June 2012
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Study Finds Men Are Not Hard-Wired to be... →
In 1948, English geneticist Angus John Bateman published a study showing that male fruit flies gain an evolutionary advantage from having multiple mates, while their female counterparts do not. Bateman’s conclusions have informed and influenced an entire sub-field of evolutionary biology for decades. “Bateman’s 1948 study is the most-cited experimental paper in sexual selection today because of...
Study Shows Gay Parents Are No Different Than... →
A new study adds to the growing mountain of evidence that gays are no different than straight people when it comes to this whole parenting thing. Researchers at San Francisco State University interviewed 48 gay male couples who are raising children together in San Francisco and Salt Lake City. What they found was that these gay parents had similar lifestyle changes to straight parents —...
Study finds reason behind less-tasty supermarket... →
The competing priorities of tomato growers and foodies may finally find a happy medium, thanks to new research published Friday.
Supermarket tomatoes are uniformly ripe, but are known for inferior flavor compared with their more expensive and colorful heirloom counterparts. A new investigation of tomato genetics reveals the difference: Breeders selecting for uniform ripeness have inadvertently...
Crime Report Manipulation Is Common Among New York... →
An anonymous survey of nearly 2,000 retired officers found that the manipulation of crime reports — downgrading crimes to lesser offenses and discouraging victims from filing complaints to make crime statistics look better — has long been part of the culture of the New York Police Department. The results showed that pressure on officers to artificially reduce crime rates, while...
U.S. beaches laden with sewage and bacteria, study... →
Nearly 3.5 million people fall ill annually as a result of sewage in ocean water according to a study conducted by the NRDC.
U.S. beaches can be dirty places, making about 3.5 million people sick each year from sewage in the water, said an annual study June 27 that rates American beaches by how dirty they are. The Natural Resources Defense Council report included 3,000 beaches...
CPSC Study Finds Firework Injuries Most Often... →
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission conducted a special study that found that 65 percent of all fireworks injuries in 2011 were sustained during the 30 days surrounding the Independence Day holiday, and that more than half of these injuries were the result of unexpected ignition of the device or consumers not using fireworks as intended, according to a news release from the U.S. Consumer...
Dinosaurs were likely warm-blooded, says a new... →
A new study shows that dinosaurs were likely warm-blooded. Researchers at the University of Barcelona made the finding after analyzing the growth lines, also called LAGs, around dinosaur bones, which had until now been assumed to be caused by the creatures’ internal heat, rather than warm blood. Yet, the scientists have shown that all mammals have growth lines, like tree rings - a...
Americans Are Starting To Hate Their Jobs Less,... →
A new study from the Conference Board shows that workers are not quite as miserable as they had been since the beginning of the Great Recession. But the majority of employees are still unhappy at work. In a household survey with 1,890 respondents, conducted by the Nielsen Company in the fall of 2011, the Conference Board found that fewer than half of workers, 47.2%, said they were satisfied with...
London Olympics billions over budget, study shows →
(CBS News) LONDON - The London Olympics begin in less than a month. They’re on-track to be the most over-budget Olympic games since Atlanta’s in 1996. An Oxford University study finds the event is likely to cost more than twice the original estimate and end up billions of dollars over-budget. It seems there’s a trick to putting together a winning Olympic bid: You have to...
Study of memory brings researchers closer to mind... →
How does the formidable human brain organize its memories? A new study used electrical activity of the brain to investigate. The resulting report shows that when people think of words that are linked by their meanings — apple and orange, for example — the brain often exhibits similar patterns of activity. There’s a futuristic, Big Brother-ish dimension to the work: The authors argue...
Sleep study finds early birds are happier,... →
A recent University of Toronto study suggests there may be some truth to the centuries-old adage: “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” The study led by Renée Biss found early risers — called “larks” — tend to be more cheery than “owls” who sleep until the sun is high in the sky. Scientists aren’t sure why, said Biss, but it could be related to what’s called...
Study shows half of German teens unsure if Hitler... →
Source: NewsCoreBERLIN — Nearly half of German teens in a recent study were unable to say whether the Nazi regime was a dictatorship or not, the German news site The Local said Wednesday. Researchers at Berlin’s Free University surveyed about 7,500 students around the age of 15 about governments that have ruled the country.
Only about half could say for certain the Nazi government...
