Pill that boosts productivity gaining favor, raising concerns among medical ethicists 3 hours ago | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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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. | |
Comcast's new bandwidth limit irks some users 3 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Comcast's plan to place a cap on consumer Internet use worries some customers who have come to take unfettered Web surfing for granted, even though most users aren't affected by the move. | |
 Spiky Probe on NASA Mars Lander Raises Vapor Quandary 3 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- A fork-like conductivity probe has sensed humidity rising and falling beside NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, but when stuck into the ground, its measurements so far indicate soil that is thoroughly ... | |
 Cassini Images Ring Arcs Among Saturn's Moons 3 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Cassini spacecraft has detected a faint, partial ring orbiting with one small moon of Saturn, and has confirmed the presence of another partial ring orbiting with a second moon. This ... | |
Study: Individual Personal Ties Strengthen Teams’ Overall Creativity 3 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- With more employees working in teams, it’s critical for companies to find ways to enable these teams be more creative in their work. | |
Study: Behavior of Online Reviewers Affects Their Credibility 3 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Consumers increasingly rely on recommendations in online forums, such as Amazon.com and Angieslist.com, when deciding which products and services to buy. But, in most cases, they've never met the posters ... | |
 Dental fillings without gaps 4 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Tooth cavities are usually closed with plastic fillings. However, the initially soft plastic shrinks as it hardens. The tension can cause gaps to appear between the tooth and the filling, encouraging more ... | |
 Tracking the reasons many girls avoid science and math 4 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Most parents and many teachers believe that if middle-school and high-school girls show no interest in science or math, there's little anyone can do about it. New research by a team that includes vocational ... | |
Changes in urine could lead to BSE test for live animals 4 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Researchers have demonstrated that protein levels in urine samples can indicate both the presence and progress of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) disease in cattle. Publishing their findings in BioMed Central's open ... | |
Best way to treat malaria: Avoid using same drug for everyone, scientists say 4 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists employing a sophisticated computer model pioneered at Princeton University and Resources for the Future has found that many governments worldwide are recommending the wrong kind of malaria ... | |
Creating lung cancer risk models for specific populations refines prediction 4 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Lung cancer risk prediction models are enhanced by taking into account risk factors by race and by measuring DNA repair capacity, according to research teams led by epidemiologists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson ... | |
 Astronomer Discovers Upper Mass Limit for Black Holes 4 hours ago | User rating: 4 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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There appears to be an upper limit to how big the universe’s most massive black holes can get, according to new research led by a Yale University astrophysicist. | |
Parents beware: Kids exposed to many hours of alcohol use in PG-13 movies 4 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Children are exposed to many hours of alcohol use in movies, especially films rated PG-13, a new study shows. | |
 Lightweight and long-legged males go the distance for sex 4 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Finding a mate can take considerable legwork as recently illustrated by the flightless and nocturnal Cook Strait giant weta Deinacrida rugosa. This cricket relative is found in New Zealand and is one of the ... | |
 Old sheep raising the baaa 4 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Populations of wild animals face the challenge of surviving in a changing climate. Researchers at Imperial College London and Université Claude Bernard Lyon have shown how a sheep population on a remote island ... | |
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