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Israeli researchers discover silver lining to Holocaust trauma
08/04/2013 - 18:42
Other studies found that transmission of trauma only happens during times of stress. In a 1988 study, Israeli combat veterans suffered... →
Too many choices leads to bad decisions
30/03/2013 - 13:17
One group got five turns, where the number of boxes increased each turn. The subjects started choosing between two boxes, then the number... →
Sugary drinks could be causing 200,000 deaths a year worldwide
21/03/2013 - 15:19
The findings were presented today at the American Heart Association's Epidemiology and Prevention/Nutrition, Physical Activity and... →
Electromagnetic Research Gets New Tools
17/03/2013 - 12:34
To study the impacts of electromagnetic signals on the human body, students and researchers simulate interactions between electronic... →
Marriage and Health
11/03/2013 - 15:46
In sickness But there was some nuance to the health question. The poorer a person's health at the study's start, the less their marital... →
Scientists reveal natural antifreeze secrets
05/03/2013 - 14:31
In their study, published in the American journal PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences), the researchers biochemically... →
CHARTS: World's GMO Crop Fields Could Cover the US 1.5 Times Over
01/03/2013 - 16:00
As my colleague Tom Philpott reported earlier this month, nearly half of all US farms now have superweeds that can resist Monsanto's... →
Germany accused of 'deporting' its elderly
23/02/2013 - 14:23
Researchers found an estimated 7,146 German pensioners living in retirement homes in Hungary in 2011. More than 3,000 were in the Czech... →
Scientists link music and the brain
16/02/2013 - 15:18
Prof. Petr Janata, an Associate Professor at UC Davis in the Psychology Department, was one of the visiting presenters. He spoke about how... →
Israeli professor reduces crime
10/02/2013 - 18:47
In later research on Tel Aviv, Weisburd, together with his graduate student Shai Amram, demonstrated that crime in that city is similarly... →
Some chores linked to less sex
04/02/2013 - 14:03
Couples in which the husband did plenty of traditionally male jobs reported more sex than those in which the guy didn’t. When the husband... →
Study: Israel ranks among world's most harmful land-grabbers
29/01/2013 - 13:47
The researchers note that crops planted on purchased land sometimes come at the expense of forests or other ecologically important zones.... →

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