In 2010, Duke researchers scored infants according to their innate number sense. Three years later, further tests show a correlation between those scores and mathematical aptitude: The higher the score, the better the skill.
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A survey found that parents greatly underestimate the extent to which their children were either perpetrators or victims of cyberbullying. Also, the younger the child, the less likely the parent was aware.
A UK study is one of a very few to address this commonly-held belief from a scientific perspective. It also suggests that multitasking should be considered when evaluating worker performance.
Diabetics may someday be able to test their blood sugar levels using a simple, painless laser device that registers glucose in skin cells.
Junk DNA — so called because it was thought to have no biological function — may actually play a role in determining facial shape, say scientists.
A study claims that, compared to the current donation system, offering donors $10,000 for their kidney would improve health outcomes and, consequently, lower costs.
A new study is only the latest to link higher-than-average facial width to certain unsavory behaviors, including — in this case — the propensity to cheat. However, the researchers warn not to judge a book by its cover.
What started out as a personal experiment to reduce a typical human’s nutritional needs to a single drink has now grown into an actual business, thanks to US$3 million in preorders and seed funding. One goal: Improving the taste.
The rising tide of evil, the relative safety of a few sanctuaries: these are the two main vectors of zombie cartography. In the first category, the epidemiological map shows the […]
Viewed in silhouette, Sombrero and Little Sombrero both have large central bulges along with thin disks and dust lanes.
Gender, like so many things, is occasionally in a gray area. And that’s okay.
“The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.”
-Pablo Picasso (born on this day in 1881)
Stargazer John Chumack used a homemade telescope and a QHY8 cooled single shot color CCD camera to capture this image.
We need to be inspired by fiction in order for our imagination to develop pathways to solving problems.
I think that Steve Jobs was brilliant. I think that he was an amazing risk taker, but I also think heroes are overrated.
I think that it’s great to inspire new generations of thinkers; it’s terrible to create new authority.
Affective computing is really about instruments helping us understand what a person is feeling or what’s going on inside of a person and in a very un-invasive way.
3D printing offers great potential for mass customization and manufacturing tools.
The key question is will manufacturers in this country recognize and further exploit the benefits of having production close to manufacturing?
If you look at advanced manufacturing processes today, they actually require a much higher level of skill and sophistication in your workforce than I think many of us realize.
You’ll work harder and you’ll work longer hours and you’ll make big things happen for your company at the same time. So everyone wins.
If you’re stuck at your job, there’s so many different options. For instance, you can turn your passion into a new position.
To be successful in today’s economy, you have to be accountable for your own career and take charge of your own life.
You can achieve mastery in more than one field. What would be interesting to see is could a musician also master baseball?
Unagi Travel specializes in taking stuffed animals on excursions to various locations and landmarks. The service has proved beneficial for humans who can’t travel themselves due to illness or other reasons.
Can you imagine yourself working at the same narrow position all the way up until the future?
A team of Washington high school students has developed an easy-to-install lock that teachers could quickly place on a door in case of an intruder emergency. They have received a grant to help them develop the product further.
Who you are a lot of the time is a reflection of what other people have told you.
A study of 5,000 UK schoolchildren found that improvements in academic performance accompanied an increase in the number of minutes spent in intensive exercise. Girls in particular were shown to do better in science.
What if the NSA scandals result in a more fragmented global Internet? What if they are used as an excuse by repressive regimes to violate their own citizens’ privacy?