The Fascinating Idiosyncracies Of The Austistic Brain
Even with mounting scientific research and hundreds of clinical studies, the autistic brain remains something of a mystery. Some research has suggested that there is too much connectivity in the…
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Could the next lunar mission come from South Africa?
At least that’s the intention behind the Africa2Moon Mission which aims to muster enough money through internet donations to send a probe to the lunar surface within a decade. The…
EBay cuts 7% of workforce
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Paris mayor: We intend to sue Fox News
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Wal-Mart customers can pick up their tax refunds in cash
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Who doesn’t get paid sick leave
They work for small businesses: Smaller companies are more likely not to offer paid sick leave, largely because of cost. Around half of firms with 50 or fewer workers offer…
Elizabeth Warren Proposes Big Pharma ‘Swear Jar’ To Fund Medical Research
WASHINGTON — In an effort to fund scientific research in the era of divided government, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is seeking to force lawbreaking pharmaceutical companies to carry a heavier…
Hibernating Animals Might Provide Clues For Fighting Alzheimer’s
What does animal hibernation have to do with Alzheimer’s? More than you might think. According to new research, the way that critters wake up from a long winter’s rest could…
6 Things You Should Know About Donating To Charity
It’s hard to know which charities are most deserving — and yet questioning the merits of a nonprofit (Where is my dollar really going? Is this a scam?) can make…
How Our Sense Of Touch Affects Everything We Do
We typically think of touch as a pleasant, but not particularly important part of life. But touch, which is the interface between our bodies and the outside world, does a…
Could Psychedelics Be An Effective Suicide Prevention Measure?
The new wave of research on the medical applications of psychedelic drugs has suggested that these substances may hold considerable promise as therapeutic interventions for a number of mental health…
World’s Largest Sea Creatures Turn Out To Be Smaller Than We Thought (INFOGRAPHIC)
The biggest creatures in the sea are big, but surprising new research shows they’re not quite as big as we thought. Maybe that’s not surprising, since it’s difficult to get…
Flu season gets worse, but there are hopeful signs
Epidemic means that it is a higher than usual number of cases. Some 8.5% of all deaths across the country reported for the week ending January 10 were due to…
China battles virus that has killed two pandas and left third critical
Two other pandasChengcheng and Dabaohave passed away from the canine distemper virus since early December, according to Han Xueli, spokesperson at the Shaanxi Province Rare Wildlife Rescue and Breeding Research…
The anatomy of ISIS: How the ‘Islamic State’ is run, from oil to beheadings
Your newly-declared “Islamic State” is the size of Pennsylvania, so how do you govern it? You compartmentalize. New data from the Terrorism Research and Analysis Consortium (TRAC) has revealed that…
RadioShack may be preparing for bankruptcy
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Ford unveils new GT supercar
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Scientists: Random gene mutations primary cause of most cancer
That’s bad luckand it’s the primary cause of most cancer cases, says a Johns Hopkins Medicine research study. Roughly two-thirds of cancers in adults can be attributed to random mutations…
Helping blind dogs see could help fight human blindness
By uncovering canine eye mutations, veterinary researchers are coming closer to understanding two of the most common diseases that cause blindness: glaucoma and retinitis pigmentosa. It turns out that dogs’…
The CNNMoney Tech Gift Guide
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VCR (1970): Hit!
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Gold mine of cheeky medieval doodles show ancestors just as silly as us
“It’s amazing to think that people doodled in medieval times in a similar way to how they doodle today,” says Dr Erik Kwakkel, a book historian at Leiden University, Holland….