19/01/2006

The science of tickling

Anticipating our own touch - for example in tickling oneself - reduces its impact, says Queen's psychologist Dr. Randy Flanagan, a member of the university's Centre for Neuroscience Studies. This is evidence of an important ...

Vatican gives nod to Darwin, not Design

The official Vatican newspaper has published an article praising as "correct" a recent U.S. court decision that intelligent design is not science.

Support of federal programs may be waning

A Rutgers University researcher says public support for environmental protection in the United States as a federal government priority is declining.

British memory retention study is detailed

British scientists say they've found that the ability to remember the details of a natural scene is unaffected by the distraction of another activity.

Growing crops to cope with climate change

Scientists at a British plant science center say they've found a gene that might help develop crops better able to cope with the changing world climate.

China to hasten telecom regulation

In a bid to curb rampant spam and growing fraud conducted over mobile services, China will speed up creation of a new telecom law this year that will insist on all mobile-phone subscribers to register using their real names.

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