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Daydreams of Foreign Travel Prove Most Transporting

The farther your mind drifts in place and time, the more you forget about the present.

Daydreams of Foreign Travel Prove Most Transporting

Posted by  Emily Sohn  Fri Jul 30, 2010 09:57 AM ET   |   0

A daydream about a foreign vacation or a long-ago memory prove most likely to help you forget the present.. Read more

daydream

Physicists Tackle Wrinkles

Posted Thu Jul 29, 2010 10:59 AM ET   |   0

Researchers study how folds and other creases disappear in studies that could shed light on how human tissue folds and grows. Read more

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British Minister: Photos Dangerous to Body Image

Posted by  Benjamin Radford  Wed Jul 28, 2010 06:25 PM ET   |   0

A British minister proposes health warning labels on fashion photographs, concerned about their influence on young women. But what does the science show? Read more

Spain's Catalonia Region Bans Bullfighting

Posted Wed Jul 28, 2010 11:55 AM ET   |   0

Catalonia's move to outlaw the centuries-old tradition may have more to do with regional identity than animal rights. Read more

Bullfighting

Mom's Love Leads to Less Stressed Adults

Posted Tue Jul 27, 2010 12:45 PM ET   |   0

Loving bonds can make small children more resilient to adult life's trials and tribulations. Read more

Mother Baby

Friday News Feedbag for Friday, July 23!

Posted by  Jorge Ribas  Tue Jul 27, 2010 10:08 AM ET   |   0

If this is your first exposure to the Friday News Feedbag... we're glad to have you in the club. Welcome to Feedbag Nation, which stems from our weekly science news podcast that you can subscribe to here on iTunes and ... Read more

Anatomy of a Fad: Aboard the Silly Bandz Wagon

Posted by  Benjamin Radford  Tue Jul 27, 2010 12:31 AM ET   |   0

One day it was pet rocks, now it's Silly Bandz. But what lies behind fads, and how have they changed? Read more

World's First Full Face Transplant Patient Meets the Press

Posted Mon Jul 26, 2010 01:55 PM ET   |   0

During the 24-hour-long operation, he received new facial muscles, skin, nose, lips, a jaw, teeth, a palate and cheekbones. Read more

Face Transplant

Bizarre Bandits Pull Off Costumed Capers: Slide Show

Posted Fri Jul 23, 2010 06:25 PM ET   |   0

Darth Vader isn't the only one holding up banks. Take a look at some notorious costumed criminals in this slide show. Read more

Darth Vader Bank Robbery

Soldiers Under Stress Become Less Vigilant

Posted by  Teresa Shipley  Wed Jul 21, 2010 10:19 AM ET   |   0

For the first time, a researcher studies the brains of soldiers during combat in real time. Read more

Friday News Feedbag for Friday, July 16!

Posted by  Jorge Ribas  Tue Jul 20, 2010 10:29 AM ET   |   0

If this is your first exposure to the Friday News Feedbag... we're glad to have you in the club. Welcome to Feedbag Nation, which stems from our weekly science news podcast that you can subscribe to here on iTunes and ... Read more

Tour de France Riders Need 'Mutant' Bodies

Posted by  Emily Sohn  Tue Jul 20, 2010 08:29 AM ET   |   0

The stamina required to compete in one of the world's toughest events comes not only from training, but also from unusual inborn traits. Read more

Lance Armstrong

New Rules For Low-Calorie Diet

Posted by  Teresa Shipley  Mon Jul 19, 2010 05:51 PM ET   |   0

New research finds that low calorie diets improve health, despite when you start or how long you diet. Read more

Anti-HIV Gel Cuts Infection Risk in Half

Posted Mon Jul 19, 2010 04:45 PM ET   |   0

The new gel would be a huge benefit to African women bearing the brunt of the AIDS pandemic. Read more

AIDS

Online Medical Advice Can Lead You Astray

Posted by  Emily Sohn  Mon Jul 19, 2010 08:45 AM ET   |   0

A systematic look at which sites come up during medical searches finds that 20 percent of them may have agendas. Read more

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