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Experts Solve 70-Year-Old Driving Mystery (Newser Happy Hour 6-pack)

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Experts Solve 70-Year-Old Driving Mystery

Experts Solve 70-Year-Old Driving Mystery

(Newser) - "Think before you jerk.” “Jerking isn’t a joke." Such slogans, as reported in the Washington Post and elsewhere, garnered national attention when used to remind drivers in South Dakota not to over-correct their steering on slick roads. Indeed, the standard theory behind the way we... More  »

 
Job Ad for Paintball Target Gets 10K Replies

Job Ad for Paintball Target Gets 10K Replies

(Newser) - It's not every help-wanted ad that asks, "Do you have a relatively high pain threshold?" But that didn't stop more than 10,000 people from applying anyway, reports AFP . The job in question? Human paintball target. The British company UKPaintball has stopped accepting applications to become an... More  »

 
Girl, 7, Walks Away From Plane Crash That Kills 4

Girl, 7, Walks Away From Plane Crash That Kills 4

(Newser) - A 7-year-old girl survived the crash of a small plane in Kentucky that killed the other four people on board, and she managed to walk to a nearby home for help, say police. Police haven't identified her or her relationship to those killed, but the resident of the home... More  »

 
4 Big Pieces of Plane Found in AirAsia Search

4 Big Pieces of Plane Found in AirAsia Search

(Newser) - Search teams in Indonesia may have found the main fuselage of the AirAsia plane where most of the remaining victims and the plane's black boxes are expected to be. Authorities found "four big parts of the plane we're looking for," says the official in charge of... More  »

 
Cops: Japanese Student Kidnapped, Gang-Raped in India

Cops: Japanese Student Kidnapped, Gang-Raped in India

(Newser) - Another horrific gang-rape story is emerging out of India, this time involving a 22-year-old Japanese woman who police say was held for at least 12 days, reports the New York Times . Police have arrested five men, including two brothers, reports the BBC . Authorities say that the young academic was staying... More  »

 
How a Criminal Found America's First Big Sex Tape

How a Criminal Found America's First Big Sex Tape

(Newser) - Remember an old sex tape, before Kim Kardashian, starring an actress and a rocker on a yacht? Well, the 1996 video that fully unveiled Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee only went public because an electrician stole it, a mobster's son funded it, and lawyers couldn't contain it, Rolling ... More  »

 

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January 03, 2015
Psychiatrist Reveals 5 Ways To Have Healthy And Meaningful Relationships Psychiatrist Reveals 5 Ways To Have Healthy And Meaningful Relationships
by Justin Gmoser on Jan 2, 2015, 12:37 PM
VIDEO: Psychiatrist Dr. Dan Siegel gives tips on how to embrace real relationships in a virtual world. 


15 Things Exceptional People Think Every Day 15 Things Exceptional People Think Every Day
by Murray Newlands on Jan 2, 2015, 3:05 PM
Successful people are not necessarily smarter...


Here's A Psychological Explanation For Why The Average American Eats 2,000 Pounds Of Food A Year Here's A Psychological Explanation For Why The Average American Eats 2,000 Pounds Of Food A Year
by Drake Baer on Jan 2, 2015, 1:42 PM
The average American eats a ton of...


Here's How Happy Hour Can Make You Way Better At Your Job Here's How Happy Hour Can Make You Way Better At Your Job
by Drake Baer on Jan 2, 2015, 3:38 PM
Happy hours became a big part of American...


How Working Too Hard Can Make You A Less Effective Leader How Working Too Hard Can Make You A Less Effective Leader
by Aaron Taube on Jan 2, 2015, 2:28 PM
If you're going to make it to the C-Suite, hard...


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Kanye West just released a surprise collaboration with Paul McCartney. But some Kanye fans want to know: Who’s this Paul guy?

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Alanis Morissette’s “Ironic” came out 20 years ago. So did Oasis’ “Wonderwall.” Well, we’re all super old now.

