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Brain circuit abnormalities may underlie bulimia nervosa in women

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Women with bulimia nervosa appear to respond more impulsively during psychological testing than those without eating disorders, and brain scans show differences in areas responsible for regulating behavior, according to a ...





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A Second Look at Apollo 11

A Second Look at Apollo 11

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 10

A month after LROC's first image of the Apollo 11 landing site was acquired, LRO passed over again providing the LROC instrument a new view of the historic site. ...


Physicists investigate how time moves forward

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 05, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (155) | comments 56

As humans, we have a very intuitive concept of time, and of the differences between the past, present, and future. But, as scientists Edward Feng of the University of California, Berkeley, and Gavin Crooks of the Lawrence ...


Spinning 'Orbita' Mouse Available in January

Spinning 'Orbita' Mouse Available in January

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 15, 2008 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (11) | comments 7

It looks like a large shiny button, but the round object is actually the world's first wireless three-axis mouse, according to its designers, an Australian technology company called Cyber Sport. The company ...


Brain scans used to predict behavior

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created Nov 30, 2005 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Washington University scientists in St. Louis say they can predict whether people will win or lose a brief visual game by analyzing their brain scans.


Search website offers a visual alternative

Technology / Internet

created Jan 07, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Like most everyone these days, when you need to search the Internet for just about anything, you use Google. Let's face it. Google is the undisputed champion when it comes to Internet searching. It's become so mainstream ...


Researchers unravel intricate animal patterns

Biology /

created Apr 17, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

There is a scene in the animated blockbuster "Finding Nemo" when a school of fish makes a rapid string of complicated patterns—an arrow, a portrait of young Nemo and other intricate designs. While the detailed shapes might ...


Researcher identifies just 8 patterns as the cause of all humor

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 20, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (15) | comments 11

Evolutionary theorist Alastair Clarke has today published details of eight patterns he claims to be the basis of all the humour that has ever been imagined or expressed, regardless of civilization, culture or personal taste.


Team finds a better way to watch bacteria swim

Team finds a better way to watch bacteria swim

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers have developed a new method for studying bacterial swimming, one that allows them to trap Escherichia coli bacteria and modify the microbes' environment without hindering the way they move.


Henri born in Eastern Atlantic... could be short-lived

Henri born in Eastern Atlantic... could be short-lived

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Forecasters were watching a storm they designated as 91 yesterday, October 6, until it organized into a tropical cyclone east of the Leeward Islands around 5 p.m. EDT. It was then named "Tropical Storm Henri," ...


New technology may cool the laptop, prof says (w/ Video)

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 5

Does your laptop sometimes get so hot that it can almost be used to fry eggs? New technology may help cool it and give information technology a unique twist, says Jairo Sinova, a Texas A&M University physics professor.



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