Sufferers of restless legs syndrome may get more respect now that its genetic basis has been identified.

- Scientists Find Genetic Link for a Disorder (Next, Respect?)

An 83-year-old pensioner was robbed of his wallet as he prayed in a church, police reveal.

- OAP robbed as he prayed in church

A new study appearing in the July issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, reports that watching an actor smoke on the big screen may make smokers more likely to continue smoking in the future, and make nonsmokers more favorably disposed toward smoking. [click link for full article]

- Exposure To Smokers In Movies Increases Likelihood Of Smoking In The Future, New Study Shows

The American Medical Association fulfilled a 1 million dollars pledge to the National Health Museum in Washington, D.C., with a check for 900,000 dollars, an important step to aid in the creation of both the museum’s virtual and physical components. The AMA previously gave 100,000 dollars to the museum. [click link for full article]

- AMA Fulfills 1 Million Dollars Pledge To Create National Health Museum - Support Will Help Develop A Museum Dedicated To Human Health

Physics Explains Why University Rankings Won’t Change (Science Daily)Constructal theory of flows governs social phenomena like rankings. A Duke University researcher says that his physics theory, which has been applied to everything from global climate to traffic patterns, can also explain another trend: why university rankings tend not to change very much from year to year. Like branching river channels across the earth’s surface, universities are part of a .