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Pavlovian Conditioning for Heroin Addicts: How Manipulating Memory Can Treat Addiction

Mo Costandi, The Guardian. April 16, 2012.

A new study shows that a behavioural procedure that alters memory effectively prevents the cravings of heroin addicts.

New Research Shows Many Ways Immigrants Benefit Maryland's Economy

Walter Ewing, Immigrant Impact. February 15, 2012.

The report reaches a number of conclusions not only about the benefits of immigration to Maryland, but about which policies maximize those benefits and which policies stifle them.

Conservatism Thrives on Low Intelligence and Poor Information

George Monbiot, The Guardian. February 12, 2012.

There is plenty of research showing that low general intelligence in childhood predicts greater prejudice towards people of different ethnicity or sexuality in adulthood.

How Alabama’s Extreme Anti-Immigration Law Could Cost The State Billions of Dollars

Michele Waslin, Immigration Impact. February 10, 2012.

The harsh law could cost Alabama up to $11 billion in GDP and nearly $265 million in state income and sales tax, a new report found.

Important New Research Shows It's Retaliation -- Not Drugs -- Driving Gang-Related Violence

Phillip Smith, Drug War Chronicle. February 2, 2012.

The popular image of street gang violence in the US as being "drug-related" is largely mistaken, a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a new report.

The Fascinating Scientific Reason Why "Money Doesn't Buy Happiness"

David McRaney, You Are Not So Smart. January 25, 2012.

No matter how you turn it, research says once your basic needs are taken care of, money and other rewards don’t make you happier.

Study: Smoking Pot Won't Give You Lung Cancer, or Hurt Your Lungs at All

Paul Armentano, NORML. January 12, 2012.

According to a new study, exposure to cannabis smoke, even over the long-term, is not associated with adverse effects on pulmonary function.

Study: False Perceptions Fuel Anti-Migrant Sentiments

Thalif Deen, IPS News. December 10, 2011.

The rising tide of anti-migrant sentiment worldwide is caused primarily by the biased, polarised and negative debate on migration, according to a new study released here.

Are We Killing Drug Addicts Like Amy Winehouse?

Kristen Gwynne, AlterNet. August 24, 2011.

Statements by Winehouse's parents and a new study on addiction reveal how common misconceptions about addicts' ability to get clean can be deadly.

The End (of Religion) Is Near, Scientists Say

Louis Ruprecht, Religion Dispatches. April 27, 2011.

Scientists often have a funny way of talking about religion.

Facebook Linked to Narcissism?

Tom Jacobs, Miller-McCune.com. March 22, 2011.

Instead of falling in love with his own image in a pond, today’s narcissist apparently gazes adoringly at his own Facebook profile.

How Fears of Bin Laden Can Lead to Authoritarian Parenting

Tom Jacobs, Miller-McCune.com. November 22, 2010.

A new study finds a strange link between terrorist fearmongering and the impulse for corporal punishment.

NAACP Exposes Ties Between Tea Party and Racist Extremist Groups

Eric W. Dolan, Raw Story. October 21, 2010.

The Tea Party movement has links to white supremacists, anti-immigration groups, 'birthers' and other extremists, according to new report.