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You can't always get what you want: Young infants understand goals, even if unsuccessful
We all have goals and desires, but unfortunately, they are not always achieved. For example, a fouled basketball player tries for a free throw shot, but misses. It may be obvious that he wanted to make the shot, but the outcome ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 28, 2009 |
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Visualization provides decision-makers with the big picture
The human brain is not very well-equipped for analysing multidimensional data. In his doctoral dissertation, Mikko Berg, M.Sc. (Tech.) examined how graphical visualizations can help people to understand complex data. One ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 11, 2012 |
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World scientists define united approach to tackling food insecurity
Nearly one billion people in the world are undernourished, while millions suffer from chronic disease due to excess food consumption. Global demand is growing for agricultural products and food prices are rising, yet roughly ...
Mar 28, 2012 |
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Research duo finds crayfish use deception to ward off other males
(PhysOrg.com) -- Because we’re so smart compared to other species that live on this planet, people tend to ascribe certain abilities as innately human. One of these traits is the ability to lie or cheat. ...
Mar 15, 2012 |
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Mathematics confirm the efficiency of horreos with slots
Horreos, a type of Galician dry-store structure, with slotted floors regulate temperature better in sunny weather conditions, which helps preserve the corn stored there. This is something that people from ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Feb 21, 2012 |
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Collective action: Occupied genetic switches hold clues to cells' history
If you wanted to draw your family tree, you could start by searching for people who share your surname. Cells, of course, don't have surnames, but scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) ...
Feb 03, 2012 |
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French IT company aspires to be email-free within a year
How many work emails do you get a day? 80? 200? 500? More than 1,000?
Dec 09, 2011 |
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Rise of outsourcing poses new cybersecurity problems
Big banks, hospitals and insurance companies worry about computer security because they handle so much personal information.
Nov 10, 2011 |
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Catch limits debated for 'most important fish in sea'
A big fight is brewing over a little fish - a fish that no one wants to eat but that many regard as the most important in the sea.
Nov 07, 2011 |
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More oil spills from stricken New Zealand ship
Fresh oil leaked from a container ship stuck on a New Zealand reef Tuesday, as bad weather halted both salvage work on the vessel and a massive pollution clean up on the coast.
Oct 18, 2011 |
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Wildlife groups sue for more protection of turtles
(AP) -- Several wildlife protection groups are suing the federal agency that regulates fishing in U.S. waters, claiming the government isn't doing enough to protect endangered sea turtles from drowning in shrimp nets.
Oct 14, 2011 |
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