makes a stink for mice.
Well, That's One Way to Get a Drink
Hot Squirrels
Strange but True: Cats Cannot Taste Sweets
Nerve cell stretchiness uncovered
One lab's epic quest for understanding
Lobes of Steel
Balance: In Search of the Lost Sense
Rare dead star found near Earth
Why girls 'really do prefer pink'
Just Do It?
Chasing Memory - Los Angeles Times
Out-of-body experience recreated
Picky Eater? It's in the Genes
Risky Teen Brainss
Elderly Staying Sexually Active
Why kissing means more to women
Women 'choosier' over partners
Grizzly tree rub secrets revealed
Voyager probes celebrate 30 years
Space pile-up 'condemned dinos'
Anticipating Sex Increases Breeding Potential
Schizophrenia genes 'favoured by evolution' - Sequences linked to brain disorder show hallmarks of natural selection.
'Holy Grail' of Hearing: True Identity of Pivotal Hearing Structure Is Revealed,
Through Analysis, Gut Reaction Gains Credibility
A World of Eloquence in an Upturned Palm
Got Arachnophobia? Here’s Your Worst Nightmare
For Memory to Last, Cats Need to Do, Not Just See
J. Craig Venter - In the Genome Race, the Sequel Is Personals
2 Recent Storms Show Forests Help Blunt Hurricanes’ Force
Researchers discover correlation between birth month and short-sightedness
Evolution in the Social Brain
Sally Squires - Addicted to Food? Maybe It's All in Your Head. -
Lefties bounce back!
Monkeys Trade Hugs for Baby Love
Warming 'opens Northwest Passage'
How older siblings stunt growth
Hidden method of reading revealed
Contagious yawn 'sign of empathy'
Mars rover dips over crater edge
UK science head backs ethics code
Mirror particles form new matter
Chimps 'raid' fruit to lure mates
Let's Hear It for the First Ears
Loneliness Is in the Genes
The gene that makes your mouth water - Ability to digest starch could have spurred human evolution.
Beauty is in the nose of the beholder - Gene found that determines if putative human pheromone smells naughty or nice.
Neanderthals 'not killed by climate change' - Study suggests demise did not coincide with climate cooling.
Political affiliation could be all in the brain - being-human
Of a Feather: A Brief History of American Birding
Scent and Sensibility
Environment - Maps - Human Impacts of the Environment - Global Warming and Climate Change - Seal Level Rise - Irrigation
Mali’s Farmers Discover a Weed’s Potential Power
Study Finds Evidence of Genetic Response to Diets
Brainy Parrot Dies, Emotive to the End
Human Evolution - Genus Homo - Lost in a Million-Year Gap, Solid Clues to Human Origins
Fetal Neurons Still Operate in Adult Brain
The Trouble with Men
Salmon Spawn Trout
Erasing Memories
Dark matter clues in oldest stars
Rare honour for Indian geologist
Baby bats hit by cold, wet summer
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Brain target for stress disorder
Autism symptoms reversed in lab
Prions key in Alzheimer's disease
Drug can dampen down bad memories
Hope for new Parkinson's therapy
'Gym pill' trips fat-burning gene
Hope for sex-boost slimming pill
Denim 'best protection from sun'
Selenium pills 'may combat HIV'
Alzheimer's drug's impact hailed
Pesticides 'up Parkinson's risk'
Folic acid 'reduces stroke risks'
Why stroke ups Alzheimer's risk
Huntington's hope from lab sheep
Good vibes power tiny generator
Strange but True: When Half a Brain Is Better than a Whole One
Ritalin may change brain chemistry in young children: study
UCLA imaging study reveals how pure oxygen harms the brain
Social behavior differs in children with family history of autism
Ecstasy impairs memory, study shows | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited
Some Gulf War veterans have different brains - Study adds to evidence of a physical basis for 'Gulf War syndrome'.
New candidate drug for bipolar disorder - A designed alternative to lithium shows early promise.
Manic mood swings can destroy grey matter - Bipolar episodes decrease brain size, and possibly intelligence.
New mutations implicated in half of autism cases - Disorder linked to genetic differences between parent and offspring.
