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Saturday, October 6, 2012

ScienceDaily: Living Well News

ScienceDaily: Living Well News


Facebook and Twitter are rewriting the world we’ve always lived in

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 10:46 AM PDT

This week, the social media world reached two milestones: Facebook announced it reached 1 billion active users, and pop icon Lady Gaga became the first to amass 30 million followers on Twitter. A professor of communication and of computer and information science, sees good news in the rise of both.

Testing can be useful for students and teachers

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 09:39 AM PDT

While testing can be useful as an assessment tool, researchers suggests that the actual process of taking a test can also help us to learn and retain new information over the long term and apply it across different contexts. New research explores the nuanced interactions between testing, memory, and learning and suggests possible applications for testing in educational settings.

Experts challenge super food claims: Healthy-giving properties of broccoli, blueberries, may not make it past the gut

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 05:25 AM PDT

They have been the mainstay of the health industry for the best part of a decade, but now researchers are using an approach that allows them to delve deeper into the effectiveness of health-promoting 'super foods' and their elixir-giving ilk. While there's no doubt foods such as broccoli, blueberries and whole grains contain polyphenols - compounds that have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties - the academic experts contend that little of these health-giving properties actually make it past the gut.

Mathematics sheds light on what delays in getting pregnant mean for prospects of having a baby

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 05:09 PM PDT

A new mathematical method can help to predict a couple's chances of becoming pregnant, according to how long they have been trying.

Climate sceptics more prominent in UK and US media

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 05:09 PM PDT

Climate sceptics are being given a more prominent, and sometimes uncontested, voice in UK and US newspapers in contrast to other countries around the world, new research suggests.

Signing in babies does not accelerate language development, study suggests

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 06:31 AM PDT

Researchers have found no evidence to support claims that using baby signing with babies helps to accelerate their language development. Researchers conducted a controlled study to evaluate the benefits of symbolic gesture or baby sign. 

Top executives' team spirit affects whole business

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 06:31 AM PDT

Effective teamwork among an organization's top management makes employees happier and more productive, with positive benefits to the organization.

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