Social competence and behavior problems that are evident at kindergarten and first grade are known to be strong predictors of a child’s academic and social functioning. However, new findings suggest that psychosocial risk factors can be identified even earlier and can be observed during the transition from preschool to formal schooling.
When Nicholas Longrich discovered a new dinosaur species with a heart-shaped frill on its head, he wanted to come up with a name just as flamboyant as the dinosaur’s appearance. Over a few beers with fellow paleontologists one night, he blurted out the first thing that came to mind: Mojoceratops. With the publication of Longrich’s [...]
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Men who have a baseline PSA value of 10 or higher the first time they are tested are up to 11 times more likely to die from prostate cancer than are men with lower initial values, according to researchers.
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A new study is investigating how quickly the Deepwater Horizon oil carried into Gulf of Mexico beach sands is being degraded by the sands’ natural microbial communities, and whether native oil-eating bacteria that wash ashore with the crude are helping or hindering that process.
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A recent report adds to the growing evidence that fish oil supplements may play a role in preventing chronic disease.
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Sumatra earthquake’s characteristics made widespread coastal disaster inevitable
A week ago, Science published a paper whose title says it all: “Genetic Signatures…
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With the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico already wrecking tourism and closing…
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Scientists have discovered a compound that restores the capacity to form new memories in aging rats, likely by improving the survival of newborn neurons in the brain’s memory hub. The research has turned up clues to a neuroprotective mechanism that could lead to a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. The neuroprotective compound, called P7C3, holds promise [...]
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Living in an environment rich with social and physical challenges might curb cancer growth by itself, a new study shows. Researchers discovered that an enriched environment activates a nervous-system pathway used by the brain to tell fat cells to stop releasing a hormone called leptin into the bloodstream. This cancer-curbing effect occurred in models of [...]