Appolicious – Back in September, Lonely Planet launched a technology startup, Fourforty Inc., and last…
Month: December 2011
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Brain’s failure to appreciate others may permit human atrocities
It may be that a person can become callous enough to commit human atrocities because…
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Alzheimer’s drug candidate may be first to prevent disease progression, mouse study suggests
A new drug candidate may be the first capable of halting the devastating mental decline…
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Magnetic stimulation of brain may help some stroke patients recover
Imagine waking up and being unable to see or recognize anything on the left side…
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Early research on cellphone conversations likely overestimated crash risk, study suggests
A new study suggests that two influential early studies of cellphone use and crash risk…
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Brain-heart link may explain sudden death in Rett syndrome
Poets might scoff at the notion that heart and brain are closely related, but scientists…
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Growstones ideal alternative to perlite, parboiled rice hulls
A study determined the properties of an aggregate produced from ground waste glass and compared…
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Artichokes grow big in Texas
Marketable yield, yield components, quality, and phenolic compounds of artichoke heads were investigated in response…
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‘Green routing’ can cut car emissions without significantly slowing travel time
The path of least emissions may not always be the fastest way to drive somewhere….
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Worm forces hospitals to turn away patients
A damaging, fast-spreading computer bug forced an Atlanta-area hospital system to shut its doors for…