The next time you feel angry at a friend who has let you down, or grateful toward one whose generosity has surprised you, consider this: you may really be bargaining for better treatment from that person in the future. According to a controversial new theory, our emotions have evolved as tools to manipulate others...
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BORED on their six-month journey to Mars? Not a bit of it. Whenever the astronauts look out of the window, they find themselves mesmerised by the glowing, shimmering sphere of plasma that surrounds their spacecraft. Hard to believe that the modest electromagnet at the heart of their ship can produce something so beautiful.
Not that...
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26 July 2010 by Mark Buchanan
Your online traces are helping fuel a revolution in the understanding of human behaviour – one that’s revealing the mathematical laws of our lives
EVERY move you make, every twitter feed you update, somebody is watching you. You may not think twice about...
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Why is wind power derided as subsidised, inefficient and uncompetitive when the opposite is true, ask Jérôme Guillet and John Evans
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By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News
They are among the true monsters of space – colossal stars whose size and brightness go well beyond what many scientists thought was even possible.
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20 July 2010 by Kate Douglas
Sense of humour varies enormously from person to person, but while much is learned and culturally influenced, there is no evidence of systematic differences in the things that men and women find funny (Journal of Pragmatics, vol 38, p 1). Neither does recent...
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BY Austin CarrToday
American defense firm Raytheon unveiled its anti-aircraft laser, of all places, at an airshow in England. Called the Laser Close-In Weapon System, Raytheon said the 50 kilowatt beam it produces can be used against aircraft, mortars, rockets, and small surface ships, and has already been tested against unmanned aerial vehicles.
And the technology...
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by Gary Wenk, Ph. D
Obesity increases the risk of getting Alzheimer’s disease.
Obesity shrinks critical brain regions and increases the risk of getting Alzheimer’s disease. Two recent studies have outlined the risk of being obese with regard to the health of the brain as we age. A gene called FTO (for Fat Mass and Obesity)...
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By Dan Vergano, USA TODAY
Just like Dr. Evil of Austin Powers fame, most of us surely wish to see ” sharks with frickin’ laserbeams attached to their heads.”
Well, we’re not quite there yet, but death rays are making some interesting strides. In a series...
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19 July 2010 by Lise Eliot
IN 2010 we need to ask afresh just how deep the rabbit hole goes when it comes to gender politics – and how far we are from digging ourselves out. Our beliefs about differences between the sexes have an impact on society vastly...
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