26 Feb 2010  | 6 PM

The NIMH Annual International Research Conference on the Role of Families in Preventing and Adapting to HIV/AIDS is a three-day conference addressing the importance of family in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Family is defined as a network of mutual commitment. Academic researchers and service providers come together to discuss the most effective approaches to working with families that are infected or affected by HIV/AIDS. This year, the conference will be held in Nashville, TN, and the theme will be HIV Prevention and Support for Families Living in Rural Areas. The first day, Community Day, ...

13 Aug 2009  | 1 PM

The training cults are back, getting media coverage and being embraced by morally bankrupt "leaders" who are willing to trade the promise of results for employee dignity and respect. Some people will jump at any promise without consideration for the details, the methodology, and the human consequences of the intervention.This post was prompted by two things:a. Contact from my friend Alex Kjerulf, The Chief Happiness Officer, who received an email that "chilled my blood when I read it". Got my attention. After all, Alex is The Chief Happiness Officer.The email Alex received included a link to ...

09 Mar 2010  | 09:26 AM

US - FL - Tallahassee, Big Questions in Free Will: The Science of Free Will Grants offered through Florida State University supporting empirical research on the nature, extent, and limits of free will. Research

09 Mar 2010  | 7 PM

Funding from ARPA-E could allow researchers to take a liquid metal battery from a 'shot glass size cell to a pizza box cell.' ...

09 Mar 2010  | 11 PM

For the first time in U.K. history, an alien species (meaning one that is not native to the area) will be let loose in the kingdom to combat the growth of another species--also introduced. [More] ...

09 Mar 2010  | 8 PM

WASHINGTON--Every second, our bodies capture carbon dioxide in our tissues, transport it via the blood, and dump it in the lungs from where it is exhaled. This unconscious process is yet another way humans contribute to the accumulation of the greenhouse gas in the atmosphere--albeit in a miniscule volume compared with burning fossil fuels . The key to this metabolic process is an enzyme called carbonic anhydrase and it's efficiency at capturing and releasing CO2 is what human engineers want to mimic at the power plant scale. [More] ...

09 Mar 2010  | 9 PM

Making aluminum requires a lot of electricity. That's because the metal bonds tightly to oxygen and it takes a lot of energy to break that bond. In essence, the process of making aluminum is a giant battery with the silvery metal being reduced to purity at the cathode while oxygen bonds with the carbon anode to make, you guessed it, CO2. It takes roughly 15 kilowatt-hours of electricity to make just one kilogram of aluminum via electrolysis. [More] ...

09 Mar 2010  | 10 PM

Whereas most discarded plastic water and beverage bottles (those imprinted with a number 1 within a triangular arrow) can be recycled , the resulting second-generation plastic is generally unusable for making new plastic bottles. This is because the polyethylene terephthalate (PET) thermoplastic polymer used to make the original bottles is often made with the help of metal oxide or metal hydroxide catalysts that linger in the recycled material and weaken it over time. [More] ...

07 Mar 2010  | 2 PM

March 7, 2010By Ryan Niemiec - Kontiki Oscar 1950 The countdown of the top 10 positive psychology films of 2009 is about to begin. These are films that both appeal to a wide audience and have important messages. Many are perfect for use in the classroom, the therapy room, and the coaching relationship. I hope you will view them yourself and reflect on how you and your clients might benefit from thinking and talking about them.   These films allow us to explore ourselves (through common dialogue recreated on the screen), feel deeply and learn about the world (through the ...

20 Aug 2009  | 00:00 AM

Brainz.org has compiled a list of what they believe to be the 10 most revealing experiments in psychology. In my opinion, the list appears to ignore many of the "classic" experiments from the history of psychology. Feel free to include your thoughts in the comments section below.Perhaps, after studying the history of psychology, students could develop their own "Top Ten" list and compare it to the Brainz.com list. At the end of the year, after learning in detail about the many famous studies, students could again develop a "Top Ten" list and see how their opinions have changed since the ...