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Minor league hockey players unable to identify concussion symptoms, study says

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created May 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When Chicago Blackhawk's leading scorer Martin Havlat returned to the ice for game four of the Western Conference Final after sustaining a concussion only two days earlier, questions were raised surrounding his swift return. ...


Athletes' and spectators' brains light up when talking sports

Playing, and even watching, sports improves brain function

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 01, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (16) | comments 0

Being an athlete or merely a fan improves language skills when it comes to discussing their sport because parts of the brain usually involved in playing sports are instead used to understand sport language, ...





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Tech toys over $100 that are worth every penny

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created 19 hours ago | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Picking a Christmas gift for the nerd in your life is never easy. In the holiday stampede, it's all too easy to pick an outdated gadget or obsolete program. And mistakes can be costly.


The Beatles Return to Mono

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

From the White Album to Yellow Submarine modern releases of the Beatles present their music in stereo sound. But this Christmas, hard-core Beatles fans will eagerly unwrap "The Beatles in Mono," an 11-CD box set designed ...


Eager gamers line up for 'Modern Warfare 2'

Technology / Software

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Ryan Norwalk has cleared his schedule. The 26-year-old California State University student plans to spend Tuesday gunning down foes in "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2," the highly anticipated first-person shooter ...


EU objects to Oracle's takeover of Sun (AP)

EU objects to Oracle's takeover of Sun

Technology / Business

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(AP) -- European antitrust regulators have formally objected to Sun Microsystems Inc.'s planned $7.4 billion sale to Oracle Corp., escalating a battle over a deal that has already been cleared in the U.S.


Electronic Arts acquires Playfish for $275 million

Technology / Business

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- As its packaged video games business lags, Electronic Arts Inc. has snapped up Playfish Inc., the creator of popular social networking games such as "Who Has the Biggest Brain" and "Pet Society," for $275 million ...


What computer science can teach economics

What computer science can teach economics

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer scientists have spent decades developing techniques for answering a single question: How long does a given calculation take to perform? Constantinos Daskalakis, an assistant professor ...


Young tennis players who play only 1 sport are more prone to injuries

Young tennis players who play only one sport are more prone to injuries

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Gifted young athletes are under increasing pressure to play only one sport year round.


Sony offers 'Cloudy' early to people with its TVs

Technology / Business

created Nov 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- In a bid to sell living room electronics and spur buzz for "Cloudy with A Chance of Meatballs," Sony Corp. is offering the movie for free to U.S. buyers of its Internet-connected TVs and Blu-ray players starting ...


In Europe, an orderly approach to swine flu shots (AP)

In Europe, most swine flu shots by invitation only

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- In Britain, there are no long lines of people seeking swine flu vaccine. Doctor's offices aren't swamped with desperate calls. And there are no cries of injustice that the vaccine is going to wealthy ...


New `Call of Duty' could set entertainment record (AP)

New 'Call of Duty' could set entertainment record

Technology / Software

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- This holiday season's biggest entertainment blockbuster likely will be a sequel to a popular franchise, with jarring depictions of war and an intricate story of good versus evil. It could easily rake ...



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