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A "video game" to reduce aggression

Certain types of video games have the potential to reduce aggression in people.

Undeclared drugs in herbal and non-botanical dietary supplements

Tags: Medicine

It is a common practice for commercial herbal products and dietary supplements to be doped with prescription drugs.

Parkinson's patients are bad liars, here may be why

Tags: Medicine

Cognitive tests and PET scans of the brain indicate that people with Parkinson's disease indeed have a harder time lying.

Our moral thermostat - why being good can give people license to misbehave

Psychological experiments at Northwestern University suggest that people who thinks themselves to be good tend not to actually be so good.

Rebalancing NASA’s Workforce

Tags: Space

NASA has decided to lower the average age of its workforce for long-term skill retention.

THC Gives Cancer Cells the Munchies Too

Tags: Medicine

THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, has been shown to activate cell death in cancer cells.

Poppy seed tea can kill you

Tags: Medicine

The uncertain and varying amounts of opiates in poppy seeds makes it dangerous to brew them into tea.

A healthy love of red: flushing faces and healthy appearance

There is a reason why women apply blush: a redder face appears healthier as a sign of more oxygenated blood.

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