Cannes, France (AP) — Jackie Chan says he is landing his last punch. The Hong Kong actor told the AP on Friday that his latest film “Chinese Zodiac” will be his last action movie. Chan, launching the film in Cannes with co-stars Kwone Sang Woo, Yao Xingtong and Liao Fan, said that people never believe [...]
Global leaders seek to corral Europe crisis
May 18, 2012
By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, Associated Press – 10 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) — The leaders of eight of the world’s biggest economies meet this weekend outside Washington, seeking to keep Europe’s debt crisis from spiraling out of control and jeopardizing fledgling recoveries in the U.S. and elsewhere. The turmoil in Greece is draining confidence in [...]
Gloucestershire waste incinerator consultation begins
May 18, 2012
18 May 2012 Last updated at 03:39 ET The waste incinerator is due to open in 2015 A public consultation into the awarding of a licence to run a waste incinerator in Gloucestershire has begun. Urbaser Balfour Beatty submitted plans for an Energy from Waste incineration facility at Javelin Park in Haresfield, at junction 12 [...]
Multilingual Science Content and New Rheumatology and Surgery Resources Published
May 18, 2012
The Rheumatology and Surgery Sciences are two new key health categories covered by the Sciences Social Network. The users of the website monitor 184 scientific journals and submit the most significant scientific results of these journals for inclusion in these two categories which currently contain a total of 39,522 articles. Science Index was established in [...]
Why is Pop Science Obsessed with ‘Gaydar’?
May 18, 2012
“Gaydar” is instinctual and more accurate for women’s faces, according to a recent study, in which psychology grad students at the University of Washington asked undergraduates to determine whether close-up photos of young men and women sans “embellishments” (such as facial hair or piercings; you know, gay stuff) were gay or straight. But we’re more [...]
Parents are happier people
May 18, 2012
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Contrary to recent scholarship and popular belief, parents experience greater levels of happiness and meaning in life than people without children, according to researchers from the University of California, Riverside, the University of British Columbia and Stanford University. Parents also are happier during the day when they are caring for their children [...]
US Surgeon General Is Commencement Speaker For Massachusetts School Of …
May 18, 2012
BOSTON, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ – David Satcher, M.D., PhD is the 16th Surgeon General of the United States who was appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1998-2002, while serving simultaneously as the Secretary for Health. Dr. Satcher will be the commencement speaker for the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology (MSPP) on [...]
Science of Spatial Learning
May 18, 2012
By Marlene Cimons, National Science Foundation Everybody uses spatial skills daily, for example, in packing a suitcase or the trunk of a car. Moreover, it is one of the primary ways people get around, a trait humans share with other species, one that evolved long before civilization discovered GPS. “It’s true for any animal that [...]
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