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CALGARY, ALBERTA (MARKET WIRE) Bridge Resources Corp. ('Bridge' or the 'Corporation') (TSX VENTURE: BUK) has approved the granting of options to acquire 2,860,000 common shares of the Corporation ('Common Shares') to various directors, officers, employees and consultants. Of this amount 2,150,000 of the stock options were issued to directors and officers of the Corporation and 50,000 of the stock options were issued to DSK Consulting Ltd. which firm provides investor relations services for the Corporation. The options have an exercise price of $0.30 per Common Share and expire on December 22, 2013.

Global warming is increasing the frequency of extremely high clouds in the Earth's tropics that cause severe storms and rainfall, according to a NASA study released Friday.

The frequency of extremely high clouds in Earth's tropics the type associated with severe storms and rainfall is increasing as a result of global warming, according to a study by scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

[NEWS] HORSHAM, Pa., Dec. 19 /PRNewswire/ — Centocor, Inc., announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Complete Response letter for its Biologics License Application (BLA) for ustekinumab. The application, filed by Centocor in late 2007, seeks approval to market ustekinumab as a subcutaneous biologic therapy for the treatment of adult patients with chronic moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. The Complete Response letter requests additional information, including…

Charles Darwin wasted no time applying his theory of evolution to human psychology, following On the Origin of Species (1859) with The Descent of Man (1871) and The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872). Ever since, the issue hasn’t been whether evolutionary theory can illuminate the study of psychology but how it will do so. Still, a concerted effort to explain how evolution has affected human behavior began only in the 1970s with the emergence of sociobiology. The core idea of sociobiology was simple: behavior has evolved under natural and sexual selection (in response to competition for survival and reproduction, respectively), just as organic form has. Sociobiology thereby extended the study of adaptation to include human behavior.In his 1985 critique of sociobiology, Vaulting Ambition, philosopher Philip Kitcher noted that, whereas some sociobiology backed modest claims with careful empirical research, the theoretical reach of the dominant program greatly exce

Aren't you ashamed of yourself? All these years, you've been trying to build up your child's self-esteem, and now a growing body of research suggests you may be making a big mistake. A study published in the December issue of Child Development finds that early adolescents with high self-esteem are more likely to react aggressively when they feel ashamed than their peers with lower levels of self-esteem.

HAMILTON, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) David Braley has acquired control of 7,975,400 trust units of True Energy Trust ('True'), representing approximately 10.17% of the total issued and outstanding trust units of True. The trust units were acquired pursuant to a series of transactions through the facilities of the Toronto Stock Exchange. Mr. Braley acquired the units for investment purposes and he may acquire additional trust units of the Trust from time to time as opportunities exist.

A study published today in the December issue of the European medical journal Anticancer Research demonstrates that an ingredient used in a common cough suppressant may be useful in treating advanced prostate cancer. Researchers found that noscapine, which has been used in cough medication for nearly 50 years, reduced tumor growth in mice by 60 percent and limited the spread of tumors by 65 percent without causing harmful side effects.