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Brain guides body much sooner than previously believed

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New research from Tufts University biologists shows that the nascent brain shapes normal body patterning and protects against developmental defects while the brain itself...
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Tree-dwelling, coconut-cracking giant rat discovered in Solomon Islands

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This is an illustration of the new species, Uromys vika. Credit: Velizar Simeonovski, The Field Museum Remember the movie The Princess Bride, when the characters debate...
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New light shed on how Earth and Mars were created

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This is a snapshot of a computer simulation of two (relatively small) planets colliding with each other. The colours show how the rock of...
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Energy harvested from evaporation could power much of US

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The southern and western United States have the greatest capacity to produce evaporation-generated power from lakes and reservoirs, a new study in Nature Communications...
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Video game boosts sex health IQ and attitudes in minority teens

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PlayForward is a serious role-playing video game that engages youth with a variety of challenges and choices in fictional yet realistic life situations. Credit: Lynn...
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Naked molecules dancing in liquid become visible

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The graphene pocket. IBS scientists produced thin but robust graphene pockets (top) in order to visualize moving molecules under a standard transmission electron microscope...
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Black-white earnings gap returns to 1950 levels

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The changing economy has been hard on all workers with less than a high school education, but especially devastating for black men, say authors...
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Deaths attributed to low levels of education: Lack of education as deadly as smoking

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Another reason to get an education. Longer life. Credit: © Rawpixel / Fotolia A new study by researchers at the University of Colorado, New York University,...
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Students have trouble judging the credibility of information online, researchers find

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A new report shows a dismaying inability by students to reason about information they see on the Internet. Credit: © Kaspars Grinvalds / Fotolia When it...
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Magnetic fields to alleviate anxiety

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People suffering from a fear of heights experience the anxiety also in virtual reality – even though they are aware that they are not...
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Beliefs about all-knowing gods fosters co-operation

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Researchers looked at how religion affects humans' willingness to co-operate with those outside their social circle. They found that beliefs about all-knowing gods fosters...