Early humans ate more like chimps than people,... →
Early humans ate like chimpanzees, a new study shows. Researchers found bits of bark and leaves in the teeth of the ape-like, early human ancestor Australopithecus sediba that was discovered in South Africa in 2008. The bits of food were trapped in tartar in the animals mouths and were stunningly preserved because of how they died. We think these two individuals fell down a sinkhole … and...
Scientists struggle with mathematical details,... →
A new study from the University of Bristol shows that scientists gloss over research with pages of dense equations. Dr. Tim Fawcett and Dr. Andrew Higginson, both research Biologists at Bristol, found that a high density of mathematical equations could significantly impact citation rates. By studying the impact of mathematical equations upon scientific studies in ecology and evolutionary work...
Human ancestor ate bark, study finds →
Long before it’s in the papers June 27, 2012 RETURN TO THE WORLD SCIENCE HOME PAGE Human ancestor ate bark, study finds June 27, 2012 Courtesy of the University of Colorado at Boulder and World Science staff Next time you’re grumbling about a stale cookie or a steak that tastes...
Study shows graduates are unprepared, lack... →
Study shows graduates are unprepared, lack professionalism By Paul Nelson June 26th, 2012 @ 7:31am SALT LAKE CITY — A new report shows that recent graduates are too lax and unprepared for life in the workforce. It also says they’re lacking professionalism at work. So, what’s going wrong? The study from Business Insider...
Looking At Junk Food Makes You Feel Hungry, Study... →
If your mouth has ever watered and your stomach has ever grumbled just from eyeing a picture of a big slice of cheesecake, here’s your explanation: Just looking at pictures of fattening foods is enough to make us hungry, a new study shows. Research presented at the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society shows that seeing high-calorie items stimulates the appetite control center, which...
Study finds hundreds of injuries per day... →
Released by the Consumer Product Safety Commission EAST TEXAS (KYTX) — A special study conducted by CPSC staff found that 65 percent of all fireworks injuries in 2011 were sustained during the 30 days surrounding the Independence Day holiday. More than half of these injuries were the result of unexpected ignition of the device or consumers not using fireworks as intended. Fireworks...
Study Challenges The Notion That A Calorie Is Just... →
BOSTON, June 26, 2012 — Reducing refined carbohydrates may help maintain weight loss better than reducing fat BOSTON, June 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — A new study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association challenges the notion that a calorie is a calorie. The study, led by Cara Ebbeling, Ph.D., associate director and David Ludwig, MD, director of...
Study Finds Nigerian Money Scam Targets Stupid... →
A spam email message from Nigeria. (credit: Getty Images) WASHINGTON (CBSDC) – We have all received an email saying we have relatives of royalty in places like Nigeria where the sender asks for your banking information so they can deposit the inheritance into an account. If you figured out this was a scam, then you are correct – it is a scam. While most are too...
Study shows suburbs are 'copying Chicago's... →
Doug Menuez/Photodisc/Thinkstock CHICAGO (WLS) - Public corruption is not just a city of Chicago problem, according to a university study which says an inspector general is also needed to investigate the suburbs. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago released a report, Green Grass and Graft: Corruption in the Suburbs, that documents public corruption involving more than 130...
Men Focused On Muscles Are More Sexist, Study... →
Men obsessed with building muscles are significantly more likely to objectify women, be hostile toward women, and have sexist attitudes, new research finds. This link may come from their own negative body image, the scientists added.
We have previously found that men who hold stronger oppressive beliefs are more likely to think that thinner women are attractive, study researcher Viren Swarmi,...
Male bird loses interest in fading females, study... →
Male blue tits lose interest when their mates’ beauty starts fading, staying out longer and neglecting their offspring.
Not unlike some among their human counterparts, male blue **** lose interest when their mates’ beauty starts fading, staying out longer and neglecting their offspring, a report said Monday. Scientists who dulled the bright blue head tinge that crowns the...
Youthful glow most common in the west, study finds →
Go west, young man. If you want to maintain a youthful visage, it’s good advice to follow. A study of 28 million Americans found that those who have the most youthful glow of health for their age are — in order — the residents of San Francisco, Salt Lake City and San Diego. Conducted on the website realage.com, the study saw researchers examine 50 large US cities, with...
Study: Drinking down, suicide up among Ind. teens →
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana teens are drinking less alcohol than in the past, but are more likely than their U.S. counterparts to commit suicide, according to a new study of young people’s health risks.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011 survey, released Friday, found that the number of Indiana high school students who admitted to binge drinking within the previous 30 days...
