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Physicists investigate how time moves forward

7 hours ago | User rating: 4 / 5 after 36 vote(s) | User comments: 6

As humans, we have a very intuitive concept of time, and of the differences between the past, present, and future. But, as scientists Edward Feng of the University of California, Berkeley, and Gavin Crooks of the Lawrence ...


Free drug samples may end up costing uninsured more

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Free drug samples provided to physicians by pharmaceutical companies could actually be costing uninsured patients more in the long run, according to a study done by researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center ...


StellarWindow turns your laptop into a virtual planetarium

4 hours ago | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | User comments: 1

If you enjoy looking at the stars, but get a little impatient trying to figure out which way to hold your star map to identify the constellations, a new software program may make things easier. Called StellarWindow, ...


Sims creator's long-awaited 'playing god' game hits stores

12 hours ago | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | User comments: 1

"Spore", the eagerly-awaited computer game five years in the making allowing people to play God by re-creating the universe, hits stores worldwide this week.


Pill that boosts productivity gaining favor, raising concerns among medical ethicists

3 hours ago | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 12 vote(s) | User comments: 1

In a place like Silicon Valley, where career prospects often hinge on a person's intelligence and ability to work hellishly long hours, "brain doping" probably was inevitable.


Pyrenees glaciers will melt by 2050: Spanish study

7 hours ago | User rating: 3.1 / 5 after 9 vote(s) | User comments: 2

Climate change will melt the 21 remaining glaciers in the Pyrenees mountains before 2050, a group of Spanish researchers said Friday.