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Research has all the right moves
Jun 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A juggler and a conductor were among the artists who helped create a device which can retrieve dozens of different movement sequences in a matter of minutes.
What the Romans learnt from Greek mathematics
Mar 01, 2009 |
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Greek mathematics is considered one of the great intellectual achievements of antiquity. It has been decisive to the academic and cultural development of Western civilisation. The three Roman authors Varro, Cicero and Vitruvius ...
Experimental philosophy movement explores real-life dilemmas
Jul 02, 2008 |
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Imagine a business executive who thinks: "I know that this new policy will harm the environment, but I don't care at all about that – I just want to increase profits." Is the business executive harming the environment intentionally? ...
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'Oldest' papyrus is finally decoded
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 01, 2006 |
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Greek scientists using modern technology say they have decoded the text of the world's oldest literary papyrus.
Surprising language abilities in children with autism
Apr 25, 2008 |
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What began as an informal presentation by a clinical linguist to a group of philosophers, has led to some surprising discoveries about the communicative language abilities of people with autism.
New breakthrough in bubble research
Sep 02, 2009 |
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A researcher from the University of Bath has found a new approach to an old geometric problem of modelling the most efficient way of packing shapes to form a foam.
Psychologists study perception of mind
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 07, 2007 |
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U.S. psychologists have determined people perceive the minds of others using two distinct dimensions, rather than one as previously believed.
Twitter goes down, users 'tweet' about it
Oct 08, 2009 |
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Twitter went down on Thursday prompting devotees of the micro-blogging service to share how they coped without it.
Primate behavior explained by computer 'agents'
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Sep 11, 2007 |
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The complex behaviour of primates can be understood using artificially-intelligent computer ‘agents’ that mimic their actions, shows new research published in a special edition of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal So ...
You, yourself and you: Why being self-centered is a good thing
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Caspar Hare would like you to try a thought experiment. Consider that 100,000 people around the world tomorrow will suffer epileptic seizures. "That probably doesn't trouble you tremendously," ...
Using Superheroes to Teach Physics: College Courses in Sci-Fi
Mar 31, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the more perplexing questions facing science these days is this one: How do we get more young people interested in science? Leading the way are a number of college courses -- that can ...
Pain is in the eyes of the beholder
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Nov 25, 2008 |
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By manipulating the appearance of a chronically achy hand, researchers have found they could increase or decrease the pain and swelling in patients moving their symptomatic limbs. The findings—reported in the November 25th ...
Sinister business: Lefties have evolutionary boon
Feb 27, 2009 |
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Under Darwinian pressure, genes that don't help the struggle to survive get squeezed out of the genetic code, leaving the ones that are fitter.
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