During disasters, active Twitter users likely to spread falsehoods - New research that examined more than 20,000 tweets during Hurricane Sandy and the Boston Marathon bombing found 86 to 91% of the users spread false news…

Researchers have found that prenatal marijuana use also can have consequences on infants' weight and can influence behavioral problems, especially when combined with tobacco use

Engineers upgrade ancient, sun-powered tech to purify water with near-perfect efficiency

Autism's social deficits are reversed by an anti-cancer drug

Your gadget’s next power supply? Your body - Gold tab attached to skin converts mechanical energy into juice for wearables, self-powered electronics

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Study shows investors lose, insiders win when IPOs involve analysts

Having a parent with an alcohol use disorder increases the risk for dating violence among teenagers

Study: Non-fearful social withdrawal linked positively to creativity

Analysis of brain tissue of Niagara River fish from 10 different species found elevated levels of antidepressants including Zoloft, Celexa, Prozac, and Sarafem

Women who’ve received funds to pay for an abortion but cannot access abortion in their home states travel roughly 10 times farther for the procedure than women who don’t have to go out of state…

Parkinson’s disease in a dish: Researchers reproduce the abnormal oscillations in brain neurons that control movement and which characterize the disease

Study on rats shows nonprescription use of Ritalin linked to adverse side effects

“Valleytronics” advancement could help extend Moore’s Law - The breakthrough involves controlling energy levels between electron valleys in 2-D semiconductors

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Personalization of content on political websites increases the tendency for users to consume information that agrees with their ideologies at the expense of information that challenges those beliefs

A consortium of psychologists and psychiatrists has developed a new, evidence-based alternative to the mental health field's long-established diagnostic tools for the classification, treatment…

Faulty genomic pathway is linked to schizophrenia developing in utero, could lead to treatments for pregnant mothers at risk for bearing children with the disease

Four decades of evidence finds no link between immigration and increased crime

Poorer and less-educated older Americans are more like to suffer from chronic pain than those with greater wealth and more education, but the disparity between the two groups is much greater than previously thought…

Common insecticides mimic melatonin, creating higher potential risk for diabetes and metabolic diseases - "first evidence that carbamates can upset circadian rhythms"

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Scientists find that glutamate plays a previously unknown role in neuromuscular development

A new study that uses computational modeling to investigate brain stimulation finds that stimulating network hubs - areas of the brain that are strongly connected to other parts via white matter - results in the global activation of many brain regions.

A new vaccine allows pneumonia-causing bacteria to colonize inside the body, activating only if the bacteria pose a threat

A history of snowfall on Greenland, hidden in ancient leaf waxes

This necklace 'hears' what you eat: "The food-tracking wearable device could help fight diabetes, obesity, bowel disorders and more"

A mathematical advance in describing waves, the findings of a new study are thought to apply to wave forms ranging from light waves in optical fibers to water waves in the sea.

Draft of Rapaport's book on the philosophy of computer science

Brain equation: Subtract protein, generate myelin-making cells -- A new way to generate oligodendrocytes has potential to enhance treatments for brain injury, MS, Alzheimer’s and more

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