Topic: Research

'Gay Cure' Researcher Robert Spitzer Is Trying to Do Right

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Gay rights are certainly having a moment, which makes this a good time to revisit the career of Dr. Robert L. Spitzer, who helped change psychiatry's definition of homosexuality away from a "disorder" but also lent his substantial influence to a study supporting a "gay cure."

By Rebecca Greenfield

May 17, 2012

The Science News Cycle of Life: Rise, Fall, and Renewal

Today a science story was born and killed in just hours: this morning science lifted our spirits with this finding that coffee made us live a little longer, Wonkblog's Sarah Kliff gets all smarty pants on us by debunking the finding with this contrarian headline: "No, drinking coffee probably won’t make you live longer."

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Mar 7, 2012

Today in Research

Understanding the Man in the Moon; Yoga Is Good for Health

Discovered: Why we see the man in the moon, yoga is good for our health, a new species of shark and the first ever image of atoms forming molecules.  

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Mar 5, 2012

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Emotional Computers; Parents Don't Know Where Their Kids Are

Discovered: An anti-drinking drug, emotional computers, parents don't know where there kids are sometimes, there's oxygen and possibly life on Saturn's moon, and a creature that sees without eyes. 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Feb 29, 2012

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The Right Age to Be Fat; A Possible Sugar-Related Cure for Alzheimer's

Discovered: The right age to get fat, a possible sugary cure for Alzheimer's, coffee will not kill us, and there's a decent chance the sun will explode. 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Feb 27, 2012

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Flu Vaccines for All; Healthy Video Games Don't Exist

Discovered: A magical flu vaccine, there's no such thing as a healthy video game, a quantum microphone, nicotine mouth spray, your boyfriend may think you're fatter than you are.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Feb 22, 2012

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An Off Switch for Pain; Charging Cell Phones with Fingers

Discovered: An off switch for pain, a finger-powered cell phone charger, what your ear of choice says about your brain, the clouds are coming for us, and buckyballs in space. 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Feb 20, 2012

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What's Inside the Moon; The End of Moore's Law

Discovered: What the moon's insides look like, the tiniest transistor of all time, climate change is killing alpine chipmunks, and get ready for test-tube hamburgers. 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Feb 17, 2012

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Gecko Foot Glue; When Alcohol Is a Health Food

Discovered: Glue from gecko feet, alcohol as a health food, sleeping your way to memory loss, and pregnant women should get dogs. 

 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Feb 16, 2012

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Goats Have Accents; Vaccines Still Don't Cause Autism

Discovered: Goats can develop accents, drinking alcohol shrinks brains, another study confirms vaccines don't cause autism. 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Feb 15, 2012

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Is Weight Loss Contagious?; Motherhood Is 'Detrimental' to Scientific Careers

Discovered: Weight loss might be contagious, just thinking about kids ruins women scientists, a new black hole, the Internet does not help failing relationships. 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Feb 14, 2012

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Electric Cars Still Generate Pollutants; Babies Understand Everything

Discovered: Electric cars aren't so green after-all, another earthquake on the way for Fukushima?, hearing aids are not popular, everyone hates their bosses, babies understand language. 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Feb 13, 2012

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How to Eat Your Memories; Estrogen Makes Male Snakes Sex Crazy

Discovered: What eating does to the brain, estrogen makes male snakes crazy, and nobody knows anything about kids' sleep.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Feb 10, 2012

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This Is How the Zebra Got Its Stripes; Driving High Doubles Accident Risk

Discovered: How the zebra got its stripes, driving high is not safe, Spanish teens are squares, what caused Snowmaggedon, a drug that reverses Alzheimers. 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Feb 9, 2012

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The Glaciers Are Melting by the Billions of Tons; Fourth Warmest January Ever

Discovered: 150 billion tons of glaciers melt each year, the fourth warmest January recorded, a rehab app, female fertility changes the way men speak, the benefits of a normal name. 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Feb 8, 2012

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Mars's Ocean; Cake's OK for Breakfast

Discovered: Mars's ocean, it's OK to eat cake for breakfast, giving the middle finger is harder than it looks.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Feb 8, 2012

Russian Scientists Reach Freshwater Lake Beneath Antarctica

Russian scientists in Antarctica have reached a freshwater lake hidden beneath two miles of ice, but we won't get to find out what lurks beneath for quite sometime. 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Feb 7, 2012

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The Oldest Painting Ever; High Cancer Rates for 9/11 Heroes

Discovered: The oldest painting ever, high cancer rates for 9/11 heroes, slang does not equal stupidity, spinning is like having a heart attack, the gender wage gap is getting better, faster. 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Feb 6, 2012

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Online Dating Is Not Scientific; Sugar Is Toxic

Discovered: Online dating is a crock, sugar is toxic, mapping the Milky Way and church as a weight loss management technique. 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Feb 3, 2012

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Twitter More Addictive Than Alcohol; A Potentially Habitable Super Earth

Discovered: Twitter addiction, Super Earth, there's a possibility obesity is infectious, 1.2 million malaria deaths, drinking coffee has at least one health benefit for a small set of people. 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Feb 2, 2012

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Jellyfish Are Not Taking Over; Facebook Makes Low Self-Esteem Lower

Discovered: There is not a jellyfish epidemic, Facebook is bad for people with low self-esteem, the case for massages, so many useless tweets. 

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