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From our genes to our stem cells, our psychology to how we perceive music, explore the mysteries of the human condition. en-us Copyright 2008, Discovery Communications Inc. http://news.discovery.com/images/icons/rss-feed-logo.png http://news.discovery.com/human/ 144 19 Wed Feb 10 2010 05:28:39 GMT Wed Feb 10 2010 05:28:39 GMT 1440 http://news.discovery.com/human/haiti-health-crisis-earthquake.html 3fd7975a-586c-4365-8cff-6623cbb450f1 Casualties Disasters and Accidents Earthquakes Government Nutrition Vaccine Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:50:00 EST Haiti Facing New Phase of Health Crisis Nearly a month after the quake, Haiti's people -- particularly children -- are vulnerable to malnutrition and severe illness. http://news.discovery.com/human/winter-olympics.html f2846736-2b76-419c-bda1-1e551d6cb249 Engineering Genes Heroes Life Science Olympics Slideshows Sports Technology Winter Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:32:00 EST Winter Olympics, Vancouver 2010 Follow our continuing coverage of the great legends, historical events, superior athletes and the latest sports technologies appearing at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver. http://news.discovery.com/human/botox-negative-emotions.html 826383f8-f0ae-4a6c-b9c6-076f4ea3295c Cristen Conger Cosmetic Treatments Emotions Skin Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST Botox May Delay Anger, Sadness Are emotions only skin deep? http://news.discovery.com/human/celebrity-deaths-homicidal-and-accidental.html 3755d28f-706f-4782-a488-5e7ad792a94f Benjamin Radford Crime Current Events Drugs and Alcohol Mental Health Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:02:25 EST Celebrity Deaths: Homicidal and Accidental Everybody dies, but even after celebrities shuffle off this mortal coil their deaths get the Hollywood gloss. The King of Pop, Michael Jackson, didn’t die of a drug overdose; he was killed. This morning, one of Jackson’s physicians, Dr. Conrad ... http://news.discovery.com/human/cigarette-tobacco-thirdhand-smoke.html 70a9ecc7-7bd9-4477-8db1-320724972058 Emily Sohn Cancer Health Health and Illness Lung Cancer Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:01:00 EST 'Thirdhand Smoke' May Pose Health Risk If smokers needed yet another reason to take it outside, here it is. http://news.discovery.com/human/autism-older-mothers.html dbd73a66-5c41-441e-ba7d-f2df8ef50b59 Father Infant Mother Pregnancy Pregnancy Issues Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:10:00 EST Older Mothers More Likely to Bear Autistic Children As births to older mothers have increased, so has the number of autism cases. http://news.discovery.com/human/beer-healthy-bones.html ad7be249-39b0-453b-9406-96441742df2c Emily Sohn Drinks Drugs and Alcohol Food Unwrapped Healthy Foods Wine Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:24:00 EST Beer Good for the Bones Some beers contain high amounts of silicon, a nutrient that helps strengthen bones, research finds. http://news.discovery.com/human/the-65000-year-old-language-goes-extinct.html b3a5f863-bea1-464a-8c7b-b409ef29f774 Rossella Lorenzi Current Events Etiquette and Languages Peoples and Government Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:47:24 EST 65,000-Year-Old Language Goes Extinct Boa Senior died last week, ending ancient Andaman culture Alok Das/ Survival International A tribal language thought to have existed for 65,000 years has disappeared forever in India's Andaman Islands, taken to the grave with its last speaker. According to ... http://news.discovery.com/human/television-audience-violence-action.html e26fe9e3-93c4-4090-9583-b3e9fba27943 Josh Clark Media Programming TV Shows Television Violence Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:45:00 EST Television Viewers Crave Action, Not Violence Blood and gore don't always win the ratings wars. http://news.discovery.com/human/flame-retardants-infertility.html 062092e2-17ba-427d-8745-d1ef02814d79 Jessica Marshall Fertility Fire Safety Kids Pregnancy Women Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:27:00 EST Flame Retardants Linked to