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Cyber self-harm: Why do people troll themselves online? -- "9% [of students] had anonymously cyberbullied themselves."

Love hormone 'helps autistic brain' -- oxytocin

Sounds are sound among dyslexics, but access may lag, study finds -- "[T]he white matter tracts connecting the phoneme area to a part of the brain that contains the Broca's area, which regulates the conversion of language to speech, was weaker for the dyslexics as a group[.]"

Women With Big Butts Are Smarter And Resistant To Chronic Illnesses -- I like big butts & I can't deny.

Healthier Diets Cost About $550 More Per Year Than Unhealthy Options -- This is a real issue. I spend my food-stamp dollars on nutritious food. This means I have less per month for food bulk. I buy few canned goods but instead invest in fresh food, which is liable to spoil. It's better for me but more likely to rot. What do you think most families will do? They will attempt to stretch their food dollar (which, apparently, to me is a luxury). This is one of the factors making it difficult for low-income youths to catch up with their more-monied counterparts. (Let's not even get into how hunger affects attention spans for school-aged children, shall we?)

Marijuana Use Puts Men At Risk of "Moobs", Plastic Surgeon -- From what I understand, one plastic surgeon came to this conclusion after examining the data. I would like more voices on this subject; an actual experiment designed to detect this would be the best. The bestest, even.

MIT Devise World's Toughest Tongue Twister to Link Speech Errors to Brain -- "Pad kid poured curd pulled cod"? That is not difficult to me in the least. Do the volunteers have a stopwatch where they need to say the phrase in a certain amount of time? Do you, any of my followers, have difficulty?

1.34-million-year-old human ancestor had 'massive' arm bones for climbing trees -- Paranthropus boisei

Blow to multiple human species idea -- "Writing in Science, the team says that Homo habilis, Homo rudolfensis and Homo erectus are all part of a single evolving lineage that led to modern humans."

Some Monkeys Have Conversations That Resemble Ours -- marmosets

Scans prove NFL brain drain -- Well, the league certainly settled their lawsuit at the right time.

Donor Eggs Increasingly Used for IVF, With Rising Success -- I had no idea that black women who use IVF experience lower rates of success. Interesting.

'GTA 4' Death: 8-Year-Old Boy Kills Grandmother After Playing 'Grand Theft Auto 4', Cops Blame Game

Brothels in Nevada Suffer as Web Disrupts Oldest Trade -- Of course I was interested in this article.

Judge: Rape victim, 14, was older than her age, 'in control' | more | even more -- I'm sorry. What about "not able to consent" does this judge not understand?

LSD and Other Psychedelics Healthy For Most, Not Linked With Mental Health Problems

Overspend? - shop in heels: Wearing high heels can stop you spending too much, a new study has found

Fetus in womb learns language cues before birth, study finds

Miniature brains grown in test tubes – a new path for neuroscience?

New Jersey OKs atheist license plate for atheist leader

Cop hit woman who said she's pregnant; chief OKs it

Taiwan turns military brothel into museum | Taiwanese island brothel to be museum of Military Paradises

Drunken squirrel warns Russians about effects of alcohol -- "In Russian slang, delirium tremens, the moment of inebriation when people start to get the shakes and to hallucinate, is known as 'belochka' or 'a little squirrel.'"

A very good article found via feminist: Why Sexist Language Matters -- I've been meaning to write a paper/article/essay about this for a while, myself.