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Archive for June, 2009

Evolution accepted by the world, according to survey results announced at World Conference of Science Journalists in London today.
A British Council survey into awareness of Charles Darwin and attitudes towards evolution has found that there is a broad international consensus of acceptance towards his theory of evolution.
The British Council, the UK’s international body for [...]

Researchers at Imperial College London believe stress in the womb can last a lifetime. They say that reducing stress during pregnancy could help prevent thousands of children from developing emotional and behavioral problems.
Expectant mothers who visit the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition, which opened today, June 30, will be able to see for themselves how [...]

In the week that one of our local schools was forced to close, we learned that no other schools in our district would be closed because of swine flu (H1N1) incidence. However, the number of confirmed swine flu cases in England has jumped by nearly 20% in a single day, latest figures show. The Health [...]

A smallscale study hopes to shed light on how light therapy might affect the pineal gland in the brain and so reverse sexual disorders.
Male subjects (aged 39–60) were recruited at the Urology Department of the University of Siena Medical Center if they had hypoactive sexual desire disorder, sexual arousal disorder, or orgasmic disorder, but were [...]

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