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5 Most Incredible Discoveries of the Week (Newser Daily Digest)

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5 Most Incredible Discoveries of the Week

5 Most Incredible Discoveries of the Week

(Newser) - A surprising animal sighting and the sinister sexcapades of female praying mantises have brought us into 2015 with a bang: Binge Drinking Does a Number on Your Immune System : The New Year's Eve damage is done, but for future reference: Binge drinking could hurt your immune system. Researchers gave... More  »
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Meteor Shower This Weekend

Meteor Shower This Weekend

(Newser) - Sky watchers can ring in the new year again with the return of the annual Quadrantid meteor shower this weekend. An almost full moon might reduce visibility, but those willing to give it a try should bundle up Saturday night and head out between midnight and dawn Sunday, reports Earth... More  »
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Peyton Manning Tracks Down Faithful Fan

Peyton Manning Tracks Down Faithful Fan

(Newser) - Peyton Manning surely gets tons of requests to meet with fans, but this one required going a little above and beyond. In September, Kristen Patterson of North Pole, Alaska, wrote to Manning to request a meeting for her Army sergeant husband, Ryan, who was a huge fan. (He would listen... More  »
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Starbucks Adding 'Flat White' to Coffee Menu

Starbucks Adding 'Flat White' to Coffee Menu

(Newser) - Americans will be able to order a "flat white" at Starbucks starting Tuesday, reports Eater , which describes the move as a bid for the chain to regain credibility among the coffee-drinking elite. Which then raises the question: What's a flat white? It's made with espresso and it'... More  »
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HIV vaccines should avoid viral target cells, primate model study suggests

Posted: 02 Jan 2015 08:33 AM PST

Vaccines designed to protect against HIV have backfired in clinical trials. Non-human primate model studies suggest an explanation: vaccination may increase the number of immune cells that serve as viral targets. In a nonhuman primate model of HIV transmission, higher levels of viral target cells in gateway mucosal tissues were associated with an increased risk of infection.

Predicting superbugs' countermoves to new drugs

Posted: 02 Jan 2015 08:33 AM PST

With drug-resistant bacteria on the rise, even common infections that were easily controlled for decades are proving trickier to treat with standard antibiotics. New drugs are desperately needed, but so are ways to maximize the effective lifespan of these drugs. To accomplish that, researchers used software they developed to predict a constantly-evolving infectious bacterium's counter-moves to one of these new drugs ahead of time, before the drug is even tested on patients.

More efficient, sensitive estrogen detection developed

Posted: 02 Jan 2015 07:02 AM PST

A new method for detecting trace amounts of estrogen has been developed by scientists, an advance that will help health researchers. The hormone estrogen plays an important role in the human body and has been linked to everything from tumor growth to neuron loss during Alzheimer's disease. But detecting very small amounts of it in blood and other biological fluids can be difficult for health researchers, especially in the limited amounts available in laboratory experiments.

NASA finds good news on forests and carbon dioxide

Posted: 02 Jan 2015 05:47 AM PST

A new NASA-led study shows that tropical forests may be absorbing far more carbon dioxide than many scientists thought, in response to rising atmospheric levels of the greenhouse gas. The study estimates that tropical forests absorb 1.4 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide out of a total global absorption of 2.5 billion -- more than is absorbed by forests in Canada, Siberia and other northern regions, called boreal forests.

Findings point to potential approach to treat virus causing illness, possible paralysis

Posted: 01 Jan 2015 01:36 PM PST

New research findings point toward a class of compounds that could be effective in combating infections caused by enterovirus D68, which has stricken children with serious respiratory infections and might be associated with polio-like symptoms in the United States and elsewhere.

Killing for DNA: A predatory device in the cholera bacterium

Posted: 01 Jan 2015 01:36 PM PST

Scientists have uncovered the unconventional way that the cholera bacterium stabs and kills other bacteria to steal their DNA, making it potentially more virulent. Cholera is caused when the bacterium Vibrio cholerae infects the small intestine. The disease is characterized by acute watery diarrhea resulting in severe dehydration.

'Bad luck' of random mutations plays predominant role in cancer, study shows

Posted: 01 Jan 2015 11:23 AM PST

A statistical model has been created that measures the proportion of cancer incidence, across many tissue types, caused mainly by random mutations that occur when stem cells divide. By this measure, two-thirds of adult cancer incidence across tissues can be explained primarily by "bad luck," when these random mutations occur in genes that can drive cancer growth, while the remaining third are due to environmental factors and inherited genes.

Fat isn't all bad: Skin adipocytes help protect against infections

Posted: 01 Jan 2015 11:23 AM PST

When it comes to skin infections, a healthy and robust immune response may depend greatly upon what lies beneath. In a new paper, researchers report the surprising discovery that fat cells below the skin help protect us from bacteria.

Defying textbook science, study finds new role for proteins

Posted: 01 Jan 2015 11:23 AM PST

Results from a new study defy textbook science, showing for the first time that the building blocks of a protein, called amino acids, can be assembled without blueprints – DNA and an intermediate template called messenger RNA (mRNA). A team of researchers has observed a case in which another protein specifies which amino acids are added.

