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Friday, June 8, 2012

ScienceDaily: Living Well News

ScienceDaily: Living Well News


Food-trade network vulnerable to fast spread of contaminants

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 03:02 PM PDT

Physicists and food science experts have recently published a rigorous analysis of the international food-trade network that shows the network's vulnerability to the fast spread of contaminants as well as the correlation between known food poisoning outbreaks and the centrality of countries on the network.

What does it mean to be cool? It may not be what you think

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 03:01 PM PDT

Do rebelliousness, emotional control, toughness and thrill-seeking still make up the essence of coolness? Can performers James Dean and Miles Davis still be considered the models of cool? Psychologists have found the characteristics associated with coolness today are markedly different than those that generated the concept of cool.

A strong bond to an idea makes collaboration more challenging

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 11:22 AM PDT

Ideas are all around us — helping solve problems, develop new products, and make important decisions. Good ideas are rarely created in a vacuum, however. They often emerge when people refine their ideas in response to suggestions and comments received from colleagues. Having strong bonds to an idea can make that necessary collaboration challenging, finds new research. The study suggests that psychological ownership -— the extent to which people feel as though an object, or idea, is truly theirs —- may be at the root of this phenomenon.

City kids more likely to have food allergies than rural ones: Population density is key factor, study finds

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 07:58 AM PDT

Children living in urban centers have a much higher prevalence of food allergies than those living in rural areas, according to a new study, which is the first to map children's food allergies by geographical location in the United States. In particular, kids in big cities are more than twice as likely to have peanut and shellfish allergies.

Wider letter spacing helps dyslexic children

Posted: 07 Jun 2012 07:57 AM PDT

Increasing the spacing between characters and words in a text improves the speed and quality of dyslexic children's reading, without prior training. They read 20% faster on average and make half as many errors.

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