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How the Recession Made Mom a Harsher Parent

During the recent recession, increased economic instability may have caused American mothers — particularly those with a gene variation that makes them more sensitive to changes in their environment — to engage in harsher parenting practices, a new study finds.

Watch Cargo Ship Chase Space Station Through Night Sky This Week

Skywatchers are in for a treat this week, as they can watch a recently launched cargo ship chase the International Space Station through the heavens.

Crusader Hospital Reconstructed in Jerusalem

A huge Crusader hospital in Jerusalem will soon be opened to the public after a decade-long reconstruction, the Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced today (Aug. 5).

Bizarre 'Meteotsunami' Stirred Waves in UK

A tsunami that struck the UK in 2011 was caused by a storm roiling the ocean hundreds of miles away, a new study confirms.

Some Blood Pressure Drugs May Raise Breast Cancer Risk

Taking one type of high blood pressure medication might increase women's risk of breast cancer, a new study suggests.

Turning the Corner: Tuesday Marks Summer's Midpoint

This past Thursday (Aug. 1) was Lammas Day, whose name is derived from the Old English "loaf-mass," because it was once observed as a harvest festival.

NASA has high hopes Mars rover's winning streak will continue

By Irene Klotz (Reuters) - The NASA rover Curiosity survived its daredevil landing on Mars one year ago Tuesday and went on to discover that the planet most like Earth in the solar system could indeed have supported microbial life, the primary goal of the mission. "The stunning thing is that we found it all so quickly," California Institute of Technology geologist and lead project scientist John Grotzinger said on Monday during a ceremony at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, marking the rover's first anniversary on Mars. ...

Hollywood Coach On 'Auditioning' For Your Next Job

Go to acting school, go on an audition, get a gig. It's that simple, right? Take it from someone who's been in the entertainment business since she was 10: It really isn't. Celebrity booking coach Amy Lyndon knows better. An actress, filmmaker and director in her own right, Lyndon now helps Hollywood hopefuls make their dreams a reality.

Are College Degrees Worth the Money?

Investments in higher education may not be paying off for a majority of college graduates. New research has found that just 35 percent of working adults with at least a bachelor's degree say that most of what they learned in school is applicable to their current career choice.

Mom's Personality Key to Whether Baby Get the Breast or Bottle

Personality traits such as extraversion or being prone to anxiety may influence whether a new mom breast-feeds or chooses formula, a new study in the United Kingdom found.

Barbie On Mars: Why Iconic Doll Launched on Cosmic New Career

Mars, meet Barbie.

One Year on Mars: Curiosity Rover's Chief Scientist John Grotzinger Speaks Out

One year ago Monday (Aug. 5), NASA's Mars rover Curiosity pulled off a stunning and unprecedented landing inside Gale Crater, kicking off a two-year surface mission to determine if the Red Planet could ever have supported microbial life.

Bizarre Liquid More Stable Than Solid Crystal

Cool anything down enough, and it becomes a crystal solid, according to traditional physics theories. But that might not always be so, and two scientists think they have found cases where a liquidlike state is more stable than the solid crystal, in a reversal of the norm.

Trove of Ancient Marsupial Fossils Discovered in Australia

Paleontologists have uncovered a fossil field in Australia that fills a large gap in the continent's environmental history, and contains several previously unknown ancient species of marsupials and bats.

Scientists Make the Smallest Mona Lisa

The enigmatic image is perhaps the most reproduced in art history, but it's never before been painted on such a small canvas.

Squee! Octopus Hatchling Spotted by Deep-Sea Explorer

A teeny octopus hatchling still cradled in its egg, a bubblegum pink coral and a bug-eyed bobtail squid are among the darling creatures spied by a deep-ocean explorer plying canyons off the northeastern coast of the United States.

First taste of test-tube burger declared 'close to meat'

By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent LONDON (Reuters) - The world's first laboratory-grown beef burger was flipped out of a petri dish and into a frying pan on Monday, with food tasters declaring it tasted "close to meat". Grown in-vitro from cattle stem cells at a cost of 250,000 euros ($332,000), the burger was cooked and eaten in front of television cameras to gain the greatest media coverage for the culmination of a five-year science experiment. ...

An End to Sunburn Pain: Scientists Say It's Possible

For sun worshipers, the sting of the sunburn is sometimes the price of bronzed skin, but it doesn't have to be that way, according to researchers.

City Living May Boost Risk of Postpartum Depression

Women living in large urban areas may face a higher risk of developing postpartum depression, a new study reports.

Preschool Obesity Rates Finally Drop in Some States

For the first time in decades, there has been a widespread decrease in obesity rates among low-income preschoolers, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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