Researchers target the cell's 'biological clock' in promising new therapy to kill cancer cells

Posted: 01 Jan 2015 11:22 AM PST

Cell biologists have targeted telomeres with a small molecule called 6-thiodG that takes advantage of the cell's 'biological clock' to kill cancer cells and shrink tumor growth.

Women with atypical hyperplasia are at higher risk of breast cancer

Posted: 31 Dec 2014 04:01 PM PST

Women with atypical hyperplasia of the breast have a higher risk of developing breast cancer than previously thought, a study has found. Atypical hyperplasia of the breast is a precancerous condition found in about one-tenth of the over 1 million breast biopsies with benign findings performed annually in the United States.

Stereotactic body radiation therapy plus chemotherapy improves survival among stage 4 lung cancer patients

Posted: 31 Dec 2014 12:40 PM PST

A clinical trial that combined stereotactic body radiation therapy with a specific chemotherapy regimen more than doubled survival rates for certain stage 4 lung cancer patients, scientists report.

Mind over matter: Can you think your way to strength?

Posted: 31 Dec 2014 12:40 PM PST

Regular mental imagery exercises help preserve arm strength during 4 weeks of immobilization, researchers have found. Strength is controlled by a number of factors -- the most studied by far is skeletal muscle. However, the nervous system is also an important, though not fully understood, determinant of strength and weakness. In this study, researchers set out to test how the brain's cortex plays into strength development.

Unique Sulawesi frog gives birth to tadpoles

Posted: 31 Dec 2014 12:39 PM PST

Frogs exhibit an amazing variety of reproductive behaviors, ranging from brooding their eggs in their mouths to carrying tadpoles on their backs. Fewer than a dozen species of 6,000+ worldwide have developed internal fertilization, and some of these give birth to froglets instead of eggs. One species that has internal fertilization, a fanged frog from the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia, has been observed to give direct birth to tadpoles, which is unique among amphibians.

Can exercise help people with Parkinson's disease?

Posted: 31 Dec 2014 12:39 PM PST

Exercise may help people with Parkinson's disease improve their balance, ability to move around and quality of life, even if it does not reduce their risk of falling, according to a new study.

Little change seen in fast food portion size, product formulation between 1996 and 2013

Posted: 31 Dec 2014 11:04 AM PST

Two new reports show that fast food portion sizes and product formulation, including sodium content and fat, stayed relatively the same between 1996 and 2013. The exception was a consistent decline in trans fat of fries between 2000 and 2009. Nevertheless, calorie and sodium contents remain high suggesting emphasis needs to be shifted from portion size to additional factors such as total calories, number of items ordered, and menu choices.

Patterns of RNA regulation in nuclei of plants identified

Posted: 31 Dec 2014 11:04 AM PST

In a new study done in plants, biologists give a global view of the patterns that can affect the various RNA regulatory processes that occur before these molecules move into the cytoplasm, where they are translated into the proteins that make up a living organism.

Patient stem cells used to make dementia-in-a-dish; help identify new treatment strategy

Posted: 31 Dec 2014 11:04 AM PST

A new strategy for treating an inherited form of dementia has been identified after researchers attempted to turn stem cells derived from patients into the neurons most affected by the disease. In patient-derived stem cells carrying a mutation predisposing them to frontotemporal dementia, the scientists found a targetable defect that prevents normal neurodevelopment. These stem cells partially return to normal when the defect is corrected.

3-D culture system for pancreatic cancer has potential to change therapeutic approaches

Posted: 31 Dec 2014 11:04 AM PST

Pancreatic cancer is one of the most deadly forms of cancer, with only 6 percent of patients surviving five years after diagnosis. Researchers now announce the development of a new model system to grow both normal and cancerous pancreatic cells in the laboratory. Their work promises to change the way pancreatic cancer research is done, allowing scientists to interrogate the pathways driving this devastating disease while searching for new drug targets.

Ten exciting astronomy stories from 2014

Posted: 31 Dec 2014 08:37 AM PST

Looking back at the science news released by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in 2014, the staff scientists at NRAO selected what they believe are the top 10 stories based on both scientific impact and public interest.

More than 1.5 million cancer deaths averted during 2 decades of dropping mortality

Posted: 31 Dec 2014 06:56 AM PST

The American Cancer Society's annual cancer statistics report finds that a 22 percent drop in cancer mortality over two decades led to the avoidance of more than 1.5 million cancer deaths that would have occurred if peak rates had persisted.

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