Fertility, Development Problems Women with high levels of flame retardants in their blood took longer to become pregnant, and children scored lower on development tests. http://news.discovery.com/human/baby-brain-pregnancy.html 5dfc44c3-e228-478e-9eb1-a584cb2aa4fb Babies Humans Motherhood Pregnancy Women Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:26:00 EST 'Baby Brain' Theory Debunked The myth claims that a woman's ability to think is impaired by pregnancy and mothering a newborn. http://news.discovery.com/human/telecommuting-productivity-flex-time.html b1b961fa-716e-4979-b86e-02a6ad8968fb Josh Clark Careers Jobs Office Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:00:00 EST Employees With Flex Time Put in More Hours Good news for employers and employees: Flexible schedules often lead to happier -- and more productive -- workers.. http://news.discovery.com/human/vegetative-patients-brain-communication.html 4e4d47f0-29fd-48bb-a5b3-9637d6836b98 Communication Health Medicine Mental Health Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:55:00 EST Brain Waves Allow Vegetative Patients to 'Talk' Some patients in vegetative states are showing signs of consciousness. http://news.discovery.com/human/webcam-rescue-survival-germany.html 6e7ce1bf-ff77-4b7a-8121-431b2792a0c8 Beach Police Seas Survival Video Wilderness Survival Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:56:00 EST German Man Saved By Webcam Watcher A woman watching a tourist webcam in northern Germany spotted a man who was lost on the frozen North Sea and probably saved his life by alerting authorities. http://news.discovery.com/human/gang-social-networks-facebook-twitter.html c54c3bf9-099f-4ee8-9096-fe8881ec74d3 Crime Gangs Law Enforcement Online Community and Social Networking Police Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:10:00 EST Social Networks Attract Criminal Organizations Gang members are increasingly taking to Twitter and Facebook, inadvertently providing invaluable information to law enforcement. http://news.discovery.com/human/vaccine-autism-doctor-guilty-of-dishonesty-and-misleading-conduct.html 1696c7ea-5118-4083-a2aa-108356857a5e Benjamin Radford Current Events Epidemic Health Safety and Prevention Scandals and Trials Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:16:02 EST Vaccine-Autism Doctor Guilty of ‘Dishonesty and Misleading Conduct’ Andrew Wakefield, the doctor whose research sparked international concern over whether or not childhood vaccines cause autism, was found guilty by a British panel of acting unethically in his research on autism. Wakefield was the lead author a small-scale 1998 ... http://news.discovery.com/human/adults-sleep-age.html e204de09-cf18-488e-9272-dc018f4b0589 Aging Health Medicine Sleep Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:35:00 EST Adults Need Less Sleep as They Age Older adults not only need less sleep, but they're also more likely to feel well rested. http://news.discovery.com/human/should-reporters-be-the-news.html 5cc88d51-276b-46d3-8182-087da4f099f8 Jennifer Viegas Current Events Emotions Fads Generations Heroes Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:35:31 EST Should Reporters Be the News? For decades, journalists were taught to distance themselves from their stories and to remain objective about the subject matter they were covering. There were, of course, a few early memorable examples where reporters deviated from that desired neutral position. For ... http://news.discovery.com/human/friday-news-feedbag-info-for-january-29th-2010.html 09884fc6-c000-40f7-a937-24dddb58a6b6 James Williams Feedblog Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:32:33 EST Friday News Feedbag Info for January 29th, 2010 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 chat ... http://news.discovery.com/human/blueberries-memory-mental-health.html a3d8882d-0d7c-40a1-9dcf-cebd920f212a Emily Sohn Animals Brain and Central Nervous System Fruit Fruits and Vegetables Health Mental Health Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:30:00 EST Forget Gingko: Try Blueberries for Improved Memory Blueberries contain an antioxidant that could prevent mental health decline as you age.