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Experiment turns contestants to torturers in French TV show

Game show contestants turn torturers in a new psychological experiment for French television, which aims to find out whether television could push people to outrageous lengths.

Study: Threat of Muslim-American terrorism in U.S. exaggerated

The terrorist threat posed by radicalized Muslim- Americans has been exaggerated, according to a study released Wednesday by researchers at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Comprehensive Look at Rare Leukemia Finds Relatively Few Genetic Changes Launch Disease

The most comprehensive analysis yet of the genome of childhood acute myeloid leukemia (AML) found only a few mistakes in the genetic blueprint, suggesting the cancer arises from just a handful of missteps, according to new findings from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The research appears in the July 27 online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Muslim American prosperity is tinged with alienation, survey finds

Washington -- A study of Muslim Americans released Monday presents a portrait of an often misunderstood community -- one that is integrated socio-economically but culturally alienated; that succeeds in the workforce but struggles to find contentment.