Archive: 05/29/2008
Poor spellers with good phonetic skills are more often right-handed
Children who can read and have good phonetic skills - the ability to recognize the individual sounds within words – may still be poor spellers. In a paper published in the May 2008 issue of Cortex, Elizabeth Eglinton and Ma ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 29, 2008 |
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I do not see it, but my brain knows what it means
Patients suffering from “hemineglect” cannot attend to, and hence cannot see, things presented to their left side. However, sometimes these ignored stimuli may be processed without awareness.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 29, 2008 |
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Fruits, vegetables and teas may protect smokers from lung cancer
Tobacco smokers who eat three servings of fruits and vegetables per day and drink green or black tea may be protecting themselves from lung cancer, according to a first-of-its-kind study by UCLA cancer researchers.
May 29, 2008 |
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Listen to Phoenix descend
With data recorded on board Mars Express, you can hear Phoenix descend on to the surface of the Red Planet. After being processed by the Mars Express Flight Control Team, the sounds of Phoenix descending are ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 29, 2008 |
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Exercises cut cancer death in men
Men who exercise often are less likely to die from cancer than those who don’t exercise, according to a new study from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet. In the study, the researchers looked at the effect ...
May 29, 2008 |
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End of an era as paper airline tickets dropped from June 1
The paper airline ticket comes to the end of its life on Sunday when 240 carriers belonging to the world association IATA switch to all electronic ticketing, much of it through Internet booking.
May 29, 2008 |
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MIT studies robotic training for astronauts
The space shuttle's 45-foot robotic arm may look simple and automatic as it gracefully lifts a multi-ton satellite from the cargo bay and lets it drift off into space. Far from it.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 29, 2008 |
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Japanese researchers develop tiny toxic smog sensor
Japanese researchers say they have developed a smog sensor the size of a finger nail that could be carried around and used to measure pollution in the air that people breathe each day.
May 29, 2008 |
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Where man boldly goes, bacteria follow -- Are we contaminating space?
Life in outer space is an absolute certainty, and it is likely to be more familiar than we might think, according to an article in the May issue of Microbiology Today. Ever since the start of the space race we have sent m ...
Biology /
May 29, 2008 |
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Dehydrated tomatoes show promise for preventing prostate cancer
New research suggests that the form of tomato product one eats could be the key to unlocking its prostate cancer-fighting potential, according to a report in the June 1 issue of Cancer Research, a journal of the American Associ ...
May 29, 2008 |
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Government use of school league tables completely unjustified
Parents and teachers should not rely on school league tables to judge how good, or bad, a school is, according to research published today.
May 29, 2008 |
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Fireflies' glow helps researchers track cancer drug's effectiveness
The gene that allows fireflies to flash is helping researchers track the effectiveness of anti-cancer drugs over time.
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