Eat better without breaking the bank Star Tribune | Nutritious foods can be expensive, but dietitians say there are ways to go healthy without going broke: | Plan ahead. Write out a weekly menu after looking at coupons and grocery ads. Use leftovers for additional meals; extra vegetables and meats can go into bagged lunches, soups, stews, casserole...
Solar by Ian McEwan The Guardian | Ian McEwan approaches the climate crisis in comic mode | Photograph: Hans Strand/Corbis | is chiefly an engineering problem to Michael Beard, the central character in 's new novel. In a different sense, it is to McEwan too. A practised manipulator of his readers' expectations and responses, h...
Science Briefs The News & Observer | Duke scientists look at brains on ads | Here's something the Mad Men advertising generation would never have dreamed possible: brain scans that help marketing experts measure a product's appeal. | Scientists at Duke University and Emory University ...
Psychopaths wired to seek reward at any cost Inquirer | PARIS, France—The brains of psychopaths could be hardwired to seek reward even when the consequences are life-threatening to others or themselves, according to a study released Sunday. | A naturally-occurring chemical, dopamine, plays a key role in...
Expert: Westmoreland's surgery has risks, but full recovery is likely The Providence Journal | FORT MYERS, Fla. -- The surgery that top Red Sox prospect and Rhode Island native Ryan Westmoreland will undergo Tuesday carries significant risks, but odds are that the former Portsmouth High star will come out of it alright and even be able to re...
Science Weekly podcast: New ways to find aliens The Guardian | Astrophysicist Paul Davies explains the eerie silence from outer space; anthropologist Rick Potts tells us about his new exhibition on the origins of humans; plus, we go backstage to look at why sound is so important at the theatre | Astrophysicist...
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Is there such a thing as internet addiction? The Times | Ben Alexander always struggled to fit in. Teased at primary school and beaten up in senior school, he turned to the internet, where he found a whole new world of friends. Subscri...
Childhood stress may lead to brain damage The Times Of India Childhood stress such as abuse or emotional neglect can result in structural brain changes, a new study has shown. | Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), researchers have shown ...
'Brain flushing' saves lives of premature babies The Times | A British boy was saved from a life of severe disability by a pioneering medical technique that flushed out his brain to remove the toxic products of a deadly haemorrhage. | Isaa...
All in the mind? You really can talk yourself beautiful, says one expert The Daily Mail | Forget expensive anti-ageing lotions and potions, or even a nip and tuck. A more youthful appearance could be down to saying kinder things to ourselves and adopting a happier outlook on life. | That's the claim by Nikki Owen, a practitioner of neur...
Brain awareness week: a new era in brain research and education The Examiner | Brain awareness week, celebrating its 15th consecutive year since its foundation. www.dana.org/brainweek If you like this ... Coloring and lighting up the brain: new techniques allow investigators to map the human brain Neurosurgeons can now perfor...
Christopher Ketcham: Cell phones may harm your health The Providence Journal | We love our digital gadgets - "magic" devices that define cool and promise to remake our lives for the better. But there is growing evidence of a dark side to the techno-magic. Your cellphone, and any other wireless device that depends on electroma...
Gene splice helps fight crop disease, say researchers Breitbart | A farmer harvest his corn field with a reaping-machine. Biologists on Sunda... | Biologists on Sunday said they had found a potential superweapon in a long-running arms race with bacteria that threaten essential crops. | Tested in a lab, their technique entails inserting a gene kit into a plant so that its immune system recognises and fights germ...