Nasal 'death' molecules may kill sense of smell
First trial of gene therapy to restore human sight
Plant extract may block cannabis addiction
Fetuses experience stress earlier than thought
Hypertension drug protects against Parkinson's
How to stop diabetes wreaking lasting havoc
Naps can't compete with a night's sleep
Researchers Identify Alcoholism Subtypes
Bipolar Spectrum Disorder May Be Underrecognized and Improperly Treated
Genetic Roots of Bipolar Disorder Revealed by First Genome-Wide Study of Illness
Chemotherapy Fog Is No Longer Ignored as Illusion
Filler in Animal Feed Is Open Secret in China
Epilepsy Drug Can Increase Risk for Newborns, Study Says
Diagnosis - Medicine and Health
Aspirin - Alzheimer's Disease
Study Suggests Meditation Can Help Train Attention
Stroke - Medicine and Health - List of Lost Chances for Survival Starts Even Before a Stroke Strikes
The Disorder Is Sensory; the Diagnosis, Elusive
Psychiatrists Top List in Drug Maker Gifts
Antidepressants Rated Low Risk in Pregnancy
Williams syndrome - Social Inhibition
Macular Degeneration - Diet and Nutrition
How Morphine Breaks the Brain's Brakes May Be Key to Breaking Addiction
Smoke This: Parkinson's is rarer among tobacco users
ScienCentral Video News
Brain Disease Drugs: ScienCentral Video News
Why there's no dispelling the vaccines-cause-autism myth.
Studies Disagree on Shaken-Baby Syndrome
Scar-Free Surgery Procedures Explored
VA Benefits System for PTSD Victims Is Criticized
For Those With Hearing Loss, the Noise Can Be Awful
Shock Value
Maputo seizes 'toxic toothpaste'
Award for anti-mutilation charity
Senate passes child health bill
Pencil removed from German's head
Sunshine 'protective' against MS
No-sex programmes 'not working'
'Health juices' harm baby teeth
Boneshaker shows loose hip joint
Mahjong game 'can cause epilepsy'
Managing stress cuts stroke risk
MRI scan 'out-performs' mammogram
Hole-in-the-heart self repair kit
MS vaccine handed safety boost
'Red Army' virus to combat MRSA
U.S. life expectancy lags behind other countries'
New study finds infant hearing test results may predict sudden infant death syndrome
Do full moons make you fumble? Study says no
Medical opinion comes full circle on cannabis dangers - Frequent use more than doubles psychosis risk, says new large-scale analysis.
Implant boosts activity in injured brain - Deep-brain stimulation offers hope for minimally conscious patients.
US panel has 'some concern' about effects of bisphenol A - Worries over neural effects in children, but reassurances on other risks.
Faster-Acting Antidepressants Closer to Becoming a Reality
Brain Changes Mirror Symptoms in ADHD
Advances Cited in Research on Multiple Sclerosis
Man Regains Speech After Brain Stimulations
Eye Infections From Solution Continuing to Harm Users s
Autism - Mental Health and Disorders - Brain Development - Genetics - Girls
Gene helps predict whether antidepressant will workn
Will One Joint Really Make You Schizoid?
Obesity, overweight, phthalates, low testosterone, abdominal obesity, BPA
Virus Spreading Alarm and Deadly Pig Disease in China
Early cord clamping may harm baby
US army suicides hit 26-year high
HIV triggers the 'opposite of cancer' in the brain - Study unpicks how AIDS causes dementia.
Calming Factor: DNA vaccine for MS passes initial test
Woman hears voices with a speech impediment
Chronic stress can cause or exacerbate MS
Darker fruits could fight cancer
Drug website safety fears raised
Paedophiles may have less grey matter
WHO warns of global epidemic risk
Gene Triggers Obsessive Compulsive Disorder-Like Syndrome in Mice
Infectious Obesity: Adenovirus fattens stem cells
BCall to ban 'no-holds' fighting
Additives 'cause bad behaviour'
Teen boozing 'stores up problems'
Home mould removal 'eases asthma'
Estrogen Deficit No Good for Brain
Schizophrenia Treatment Without Side Effects?
Smoking stays in your genes after you quit - Cigarette habit may leave a molecular mark.
High hopes for new schizophrenia drugs - Drug trial hailed as first major breakthrough for 50 years.
Speedy drugs for depression - Drug hastens relief in rats.