Walmart beats Amazon's prices, study finds →
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Mouse Study Shows Pathological Rage Can Be Blocked →
By Janice Wood Associate News Editor Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on June 23, 2012 Researchers at the University of Southern California have found that pathological rage can be blocked in mice, suggesting potential new treatments for severe aggression. In a new study, researcher identified a brain receptor that malfunctions in overly hostile mice, resulting in aggression,...
Mars has snowflakes, but they are tiny, study... →
By analyzing how much light the clouds that hang over the red planet reflect, scientists found its snowflakes, which are made of CO2 instead of water, are mere thousandths of a millimeter across. Snowflakes on Mars are smaller than their Earth counterparts, having roughly the same diameter as a human red blood cell, a new study reports. Skip to next paragraph ...
Study Finds People Who Believe In Heaven Commit... →
File photo of a Bible. (credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images) SEATTLE (CBS Seattle) — Believing if you are on a “highway to hell” could impact whether or not if you commit a crime. A study published in the scientific journal PLoS One by University of Oregon’s Azim Shariff and University of Kansas’s Mijke Rhemtulla finds that people who believe in hell are less...
Deadly Bird Flu May Be Five Steps From Pandemic,... →
(Updates with vaccine makers in fifth paragraph.) June 22 (Bloomberg) — Five genetic tweaks made a deadly strain of bird flu that can infect humans spread more easily, according to a study that the U.S. government had first sought to censor on concerns it could be used by bioterrorists. The genetic changes made the H5N1 virus airborne among ferrets, the mammals whose response to flu is most...
Deadly Bird Flu May Be Five Steps From Pandemic,... →
(Updates to add virus discovery in third paragraph.) June 22 (Bloomberg) — Five genetic tweaks made a deadly strain of bird flu that can infect humans spread more easily, according to a study that the U.S. government had first sought to censor on concerns it could be used by bioterrorists. The genetic changes made the H5N1 virus airborne among ferrets, the mammals whose response to flu is...
Annual cost for iPad charge only $1.36, study... →
The annual cost to charge an iPad is just $1.36, according to the Electric Power Research Institute, a nonprofit research and development group funded by electric utilities.
By comparison, a 60-watt compact fluorescent bulb costs $1.61, a desktop PC adds up to $28.21 and a refrigerator runs you $65.72.
The group, known as EPRI, studied the power consumption of Apple Inc.’s iPad to...
Living near loud traffic may raise heart attack... →
(CBS News) Living in an area with lots of traffic noise may do more than give you a headache. A new study from Denmark suggests exposure to too much traffic noise may raise a person’s heart attack risk. More people die in fatal car crashes on Tax Day, study finds Reducing air pollution during 2008 Beijing Olympics boosted residents’ heart health, research reveals For the study,...
Male Fruit Flies, Spurned by Females, Turn to... →
They were young males on the make, and they struck out not once, not twice, but a dozen times with a group of attractive females hovering nearby. So they did what so many men do after being repeatedly rejected: they got drunk, using alcohol as a balm for unfulfilled desire. And not one flew off in search of a rotting...
'Everything causes cancer': Teens justify tanning... →
Al Grillo / AP file A woman lies in a tanning booth in Anchorage, Alaska, in this 2005 file photo. Karen Rowan, MyHealthNewsDaily Teens and young adults know the health risks of using tanning beds, but some go tanning anyway. A new study suggests why — they see health risks everywhere around them, so tanning beds don’t stand out as a particular danger. Researchers surveyed 600...
Study: More Asians Than Hispanics Entering US →
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Watching violence makes for angry kids, study... →
iStock Children exposed to violence in video games and on TV display similar reactions to those who witness war and acts of violence in real life, according to an Australian study. Macquarie University Children and Families Research Centre deputy director Dr. Wayne Warburton said Tuesday that years of study across the world showed definite links between...
'Moderate' drinking during pregnancy has no effect... →
TUESDAY, June 19 (HealthDay News) — One of the cardinal rules for expectant moms: don’t drink. But a new study out of Denmark is throwing that maxim into doubt. It finds that 5-year-olds whose mothers drank low to moderate levels of alcohol (between one and eight drinks a week) during early pregnancy showed no ill effects. Alcohol consumption during pregnancy that exceeded the...
