Humans correctly forecast the personal qualities valued in their local population, and generate pride accordingly,…
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Rewards treat alcohol abuse in those with mental illness
Offering prizes- – from simple shampoo to DVD players — can be an effective, low-cost…
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New algorithms may revolutionize drug discoveries, and our understanding of life
A new set of machine learning algorithms that can generate 3-D structures of tiny protein…
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Bacterial survival strategy: Splitting into virulent and non-virulent subtypes
Scientists have discovered a long-term epigenetic memory switch that controls different modes of bacterial virulence,…
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New species of gecko has massive scales and tear-away skin
Many lizards can drop their tails when grabbed, but one group of geckos has gone…
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Medicare could overpay medicare advantage plans by $200 billion over ten years
Current trends in diagnostic coding for patient risk scores will lead to Medicare overpaying Medicare…
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Scientists develop ‘lab on a chip’ that costs 1 cent to make
Microfluidics, electronics and inkjet technology underlie a newly developed all-in-one biochip that can analyze cells…
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What happened to the sun over 7,000 years ago?
By analyzing the level of a carbon isotope in tree rings from a specimen of…
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Black hole feeding frenzy discovered that breaks records
A giant black hole ripped apart a nearby star and then continued to feed off…
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How does the brain make perceptual predictions over time? There’s a theory for that
A neuroscientist offers a new framework to explain how the brain makes predictions. He outlines…