Category: News

Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is! – Anne Frank

Smart Suits: Follow the Brains for Better Business

26/09/2017

Smart staffers: Why educated areas are good for business ...

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Can a Tablet Teach Kids to Juggle?

25/09/2017

Tablets can teach kids to solve physical puzzles ...

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Love the Sea? Clean the Sea!

21/09/2017

People's love of the seas could be the key for plastic pollution solution...

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Sun in a Box! Storing Light in Soundwaves

19/09/2017

University of Sydney researchers are turning optical data into readable soundwaves...

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repairing the rainforest

Repairing the Rainforest – It Works!

18/09/2017

Restored forest now shelters dozens of endangered species ...

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apricot stones

Why You Definitely Don’t Want to Eat Apricot Stones

15/09/2017

Man develops cyanide poisoning from apricot kernel extract ...

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How We Push Clever Kids to Cheat

14/09/2017

Kids praised for being smart are more likely to cheat, new studies find ...

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sleep, thrive

Thrive, not just Survive: Discover The Scientific Method to Better Living

13/09/2017

Scientist finds secret to thriving ...

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If You Like it (Intact) Better Put a Ring on It: Frailty and Older Men

11/09/2017

Frailty and older men: Study identifies factors that speed/slow progression ...

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Inmate in Snake River's Blue Room by Benj Drummond 1024

Nature Imagery Soothes Prisoners

08/09/2017

Nature images, shown to people deprived of access to nature, can reduce tension and help defuse anger...

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infection on plane

Cabin Fever? How to Avoid Catching Bugs on Planes

06/09/2017

New boarding procedures and smaller cabin size may limit infection on planes ...

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Why Is Yawning Contagious?

05/09/2017

Yawning - why is it so contagious and why should it matter? ...

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day-dreaming driving

How Much Does Your Mind Wander at the Wheel?

04/09/2017

Mind wandering is common during driving ...

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Trappist-1 by ESON./ Bartmannspaceengine.org

First Glimpse of Water on Trappist-1 Planet Group

01/09/2017

Hubble delivers first hints of possible water content of TRAPPIST-1 planets ...

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comfort food, dopamine brain

Feel-Good Food: Eating Triggers Endorphins

31/08/2017

Eating triggers endorphin release in the brain...

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coffee, espresso

Drink Coffee, Live Longer

30/08/2017

Higher coffee consumption associated with lower risk of death ...

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threat, gut instinct

Gut Instinct Doesn’t Wither: Old’uns Are As Streetsmart as Da Yoof

29/08/2017

80-year-olds as street-savvy as 18-year-olds ...

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dance away the dementia

Dance Away the Dementia: How Dance Maintains Brain Function

28/08/2017

Dancing can reverse the signs of aging in the brain ...

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cannabis and kidney function

Kidney Stoned? Does Cannabis Affect Kidney Function?

28/08/2017

Study examines whether marijuana affects kidney function ...

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orange peel, Costa Rica

Greening Jungles with Orange Peel

25/08/2017

How orange peels revived a Costa Rican forest ...

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Diamond rain by Greg Stewart SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Twinkle Twinkle: Observing Neptune’s Diamond Rain

24/08/2017

International team of researchers uncovers the inner workings of cosmic ice giants...

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Gut microbes

How Do Your Gut Microbes Control You?

22/08/2017

Gut microbes may talk to the brain through cortisol ...

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Genehunters: Genome Sequencing While you Wait

21/08/2017

Kew Scientists sequence a whole genome on a Welsh mountainside to identify a plant species within hours...

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broken heart, quitting a relationship

Stay or Go? Quitting a Relationship, the Scientific Way

18/08/2017

Untangling what goes on when a relationship is being questioned...

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pollen as fertilizer

Sneezy Does It: Pollen as Fertilizer

17/08/2017

Dastardly whitecoats plan botanical cannabilism as plants forced to eat plants ...

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cat, faster video

Faster Video, An End To Buffering, More Cats!

16/08/2017

CSAIL's machine-learning system enables smoother streaming that can better adapt to different network conditions....

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expensive wine

Does Expensive Wine Really Taste Better? Ask Science

15/08/2017

When a bottle costs more, the reward center in the brain plays a trick on us...

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how goldfish make alcohol

How Goldfish Make Alcohol

11/08/2017

Scientists reveal how goldfish make alcohol to survive without oxygen ...

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Do Energy Drinks Lead to Drug Abuse?

10/08/2017

Regular energy drink use linked to later drug use among young adults ...

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Universal Suffrage (Except for Thickies): Higher Education and Voting

09/08/2017

Greater access to higher education could have reversed EU referendum result ...

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