Worried About Air Pollution? Don't Hide Indoors
2012-01-22 09:00:08
You need to get out more. Whether it's smog or tiny particles of pollution , Americans face the bulk of their health risks from bad air inside. Why? We spend most of our time indoors. [More]

Lack Of Sleep Might Make You Feel Hungrier
2012-01-22 00:00:08
Scientists are still trying to understand the full purpose of sleep. But we know one thing it’s probably good for: it may help keep you on that diet. [More]

Can A Middle-Aged Neophyte Make It to Carnegie Hall?
2012-01-21 07:00:00
Gary Marcus suffers from what a friend jokingly describes as congenital arrhythmia--the inability, despite many hours of his youth spent practicing and taking lessons, to learn to play a musical instrument. A few years ago Marcus, a cognitive psychologist at New York University, decided at 38 to make one last try when he took up guitar. No surprise: He did not succeed in becoming the next Jimi Hendrix, but managed to acquire a modicum of skill--and went on to describe his experience in Guitar Zero: The New Musician and the Science of Learning . [More]

The Smart Way to Play God with Earth's Limited Land
2012-01-20 16:31:00
Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt from Mark Lynas's book , The God Species: Saving the Planet in the Age of Humans .  [More]

Leap Second Granted Extra Time
2012-01-20 15:15:00
From Nature magazine [More]

Could the Internet Ever Be Destroyed?
2012-01-20 14:00:00
The raging battle over SOPA and PIPA, the proposed anti-piracy laws, is looking more and more likely to end in favor of Internet freedom -- but it won't be the last battle of its kind. Although, ethereal as it is, the Internet seems destined to survive in some form or another, experts warn that there are many threats to its status quo existence, and there is much about it that could be ruined or lost. [More]

Recommended: Science on Ice: Four Polar Expeditions (preview)
2012-01-20 11:00:00
Science on Ice: Four Polar Expeditions [More]

MIND Reviews: The Better Angels of Our Nature
2012-01-20 08:00:00
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined [More]

Digital Healthcare Puts Control In Consumer Hands
2012-01-19 22:51:08
For years, do-it-yourself health care meant looking up your symptoms on WebMD. But smart phones are extending our control, with apps that let people plan and track workouts, monitor important health indicators, and even locate nearby clinical trials. Apple's App Store alone offers thousands of mobile health apps. [More]

Digital Health Care Puts Control in Consumer Hands
2012-01-19 22:51:08
For years, do-it-yourself health care meant looking up your symptoms on WebMD. But smart phones are extending our control, with apps that let people plan and track workouts, monitor important health indicators, and even locate nearby clinical trials. Apple's App Store alone offers thousands of mobile health apps. [More]

Where You Vote May Affect How
2012-01-19 21:03:08
On election day, where do you vote? If it's in a church, you might be inclined to vote more conservatively than if you cast your ballot at a school or government building. That’s according to research published in the International Journal for the Psychology of Religion . [Jordan P. LaBouff et al, Differences in Attitudes Toward Outgroups in Religious and Nonreligious Contexts in a Multinational Sample: A Situational Context Priming Study ] [More]

Where You Vote May Affect How You Vote
2012-01-19 21:03:08
On election day, where do you vote? If it's in a church, you might be inclined to vote more conservatively than if you cast your ballot at a school or government building. That’s according to research published in the International Journal for the Psychology of Religion . [Jordan P. LaBouff et al., " Differences in Attitudes Toward Outgroups in Religious and Nonreligious Contexts in a Multinational Sample: A Situational Context Priming Study "] [More]

Dish Color Affects Serving Size
2012-01-19 14:31:08
One reason Americans have such a huge weight problem? Our dishware. When faced with a bigger plate, people are inclined to heap on--and consume--more food. And plate sizes, like waistlines, have expanded.   [More]

Fight Slippage with Friction
2012-01-19 10:00:00
Key concepts [More]

Sleeping with the Enemy (preview)
2012-01-19 08:00:00
The elderly man lived by himself in a low-income apartment near Cincinnati. But he was not alone. After dark the bed bugs would emerge from his recliner and tattered box-spring mattress to feed on his blood. Judging from the thousands of insects I found in his home, I would venture that it had been this way for many months. Imprisoned by poverty and infirmity, the man had nourished generations of these pests, enduring their bites night after night while their numbers swelled. [More]