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Sep 30, 2012

People Stare Monsters in the Eye, Wherever It Is

Using the fantasy game Dungeons & Dragons, scientists now find one way that people can treat monsters like people too, looking them in the eyes even when those eyes are not located in their heads. These findings could help researchers better understand autism, where people often fail to meet the...

Aug 31, 2012

Image Gallery: Ancient Lucky Charms

Ram figurine (Image credit: Yael Yolovitch, courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority)The artifacts were found near the remains of an ancient round building at the archaeological site of Tel Moza, outside of Jerusalem. Ram figurine in hand (Image credit: Yael Yolovitch, courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority)It is known that...

Aug 31, 2012

Is Anti-Muslim Film a Hoax?

A 13-minute amateur trailer for the film Innocence of Muslims depicts the prophet Muhammad as a womanizer, child molester and criminal. Though the clip had been available for at least several weeks on the Internet, protests over the film last week erupted in nearly two dozen countries, and several American...

Jul 31, 2012

How Alcohol Ads Target Kids

Parents might do their best to shield their kids from advertising related to alcohol, but alcohol marketers are doing their best to reach them anyway. That's the finding of new research that discovered that the content of alcohol ads placed in magazines is more likely to violate industry guidelines if...

Jul 31, 2012

Doomed Polar Explorer's Famed Ship Found on Seafloor

A research vessel testing its underwater mapping equipment recently made a remarkable discovery: the wreck of the Terra Nova, the famed ship that took British explorer Robert Falcon Scott on his fateful voyage to Antarctica a century ago. The ship was discovered off the coast of Greenland on July 11....

Jun 30, 2012

Scientists Learn How to Turn Innovations into Jobs

Many of today's best researchers and scientists need someone to show them the money. They face the same dilemma that alchemists faced centuries ago: how do you turn basic research (a base metal) into a commercially viable business (gold)? The National Science Foundation thinks its innovative I-Corps program will succeed...

Jun 30, 2012

Is North Korea Making EMP Weapons?

North Korea may be developing electromagnetic pulse weapons or bombs that could take out power grids — not to mention military and civilian electronics. Such speculation comes from a Chinese military analyst's article in the journal Bauhinia, according to the Washington Times. The Chinese military pointed out that North Korea...

Jun 30, 2012

Mass Shootings: Why It's So Hard to Predict Who Will Snap

As the alleged shooter in last week's Aurora, Colo., movie theater killings made his first appearance in court today (July 23), his every facial tic was scrutinized for clues as to why he might have launched his attack against theater-goers at a midnight showing of the newest Batman movie last...

Jun 30, 2012

Ancient Statues Smuggled from Nigeria to Return Home

NEW YORK — A handful of roughly 2,000-year-old figurines began a journey back home to Nigeria today (July 26) after being seized at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City. At a repatriation ceremony held at Homeland Security Investigation offices on the west side of Manhattan, Nigeria's Consul General...

May 31, 2012

Mysterious Bones May Belong to John the Baptist

A small handful of bones found in an ancient church in Bulgaria may belong to John the Baptist, the biblical figure said to have baptized Jesus. There's no way to be sure, of course, as there are no confirmed pieces of John the Baptist to compare to the fragments of...

May 31, 2012

Doting Dads: 6 of History's Finest Fathers

History has its share of bad dads. Consider Russian czar Ivan the Terrible, who beat his pregnant daughter until she miscarried. When his son confronted him about it, Ivan struck the younger man's head with a staff, killing him. But this Sunday is Father's Day, so we're looking on the...

May 31, 2012

Can People Stop Being Gay?

To polarize a crowd, bring up sexual reorientation. Religious fundamentalists who believe homosexuality is a matter of choice consider it obvious that gay people can reverse their decisions. The opposite camp argues that gays are born that way, and thus that sexual reorientation therapy is ineffective, as well as cruel...

May 31, 2012

When Adults Are Victims of Tween Bullies

When a kids see other kids being bullied, current teaching advises them to speak up for the victim. But when the victim is an adult, the common response is to freeze. I think that's the next wave we're going to see, said Edie Raether, a psychotherapist and author of Stop...

May 31, 2012

Freedom of Assembly

What is freedom of assembly? Freedom of assembly, sometimes used interchangeably with the freedom of association, is the individual right to come together and collectively express, promote, pursue and defend common interests. The right to freedom of association is recognized as a human right, a political freedom and a civil...

Apr 30, 2012

Could the Navy Ever Build a Flying Aircraft Carrier?

Moviegoers can easily recognize flights of fancy when they see the Avengers assemble aboard the flying Helicarrier aircraft carrier in Hollywood's latest superhero blockbuster. But could the U.S. Navy ever build the fantastical military marvel if it wanted a flying air base? The Navy has experimented with less-ambitious flying aircraft...