Medical marijuana legalization won't boost teen... →
(CBS News) When it comes to legalizing medical marijuana, federal officials have argued recent increases in pot use among teens might be a result of better access to pot in states where it’s legal. A new study finds there is no evidence that legalization of medical marijuana increases teen drug use. Marijuana-smoking motorists twice as likely to crash cars More teens smoke pot than...
Study: Healthy Foods a Difficult Find for... →
Firefighters are trained to operate and maintain a variety of equipment used to do the job, but how much training goes into how to maintain their bodies and more importantly, what they put into them? In the latest firefighter fatality reports from both the USFA and NFPA, heart attacks remain the leading cause of on-duty deaths. Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health...
New Study: Women Buy More Beauty Products During a... →
Dior’s new Summer Mix beauty campaignThe so-called “Lipstick Effect”–the phenomenon of women buying more beauty products during economic downturns–gets a lot of attention during recessions. It’s a purchasing pattern that can be traced back to the Great Depression; the economy takes a turn for the worse, so women want to buy something pretty to cheer themselves up. It’s been documented a lot,...
Dogs help guard against respiratory virus, study... →
Dog owners and parents, take a deep breath. Get your children to take a deep breath. And most importantly, shake some carpets, fluff your pillows and get your infants to take a deep breath - or lick the floor. Because new research from UC San Francisco and the University of Michigan indicates that dust from houses where dogs are present may provide protection from respiratory...
Study finds gamers no better at dialing, driving →
By Kerstin Nordstrom / McClatchy Newspapers
Thursday, June 21, 2012 - Added 5 hours ago
DURHAM, N.C. — Pairing cellphones and driving is a skill that people, by and large, have not mastered, according to accident data and numerous studies, such as those that equate cellphone use with drunken driving. But what about people who play video games, who have been found to...
Gum Disease May Lead to Head, Neck Cancers, Study... →
Chronic gum disease may leave the mouth more susceptible to head and neck cancers caused by the human papillomavirus, a study found. Of 124 patients diagnosed with the cancers in the study, 40 percent had tumors that tested positive for a strain of human papillomavirus, research published online today in the Archives of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery found. About 10 percent of...
Study Finds Fecal Matter in Hotel Rooms →
When arriving to your hotel room, it looks as clean as you expected: crisp white linens and neatly folded fresh towels. Looks are deceiving, however, since a recent study of nine American hotels shows fecal matter to be hidden throughout the room. Researchers from the University of Houston swabbed 19 hotel room hot spots, testing everything from light switches to doorknobs, and found the fecal...
Study shows black bears able to "count" →
Black bear in the Canadian Rockies. Image: Wikipedia. (Phys.org) — Most people who have worked with black bears tend to believe the animals are pretty smart compared to say dogs or cats; others who have seen them in action, e.g. riding a unicycle in a circus, tend to agree. But, oddly enough, very little actual research has been done to find out just where black bears sit on the animal...
'Sexting' prevalent among high schoolers, study... →
The definition of the word sext has yet to appear in the Merriam-Webster dictionary — as a verb at least — but nearly one in five teenagers in a University of Utah-led survey admit to sexting, or sending sexually explicit photos, typically of themselves, with their cellular phones. Twice that many reported receiving such images. While sexting has become common among hormonal high school...
Some May Drink More After Weight-Loss Surgery:... →
MONDAY, June 18 (HealthDay News) — The risk of alcohol problems goes up somewhat in patients who have undergone weight-loss surgery, but not until more than a year after undergoing the procedure, new research finds. The study doesn’t prove that the procedures directly boost the risk of alcohol problems, and it’s not clear why the likelihood goes up in the second year after...
Daily caffeine hit hurting elementary school kids,... →
iStock One in five elementary school students is getting a daily caffeine hit from soft drinks and chocolate, keeping them awake at night and causing sleepiness in the classroom the next day. A Murdoch Children’s Research Institute study of students — some as young as five — from 22 Australian schools found 40 percent had sleep...
Study shows no evidence medical marijuana... →
While marijuana use by teens has been increasing since 2005, an analysis of data from 1993 through 2009 by economists at three universities has found no evidence to link the legalization of medical marijuana to increased use of the drug among high school students. There is anecdotal evidence that medical marijuana is finding its way into the hands of teenagers, but there’s...
