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Fascinating rhythm: The brain's 'slow waves'
Apr 19, 2013 (SPX)
New findings clarify where and how the brain's "slow waves" originate. These rhythmic signal pulses, which sweep through the brain during deep sleep at the rate...
New Research Reveals How Human Ancestor Walked, Chewed, and Moved
Apr 16, 2013 (SPX)
A team of scientists has pieced together how the hominid Australopithecus sediba (Au. sediba) walked, chewed, and moved nearly two million years ago. Their rese...
Evolution explains facial hair trends
Apr 16, 2013 (UPI)
Beards may have once served an evolutionary purpose, providing men warmth and protection against the elements, but today they're mostly a fashion choice. Right ...
Pottery reveals Ice Age hunter-gatherers' taste for fish
Apr 15, 2013 (SPX)
Hunter-gatherers living in glacial conditions produced pots for cooking fish, according to the findings of a pioneering new study led by the University of York ...
Google adds 'digital estate planning' to its services
Apr 11, 2013 (AFP)
Google on Thursday began letting people plan out what is to be done with their digital photos, documents and other virtual belongings after they die or become i...
Better Understanding of Human Brain Supports National Security
Apr 11, 2013 (SPX)
Today, at a White House event, the President unveiled a bold new research initiative designed to revolutionize the understanding of the human brain. As part of ...
Rare primate's vocal lip-smacks share features of human speech
Apr 09, 2013 (SPX)
The vocal lip-smacks that geladas use in friendly encounters have surprising similarities to human speech, according to a study reported in the Cell Press journ...
Women and men perform the same in math
Apr 07, 2013 (UPI)
Girls and boys earn similar grades in math and science, but Asian-American students of both genders outperform all others, U.S. researchers say. Nicole M. Else-...
Scientists identify brain's 'molecular memory switch'
Apr 03, 2013 (SPX)
Scientists have identified a key molecule responsible for triggering the chemical processes in our brain linked to our formation of memories. The findings, publ...
Researchers successfully map fountain of youth
Apr 01, 2013 (SPX)
In collaboration with an international research team, University of Copenhagen researchers have for the first time mapped telomerase, an enzyme which has a kind...
First evidence of Neanderthal/human mix
Mar 29, 2013 (UPI)
Ancient skeletal remains found in Italy may be of a human/Neanderthal hybrid, the first such known instance of the species interbreeding, scientists say. If fur...
Urban vegetation deters crime in Philadelphia
Mar 28, 2013 (SPX)
Contrary to convention, vegetation, when well-maintained, can lower the rates of certain types of crime, such as aggravated assault, robbery and burglary, in ci...
Patents said threat to 'genomic liberty'
Mar 26, 2013 (UPI)
Companies holding more than 40,000 patents on DNA molecules have essentially staked claim to the entire human genome for profit, U.S. researchers say. Medical r...
'End of Men'? Not Even Close, Says UC San Diego Report on Gender in the Professions
Mar 25, 2013 (SPX)
It's March 2013 - 50 years after Betty Friedan's explosive book launched feminism's "second wave," 41 after Title IX, the equal-opportunity amendment banning se...
Wireless, implanted sensor broadens range of brain research
Mar 25, 2013 (SPX)
A compact, self-contained sensor recorded and transmitted brain activity data wirelessly for more than a year in early stage animal tests, according to a study ...
'Brain waves' challenge area-specific view of brain activity
Mar 22, 2013 (SPX)
Our understanding of brain activity has traditionally been linked to brain areas - when we speak, the speech area of the brain is active. New research by an int...
Early human artwork went unrecognized
Mar 21, 2013 (UPI)
A 14,000-year-old engraved reindeer antler is possibly the first piece of early human art ever found, Britain's Natural History Museum says. The antler engraved...
Origins of human teamwork found in chimpanzees
Mar 21, 2013 (SPX)
Teamwork has been fundamental in humanity's greatest achievements but scientists have found that working together has its evolutionary roots in our nearest prim...
Skulls of early humans carry telltale signs of inbreeding
Mar 21, 2013 (SPX)
Buried for 100,000 years at Xujiayao in the Nihewan Basin of northern China, the recovered skull pieces of an early human exhibit a now-rare congenital deformat...
Neanderthal genome sequenced
Mar 19, 2013 (UPI)
Scientists in Germany completing the genome sequence of a Neanderthal say they're making the entire sequence available to the scientific community for research....
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