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• Could new flu spark global flu pandemic? New bird flu strain seen adapting to mammals, humans
• Reactivating memories during sleep: Memory rehearsal during sleep can make a big difference in remembering later
• Teenage smoking behavior influenced by friends' and parents' smoking habits
• Exercise or make dinner? Study finds adults trade one healthy act for another
• Romantic comedies affect beliefs about relationships less strongly than expected
• Is there a future for a privacy-friendly Internet?

Could new flu spark global flu pandemic? New bird flu strain seen adapting to mammals, humans Posted: 12 Apr 2013 04:24 PM PDT A genetic analysis of the avian flu virus responsible for at least nine human deaths in China portrays a virus evolving to adapt to human cells, raising concern about its potential to spark a new global flu pandemic.

Reactivating memories during sleep: Memory rehearsal during sleep can make a big difference in remembering later Posted: 12 Apr 2013 10:24 AM PDT Why do some memories last a lifetime while others disappear quickly? A new study suggests that memories rehearsed, during sleep or waking, can have an impact on memory consolidation and on what is remembered later. A new study shows that when the information that makes up a memory has a high value, the memory is more likely to be rehearsed and consolidated during sleep and remembered later.

Teenage smoking behavior influenced by friends' and parents' smoking habits Posted: 12 Apr 2013 10:24 AM PDT The company you keep in junior high school may have more influence on your smoking behavior than your high school friends, according to newly published research.

Exercise or make dinner? Study finds adults trade one healthy act for another Posted: 12 Apr 2013 10:22 AM PDT American adults who prepare their own meals and exercise on the same day are likely spending more time on one of those activities at the expense of the other, a new study suggests.

Romantic comedies affect beliefs about relationships less strongly than expected Posted: 12 Apr 2013 05:42 AM PDT Romantic-comedy films are not a major source for developing unrealistic expectations about relationships among young adults, finds a new study to be published online this week in the National Communication Association's journal Communication Monographs.

Is there a future for a privacy-friendly Internet? Posted: 11 Apr 2013 04:46 PM PDT A privacy-friendly Internet might be possible in the future according to an academic.

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