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The upside of feeling down

A chill wind chases you into the door of your local newsagent. Rain is drumming down outside. As you pay for your newspaper, you briefly notice a number of strange items on the checkout counter - a matchbox ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (18) | comments 4

Early scents really do get 'etched' in the brain

Common experience tells us that particular scents of childhood can leave quite an impression, for better or for worse. Now, researchers reporting the results of a brain imaging study online on November 5th ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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New Nokia phone no standout, but worth a look

The first of Nokia's new generation of smartphones isn't flashy and certainly isn't an iPhone killer. But it's a nice device, and at $40 with a two-year contract, a bargain.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 4

The ethics of brain boosting

(Medical Xpress) -- The idea of a simple, cheap and widely available device that could boost brain function sounds too good to be true.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (34) | comments 43 | with audio podcast

Fear dementia? Your diet, weight more important than genes, experts say

Anyone who has a close relative with Alzheimer's shares the same worry: Am I next? However, a growing body of research indicates that our lifestyles - particularly what we eat and whether we're obese - play a greater role ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Attack or retreat? Circuit links hunger and pursuit in sea slug brain

If you were a blind, cannibalistic sea slug, living among others just like you, nearly every encounter with another creature would require a simple cost/benefit calculation: Should I eat that, do nothing or ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'Lost' Darwin fossils rediscovered

A rare collection of fossils, including some collected by Charles Darwin, has been 'rediscovered' at the British Geological Survey (BGS).

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Wi-Drive gives Apple-Amazon gadgets more capacity

Kingston Technology Co. is helping pack more entertainment into Apple gadgets and Kindle Fire tablets.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 13, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Whooping cough returns as vaccine modified to reduce side-effects

Hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. - mostly babies and toddlers - were coming down with whooping cough each year when vaccines against "this menace," as one newspaper called it, were introduced in the 1930s and 1940s.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Review: Shark 360 mouse offers added precision

Console gaming occasionally gets a boost from add-ons that can make the standard controller more efficient to hold and operate. A new wireless mouse looks to replace the standard Xbox 360 controller altogether ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nap-deprived tots may be missing out on more than sleep: study

A new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder could be a wake-up call for parents of toddlers: Daytime naps for your kids may be more important than you think.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Diet, nutrient levels linked to cognitive ability, brain shrinkage

New research has found that elderly people with higher levels of several vitamins and omega 3 fatty acids in their blood had better performance on mental acuity tests and less of the brain shrinkage typical of Alzheimer's ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 2 | with audio podcast


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