Omaha officers told: Don’t interfere with citizens’ right to record police activity

The Police Department has refined its policy on the public’s use of cameras and video in the wake of a YouTube posting of an arrest that led to the firing of four officers.   Original post on omaha.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Does physical abuse, sexual abuse, or neglect. [Arch Sex Behav. 2010] – PubMed

PubMed comprises more than 22 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.   Original post on nih.gov    Comments on reddit.com   

Coming Out of the Closet May Be Good For Your Health – Surprising Science

For lesbian, gay and bisexual individuals, a new study suggests that coming out provides a tangible health benefit, both mentally and biologically   Original post on smithsonianmag.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Newspaper Posts Gun Owners’ Names – ABC News

From the blog ABC News: A newspaper in New York has received a wave of criticism from its readers after publishing the names and addresses of all of the individuals with handgun or pistol permits in its coverage area. Hundreds of residents in New York’s Westchester and Rockland counties were…   Original post on yahoo.com    Comments on reddit.com   

HIV Reseach Breakthrough – Human Schlafen 11 Gene Expression Inhibits Replication Of HIV

Researchers at UC San Diego have recently discovered the anti-viral mechanism of a particular human gene that may shed light on why some HIV patients present   Original post on doctortipster.com    Comments on reddit.com   

“Human Change We Can Believe In” by Denis Réale

Most people believe that, with multifaceted cultures and intricate technology, humans have freed themselves from the pressures of natural selection. Recent findings, however, suggest that, far from insulating humans from evolutionary pressures, culture can create new ones.   Original post on project-syndicate.org    Comments on reddit.com   

CP: Hackers Say They Nabbed Romney’s Tax Records Through Franklin Office, Plan to Release – Pith in the Wind

At the City Paper, Ken Whitehouse has a wild tale of hackers who claim to have accessed GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney’s phantom tax returns…   Original post on nashvillescene.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Babies may not have a ‘moral compass’ after all

New research from New Zealand’s University of Otago is casting doubt on a landmark US study that suggested infants as young as six months old possess an innate moral compass that allows them to evaluate individuals as   Original post on eurekalert.org    Comments on reddit.com   

Announcing The Declaration Of Internet Freedom – Techdirt

A whole bunch of organizations and individuals are getting together today to launch the beginning of a process, the creation of an Internet Declaration of Freedom. We’ve seen how the internet has been under attack from various directions, and we…   Original post on techdirt.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Revealed: Secret of HIV’s natural born killers

Scientists on Sunday said they had found a key piece in the puzzle as to why a tiny minority of individuals infected with HIV have a natural ability to fight off the deadly AIDS virus.   Original post on medicalxpress.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Is some homophobia self-phobia?

Homophobia is more pronounced in individuals with an unacknowledged attraction to the same sex and who grew up with authoritarian parents who forbade such desires, a series of psychology studies demonstrates. The study is the first to document the role that both parenting and sexual orientation play in the formation of intense fear of homosexuals.   Original post on sciencedaily.com    Comments on reddit.com   

George Zimmerman, Neighborhood Watch Captain Who Shot Trayvon Martin, Charged With Violence Before

An attorney for the family of Trayvon Martin, the teenager shot to death last month by a neighborhood watch captain in an Orlando, Fla., suburb, said police withheld the shooter’s violent past from the slain youth’s family. Police initially told Martin’s family that George Zimmerman, 28, admitted to shooting Martin, 17, on Feb. 26, after he called 911 and reported a suspicious person, said the attorney, Benjamin Crump.   Original post on huffingtonpost.com    Comments on reddit.com