News tagged with divergent thinking


Musicians use both sides of their brains more frequently than average people

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 02, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (93) | comments 12

Supporting what many of us who are not musically talented have often felt, new research reveals that trained musicians really do think differently than the rest of us. Vanderbilt University psychologists have found that professionally ...





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First case of highly drug-resistant TB found in US (AP)

First case of highly drug-resistant TB found in US

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created 20 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

(AP) -- It started with a cough, an autumn hack that refused to go away.


Marketing Researcher Takes on Human Decision Making Process

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by Jesper Nielsen, a UA marketing professor and his colleague are shedding light on why people decide to avoid or gravitate to a consumer product.


Student-Made 'Sustain-a-Bear' Puts Green Spin on Timeless Toy

Student-Made 'Sustain-a-Bear' Puts Green Spin on Timeless Toy

Technology / Other

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Most teddy bears, regretfully, face a lonesome retirement once their owners grow up or move on.


Shallow Origins

Shallow Origins

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (13) | comments 2

In finding answers to the mystery of the origin of life, scientists may not have to dig too deep. New research is shedding light on shallower waters as a possible location for where life on Earth began.


Part 1: From Linacs to Lasers: Accelerators and Light Sources of Tomorrow

Accelerators and Light Sources of Tomorrow (Part 1: From Linacs to Lasers)

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 2

From their humble beginnings as offshoots of the ordinary electric light bulb, particle accelerators have evolved in surprising directions. Among the most productive and promising developments have been light ...


Microcephaly genes associated with human brain size

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

A group of Norwegian and American researchers have shown that common variations in genes associated with microcephaly - a neuro-developmental disorder in which brain size is dramatically reduced - may explain differences ...


Web retailers extend shipping deadlines (AP)

Christmas Web sales spike after snowstorm

Technology / Business

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Stores in the snow-battered East Coast may have been sparse this weekend, but shoppers kept spending online. Retailers spurred sales with new discounts and shipping offers to make sure gifts arrive ...


Mystery of golden ratio explained

Researcher explains mystery of golden ratio

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (23) | comments 8

The Egyptians supposedly used it to guide the construction the Pyramids. The architecture of ancient Athens is thought to have been based on it. Fictional Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon tried to unravel ...


What's in health care proposals for 5 Americans (AP)

What's in health care proposals for 5 Americans

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 20, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 18

(AP) -- As Congress gets closer to a final health care bill, many Americans want to know: What's in it for me?


From terrorism to HIV, it's all about the network

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Similarities between webs of terrorists and networks of rescue personnel may seem unlikely. To an eclectic collaboration of engineers and social scientists, the connections are not only possible, but a potential ...



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