Researchers' preclinical trial upends conventional wisdom about responses to fear
Fear. You've been there: Your heart races, even jumps to your throat. Your hands grow clammy and your stomach churns. Your mind goes blank.
Fear. You've been there: Your heart races, even jumps to your throat. Your hands grow clammy and your stomach churns. Your mind goes blank.
Plants & Animals
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Most of Europe has experienced strong summer warming over the course of the past several decades, accompanied by severe heat waves in 2003, 2010 and 2015. New research now puts the current warmth in a 2100-year historical ...
Environment
Jan 28, 2016
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University of Texas at El Paso Professor of Computer Science David Novick, Ph.D., and his students have developed a system for virtual agents and an immersive interactive application titled "Survival on Jungle Island."
Computer Sciences
Jan 28, 2016
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The moon was formed by a violent, head-on collision between the early Earth and a "planetary embryo" called Theia approximately 100 million years after the Earth formed, UCLA geochemists and colleagues report.
Space Exploration
Jan 28, 2016
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Since astronomers discovered the Smith Cloud, a giant gas cloud plummeting toward the Milky Way, they have been unable to determine its composition, which would hold clues as to its origin. University of Notre Dame astrophysicist ...
Astronomy
Jan 28, 2016
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A computer expert was sentenced Thursday to two years' probation for helping send millions of spam messages that allowed computer marketers to illegally harvest email addresses and phone numbers.
Security
Jan 28, 2016
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The 3-point line will virtually light up during Saturday prime-time NBA broadcasts on ABC this season.
Telecom
Jan 28, 2016
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On the heels of posting stellar quarterly earnings results, Facebook on Thursday expanded its offering for streaming live video at the leading social network.
Internet
Jan 28, 2016
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The Latest on a hearing on driverless cars in California (all times local):
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 28, 2016
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In our rapidly urbanizing world, access to sanitation, transportation, and other essential services remains a challenge for more than a billion people. In the world's poorest and most vulnerable urban communities, finding ...
Environment
Jan 28, 2016
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