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A Peek Inside the Neanderthal Mind
February 10, 2012Since many of us may carry Neanderthal genes, it may be comforting to know what it was like to be one of these ice-age Europeans who flourished between 200,000 and 30,000 years ago, and then mysteriously disappeared. The biggest difference... continued
It’s Now Against the Law to be a Kid
February 10, 2012More and more US schools have their own police forces. Pupils are being arrested for throwing paper planes and failing to pick up crumbs from the cafeteria floor. The state has taken over discipline from the classroom teacher and is... continued
Weeds as a Terrorist Weapon
February 9, 2012Weed control has become a matter of national security. Along US southern coastal rivers, most particularly Texas' Rio Grande, an invasive species of plant known as giant reed is encroaching on the water, overrunning international border access roads, and creating... continued
Discovery of a Perfect Planet
February 9, 2012An Earth-like planet recently spotted outside our solar system is the first that atromomers have found that could support liquid water and harbor life. Liquid water is what astronomers look for, and the newly found planet is located at the... continued
How to Read Someone’s Mind
February 9, 2012"Contactees" commonly report that aliens "talked to them inside their heads," meaning they communicated with them telepathically. Often these people communicate with them right back, the same way, and a whole conversation takes place inside two heads. Soon, human-to-human speech... continued
Some Fat is GOOD Fat
February 8, 2012Not all fat is the same: The GOOD kind of fat is what's called "brown fat," because it helps you LOSE weight. Fat people have less of it than thin people. Older people have less of it than younger people.... continued
Why Red Means Stop All Over the World
February 8, 2012It's interesting to consider why the color red sends the same message everywhere: danger, hot, stop. It also means dominance--athletes wearing red (as the Giants did in the recent Superbowl) seem to win more often. It could be explained because... continued
The End of Privacy
February 8, 2012The concept of privacy may have become a thing of the past. Your cell phone is tracking you, there are spies on Facebook, streetlights are eavesdropping on us, and even the TOYS we play with are spying on us! The... continued
Famous Facebook Last Words
February 8, 2012If you want your last words to be remembered, put them on Facebook. The Facebook app "If I Die" makes sure you can still send out your last wishes and post messages to your friends even years after you die... continued
How to be Instantly Smarter
February 8, 2012The idea of a simple, cheap and widely available device that could boost brain function (no more late nights studying for exams?) sounds too good to be true, but it may be a reality. Neurologists are coming up with brain... continued