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Mother's level of education has impact on depression in her children : Children of women who did not finish high school were twice as li...

Magnetic monopoles erase data: Efficient and long-lived storage of information in magnetic vortices : A physical particle postulated 80 year...

Artificial magnetic monopoles discovered : Scientists have managed to create artificial magnetic monopoles. To do this, they merged tiny mag...

With Sales Down, Whale Meat Flogged As Source of Strength : beaverdownunder writes "From the Australian Broadcasting Corporation: '...

Link between sodium, calcium and heartbeat illuminated : Researchers have revealed, for the first time, one of the molecular mechanisms that...

David sent this neat page with a bunch of motion GIFs on it describing how an engine works. http://jalopnik.com/ten-gifs-that-explain-how...

Look! Something shiny! How some textbook visuals can hurt learning : Adding captivating visuals to a textbook lesson to attract children’s i...

Homesickness and adjustment in university students : Sure, many young adults are ecstatic at that first taste of freedom that comes with ...

No regrets: Close that menu and enjoy your meal more : Certain physical acts of completion provide consumers with a sense of closure that ma...

Do you get what you pay for? It depends on your culture : Consumers from less individualistic cultures are more likely to judge the quality ...

Bean leaves can trap bedbugs, researchers find : Inspired by a traditional Balkan bedbug remedy, researchers have documented how microscopic...

Mathematicians Predict the Future With Data From the Past : In Issac Asimov's classic science fiction saga Foundation , mathematics prof...

Rosemary aroma may help you remember to do things : The aroma of rosemary essential oil may improve prospective memory in healthy adults. Th...

Don't call it vaporware: Scientists use cloud of atoms as optical memory device : Scientists have taken this to a whole new level by dem...

Ancient pool of warm water questions current climate models : A huge pool of warm water that stretched out from Indonesia over to Africa and...

Laser light zaps away cocaine addiction : By stimulating one part of the brain with laser light, researchers have shown that they can wipe a...

Disney Kills Star Wars 1313, Lays Off LucasArts Staff : Lucasfilm said today that it will cease internal game development at LucasArts, foll...

Dementia costs top those for heart disease or cancer, study finds : The most-detailed examination of the costs of dementia in the United Sta...

Why Aren't Android Users Actually Using Their Handsets? : Marketshare-wise, Android is crushing iOS. But if you look at actual usage sta...

Damaging effects of unemployment and unexpected wealth losses on mobility and economic security : A new study examines how American families...

Could playing 'boys' games help girls in science and math? : A new review finds that men still have better spatial ability than wome...

A model predicts that the world's populations will stop growing in 2050 : Global population data spanning the years from 1900 to 2010 ha...

Highest efficiency in black solar cells ever: 18.7% : Scientists report an efficiency of 18.7% for black silicon solar cells, the highest ef...

Hubble breaks record in search for farthest supernova : NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has found the farthest supernova so far of the typ...

Used parachute on Mars flaps in the wind : Photos from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show how the parachute that helped NASA's ...