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Sep 30, 2011

Culture Poisons Brain With Racism, Study Finds

For years, social scientists have uncovered the unsettling truth that no matter how egalitarian a person purports to be, their unconscious mind holds some racist, sexist or ageist thoughts. But a new study finds that this may say less about the person and more about the culture that surrounds him...

Sep 30, 2011

Why Arnold's Self-Statue Is Very Serious. Really.

Photographs of former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger grinning next to a self-commissioned, larger-than-life bronze statue of himself in his body-building days may be eyebrow-raising, but social scientists say that Schwarzenegger is simply following a trend laid down by thousands of years of human history. It's the kind of thing that...

Sep 30, 2011

Mark Your Calendars: End of World Coming Oct. 21, Camping Says

The radio preacher who predicted Judgment Day on May 21 has not backed down from his claims that the end of the world is near, despite the lack of a Rapture or world-devastating earthquakes leading up to the doomsday. In an announcement on his Family Radio Network website, Harold Camping...

Sep 30, 2011

Neanderthals' Legs Look Ideal for Steep-Hillside Strolls

Neanderthals had shorter lower legs than we do, leading scientists to theorize that this was an adaptation to the cold times in which they lived, even if it slowed them down. But two scientists offer a new explanation for those short lower legs: They allowed these early humans to move...

Sep 30, 2011

Where Do 7 Billion People Live? (Infographic)

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Sep 30, 2011

Spirituality Helps Chronically Ill Men and Women Differently

Spirituality improves health outcomes for both men and women who are facing chronic illnesses, but in different ways, a new study shows. Being involved in religious or spiritual activities improves women's mental health, while men experience better physical health as well as improved mental health. Numerous previous studies have shown...

Sep 30, 2011

Medieval Graves Disturbed For Surprising Reasons?

Once laid to rest, the remains of many who died in medieval Europe were not left in peace. As much as 40 percent of graves from the mid-fifth to mid-eighth centuries appear to have been disturbed after burial. Grave robbers, searching for wealth buried along with the dead, have frequently...

Aug 31, 2011

Did Nostradamus Really Predict the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks?

It's a story that began nearly a decade ago, circulated widely for months, and is still believed by many around the world: That the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Centers had been foretold by the famous sixteenth-century French writer Nostradamus. He wrote in ambiguous, nearly inscrutable sets...

Aug 31, 2011

UFO Reports Spiked this Summer

According to an organization that tracks UFO reports, this summer has been an especially busy period for UFO sightings. The Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) noted that sightings increased over the past six weeks, with some states more than doubling their normal numbers. Are we on the cusp of an alien...

Aug 31, 2011

Belief in God Boils Down to a Gut Feeling

For many people, believing in God comes down to a gut feeling that a benevolent deity is out there. A study now finds that gut feelings may be very important in determining who goes to church every Sunday and who avoids the pews. People who are generally more intuitive in...

Aug 31, 2011

Presidential Approval Ratings (Infographic)

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Jul 31, 2011

Tips for Parents of the iGeneration

How does a parent best raise a teen growing in a culture of constant communication they just don't understand? Kids are still kids, and kids need parents. Good parenting is linked to everything good all the way though your life, said Larry Rosen, a researcher at California State University and...

Jul 31, 2011

British Men May Have a Hunter-Gatherer Past

British men may trace their lineage back to hunter-gatherers, not farmers as had previously been suspected. A new genetic lineage study finds that, contrary to previous research, British men do not descend from immigrant farmers who migrated west from the Near East around 10,000 years ago. Instead, the new study...

Jun 30, 2011

Wide Faces Predict Unethical Behavior

A man's face might hint whether he is bad to the bone, with scientists finding that wider faces might predict unethical behavior in men. Wide faces in men have been linked with aggression and perceptions of untrustworthiness. Now researchers have discovered that broad-faced men appear more likely to deceive their...

Jun 30, 2011

Get Kraken: Why Scientists Should Study Sea Monsters

From the Loch Ness Monster to the Kraken, sea monsters still capture the imagination centuries after medieval cartographers doodled them in the blank spots of their maps. But to Charles Paxton, a researcher at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, sea monster sightings are more than fish tales. Paxton...