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How do we understand written language?

How do we know that certain combinations of letters have certain meanings? Reading and spelling are complex processes, involving several different areas of the brain, but researchers from Johns Hopkins University in the ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Research finds that chatspeak has no impact on children's spelling ability

(PhysOrg.com) -- Parents, get ready to say OMG and watch your teens roflol.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

The pen may be mightier than the keyboard

(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to writing the pen apparently is mightier than the computer keyboard. Second, fourth and sixth grade children with and without handwriting disabilities were able to write more and faster when ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Early word recognition is key to lifelong reading skills says new study

Children’s early reading experience is critical to the development of their lifelong reading skills a new study from the University of Leicester has discovered.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 06, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0




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Winter blues see the light

(Medical Xpress) -- It happens every year — the shortened daylight hours of the winter months always seem to affect one’s mood. People of all ages can develop seasonal affective disorder (SAD), a type of clinical ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Namaste, travelers! SFO opens airport yoga room

(AP) -- Stressed out by flying?

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Archaeologists discover unique 'wing' shaped building

(PhysOrg.com) -- A unique ‘wing’ shaped building discovered close to the ancient capital of the Iceni in Norfolk is mystifying archaeologists.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (7) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Viacom 1Q earnings shredded by 'Rock Band'

(AP) -- Viacom Inc., the owner of Paramount Pictures, MTV and Comedy Central, on Thursday posted a 65 percent drop in net income for the latest quarter, as it took a charge related to the "Rock Band" series ...

Technology / Business

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Zimbabwe rations water to poor after typhoid spell

(AP) -- Zimbabwean authorities say they are making sure poor townships get uninterrupted water supplies after a typhoid outbreak, leaving wealthy areas with reduced supplies.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Metabolic errors can spell doom for DNA

Many critical cell functions depend on a class of molecules called purines, which form half of the building blocks of DNA and RNA, and are a major component of the chemicals that store a cell’s energy. ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Shakespeare's skill 'more in grammar than in words'

William Shakespeare's mastery of the English language is displayed more in the grammar he used than in his words, according to a researcher at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland.

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Gingrich vows to establish a colony on the moon (Update)

Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich has stirred strong passions by claiming he will establish a permanent moon base by 2020 if elected, but experts say he is living on another planet.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 5

Stranded baby seals concern Dutch rescuers

A month ago, a young seal named Marco washed up on a beach on the northern Dutch Frisian island of Ameland, one of a growing number of recently stranded pups that has left his rescuers worried.

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Biggest solar storm since 2005 pummels Earth

A potent solar flare has unleashed the biggest radiation storm since 2005 and could disrupt some satellite communications in the polar regions, US space weather monitors said Monday.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 8


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