DNA from Helicobacter pylori, a common stomach bacteria, minimizes the effects of colitis in mice,…
Month: May 2011
Science
Continue Reading
When self-esteem is threatened, people pay with credit cards
People shop for high status items when they’re feeling low, and they’re more likely to…
Science
Continue Reading
No smoking policies may present challenges to treatment centers
When a new tobacco-free policy was instituted at an Ohio women’s substance abuse treatment center,…
Technology
Continue Reading
Burn It All tops iPhone Games of the Week (Appolicious)
Appolicious – Who knew that a puzzle game that doesn’t involve shooting birds at structurally…
Technology
Continue Reading
Could Over-the-Air iOS Updates Brick Apple’s iPhone? (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor – Apple and Verizon Wireless may be planning over-the-air downloads for iOS 5. News…
Science
Continue Reading
Pundits predict no more accurately than a coin toss, students find
Op-ed columnists and TV’s talking heads build followings by making bold, confident predictions about politics…
Science
Continue Reading
Capt. Kidd shipwreck site to be dedicated ‘Living Museum of the Sea’
Nearly three years after the discovery of the shipwreck Quedagh Merchant, abandoned by the scandalous…
Science
Continue Reading
After a three-decade hiatus, sea-level rise may return to N. America’s West Coast
The West Coast of North America has caught a break that has left sea level…
Science
Continue Reading
Why more species live in Amazon rainforests: Evolution of treefrogs sheds light on the mystery
For more than two hundred years, the question of why there are more species in…
Security
Continue Reading
PIN pad tampering suspected at crafts stores
Hacking may have compromised customers’ credit card and debit accounts at Michaels crafts stores, where…