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Is technology producing a decline in critical thinking and analysis?

As technology has played a bigger role in our lives, our skills in critical thinking and analysis have declined, while our visual skills have improved, according to research by Patricia Greenfield, UCLA distinguished professor ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (10) | comments 18




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Cable firms branch out into home-security services

For decades, the only theft the cable industry worried about was people trying to get MTV and HBO without paying for them.

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Higher Netflix prices equals fewer subscribers

Netflix's decision to raise prices by as much as 60 percent is turning into a horror show.

Technology / Business

created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Popular TV shows teach children fame is most important value, psychologists report

"Don't you know who I am? Remember my name. Fame! I'm gonna live forever." -- Irene Cara, "Fame"

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 12, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

3-D movie shows, for the first time, what happens in the brain as it loses consciousness

For the first time researchers have been able to watch what happens to the brain as it loses consciousness. Using sophisticated imaging equipment they have constructed a 3-D movie of the brain as it changes ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jun 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (15) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Disney CEO defends use of 3-D in movies

(AP) -- Disney CEO Bob Iger defended the company's production of 3-D films Thursday after 3-D ticket sales for several recent movies lagged their predecessors.

Technology / Business

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Surgeon resigns leadership post over editorial

(AP) -- A University of Michigan surgeon has resigned a leadership post with the American College of Surgeons after writing an editorial in the organization's newspaper that critics say demeaned women.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

With rewards, Zynga hopes to get you (more) hooked

(AP) -- Beware, if you're among the hordes who wonder where the time went after becoming absorbed in online games such as "FarmVille" and "CityVille." Zynga, the hot Internet startup that created those ever-engrossing ...

Technology / Internet

created Mar 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Electric vehicles: How we get there

During the State of the Union address, President Obama reiterated a goal that surely set the hearts of electric car makers revving.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Genetic alteration linked with disorders of sex determination

A variety of genetic factors are involved in sex determination. If something goes wrong with one of these factors, people who have a chromosome set that predicts they will be of one sex may develop as the other sex or have ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 02, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Omega-3s in fish, seafood may protect seniors' eyes; a new test may catch glaucoma early

Seniors interested in lifestyle choices that help protect vision will be encouraged by a Johns Hopkins School of Medicine study, and people concerned about glaucoma can take heart from work on early detection by the University ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0


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