Global Survey Reveals Significant Gap in Meeting World's Mental Health Care Needs
Bipolar Illness Soars as a Diagnosis for the Young
Change in Older Brains Tied to Use of Statinses
Gene mutation may explain postoperative deliriumican
Test for the Fat Virus
Alzheimer’s and Smell
HHS Toned Down Breast-Feeding Ads
Scientists Test New Bipolar Remedies
Youth Suicides Increased As Antidepressant Use Fell
Major Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
Call to revamp death definition
Tangerine peel 'kills cancer'
Pill use 'may cut risk of cancer'
Cancer doubt remains over mobiles
End for traditional doctor's coat
Hormone linked to autistic traits
Mutation Gives Mice Autistic Symptoms
Antidepressants better than antipsychotics in treating psychosis: study
Ban models under 16, assess eating disorders, urges British report
Gene knockout extends life of mice with ALS - Deleting a single gene almost doubles lifespan.
Manic Phase of Bipolar Disorder Benefits from Breast Cancer Medication,
Drugs Banned, Many of World’s Poor Suffer in Pain
Not Autistic or Hyperactive. Just Seeing Double at Times
Mind Over Manual
In High School Football, an Injury No One Sees
Hormone-Replacement Therapy
A Hidden Cause of Headache Paines
Thousands of GIs Cope With Brain Damage
Peru blood banks face HIV crisis
Scores ill in Peru 'meteor crash'
All day eye patch 'not necessary'
Female smokers 'risk spotty face'
Many 'imagine' food intolerance
Patch promises painless injection
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66 beer bottles = one cheap rooftop solar water heater
Move to create less clumsy robots
Antique engines inspire nano chip
Turning Plants into Plastic—And Replacing Oil in the Process
Global Warming - Carbon Dioxide
A Laboratory Tool Kit for Converting DVD Movies
A Survival Imperative for Space Colonization
Quake in Japan Raises Fears About Nuclear Safety
Tapped Out: The True Cost of Bottled Water
Pentagon to Merge Next-Gen Binoculars With Soldiers' Brains -
Garlic 'may cut cow flatulence'
Putting Energy Hogs in the Home on a Strict Low-Power Diet - New York Times
Grand Theft Auto delay hits firm
Nissan studies drink-proof cars
The electric car's high-end revival
Lift off for Nasa's Mars probe
Furniture puts on chameleon show
Guide to wireless technologies
Swifts inspire morphing-wing plane
Robot fins to propel submarines
Microsoft tries free office suite
Warning of webmail wi-fi hijack
Fake Steve Jobs blogger unmasked
Warcraft expansion pack unveiled
Putting electronics in a spin
Photo tool could fix bad images
Mobile snaps reveal invisible art
Singing benches let loose in city
China drinks its milk
How To Handle Vinyl
Paper battery offers future power
Tiny wind engines cool computers
Wikipedia 'shows CIA page edits'
Skype issues apology for 'outage'
Compact disc hits 25th birthday
Bluetooth helps Facebook friends
China hails car trial a 'success'
India now Nokia's second market
How the Wii won over the world's gamers
Google Earth given celestial view
Director Bay joins DVD format war
Man arrested over wi-fi 'theft'- Joel on Software
'Human-animal' embryo green light
Hospital mobile bans 'must stay'
Goats sacrificed to fix Nepal jet
State of Play: The game of love
Apple overhauls entire iPod line
I.B.M. Researchers Advancing Computer Processing Ability
Power to the People: Run Your House on a Prius
Ten 'most polluted places' named
Microsoft loses anti-trust appeal
Imaging tools to aid surveillance
Diamond reveals hidden writings
Fossett sought via Google Earth
Mobile system promises free calls
Miniature golden artwork unveiled
Facebook 'costs businesses dear'
Wave hub gets planning go-ahead
Scientists Use the "Dark Web" to Snag Extremists and Terrorists Online
The 50 Worst Cars of All Time
Chernobyl to be covered in steel
Scientists warn of 'vocal terror'
Cash reward for Facebook programs
Third outbreak confirmed at farm
I.B.M. to Offer Office Software Free in Challenge to Microsoft’s Line
Intel Previews a New Family of Power-Saving Chips
George Lucas turns computers into pencils
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