Even Young Teens Show Signs of Sun Damage - "Because seeing this damage in UV photo form is sort of like meeting your inner zombie, this could be a great tool in getting kids to think about sun safety in a more personal way," says lead researcher. (news.yahoo.com)
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Empathy doesn't extend across the political aisle -- "people are less likely to endorse torture after they're given a brief burst of pain. But...people might feel less opposed to torture if it's being used on people very different from themselves." (sciencedaily.com)
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8 Celebrity Marriages that Actually Worked Out (toponlinecolleges.com)
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Major study stops bladder cancer from metastasizing to lungs — "the study shows that versican, a protein involved in cancer cell migration, is a driver of lung metastasis and that high levels of versican are associated with poor prognosis in bladder cancer patients" (coloradocancerblogs.org)
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A Definitive fMRI Test for Narcissism -- "in narcissists, more brain areas are dedicated to self-deception. So when a narcissist's medial prefrontal cortex is taken offline, backup generators are in place to maintain that overblown sense of self." (psychologytoday.com)
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Rich People are Mean -- "The research revealed that upper-class individuals are more likely to break the law while driving, exhibit unethical decision-making tendencies, take valued goods from others, lie in a negotiation, cheat to increase their chances of winning a prize." (sciencedaily.com)
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Study: on FB, photos trump text -- only after a "negative" profile photo does what visitors read influence evaluation by garthsundemin science
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Bad News: Lifestyle choices made in your 20s can impact your heart health in your 40s by garthsundemin science
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Three fun dieting tips from top scientists -- how to get more pleasure from less food, decouple the concepts "comfort" and "food", and lose weight by condensing the *time* you eat by garthsundemin Health
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