Steve Rimmer

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Research from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) shows that half of the most popular news on Twitter is not covered by traditional news media sources.

A re-evaluation of pet feeding habits could spell healthier animal companions. Amongst the list of shared human-pet comforts is the unique luxury to overeat. As a result, the most common form of malnutrition for Americans and their companion animals results not from the underconsumption, but the overconsumption of food.

This is the most downloaded/listened-to science podcast on #Spreaker. Thanks for your support!

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If the technical features of a new camera delight the tech experts but leave consumers scratching their heads, how should a retailer's website present those views and what sales results could it expect?

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This is the most downloaded/listened-to science podcast on #Spreaker. Thanks for your support!

This is the most downloaded/listened-to science podcast on #Spreaker. Thanks for your support!

Concerns about perfectionism can sabotage success at work, school or on the playing field, leading to stress, burnout and potential health problems, according to new research published by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.

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Music training, begun as late as high school, may help improve the teenage brain's responses to sound and sharpen hearing and language skills, suggests a new Northwestern University study. The gains were seen during group music classes included in the schools' curriculum, suggesting in-school training accelerates neuro-development.

Exposure therapy is a commonly used and effective treatment for anxiety disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and phobias. The goal of such therapy is to extinguish fear, which is accomplished by presenting cues that are known to predict a negative experience in the absence of that experience. Over time, learning that the 'danger cue' is no longer dangerous produces extinction of the fearful response. However, fears and the associated defensive behaviors resulting from that fear often return after they have been extinguished, undermining the long-term effectiveness of treatment.

No one likes to lose a friend, especially adolescents. But why do friendships end? Researchers in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science at Florida Atlantic University sought to answer this question with a study examining whether adolescent friendships end because of undesirable characteristics of friends, because of differences between friends, or both.

College women who are more emotionally invested in Facebook and have lots of Facebook friends are less concerned with body size and shape and less likely to engage in risky dieting behaviors. But that's only if they aren't using Facebook to compare their bodies to their friends' bodies, according to the authors of a surprising new study at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.