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Scientists Discover Square Red Star
Stars are some of the most ubiquitous and wondrous celestial bodies we see when looking up at the night sky. Those round pinpoints of...
Autistic Savant Draws Rome After Viewing it Once
Autistic artist Stephen Wiltshire is a "star among savants." In the film Beautiful Minds, A Voyage into the Brain, he is introduced as "The...
Is The Media Really Biased?
A lot has been written about an apparent media bias -- a Liberal bias because so many reporters donate to "Liberal causes", a Conservative...
Lack of Short-Term Memory Doesn’t Stop New Grad
College freshman Andrew Engel was diagnosed in 1995 with a malignant brain tumor, and after treatment was left without any short term memory. His...
Happiness on Your License Plate
Caroline Miller, besides being a coach and motivational speaker, is also known as “the license plate lady” to her children's friends who have become...
Heart Patients Living Longer
Heart disease rates have been falling for decades due to healthier lifestyles, but now death rates after severe heart attacks have been cut in...
Deaths from Severe Heart Attacks Cut in Half
Heart disease rates have been falling for several decades since we've learned how to live healthier, but now death rates for those who've entered...
A Guardian of Earth’s Treasure Trove of Trees
"For 50 years, Britain's Peter Ashton has been studying — and trying to preserve — a wealth of diversity in Asia's tropical forests." (CS Monitor) Thanks...
Communities Smile at the Payoffs From Friendliness
Port Phillip in Australia is encouraging people to smile or say "G'day" — the standard Australian greeting — to both neighbors and strangers as...
IBM Donates English-Arabic Translation Devices for Use in Iraq
IBM has decided to donate a new automatic, portable software device for Arabic-English translation to help U.S. forces in Iraq, where one wrong word...
‘Getting Dirty’ May Help Depressed
"People who suffer from depression could benefit from getting "dirty," according to new research. Bacteria found in soil has the same uplifting effects as...
Costly Tax Mistakes and What You Can Do about Them
The time for filing your tax returns is just around the corner. Are you ready? Here is the third in a series...
Free Online University Lectures Offer Eclectic Mix
As we alerted you last year, major Ivy league universities have begun offering lectures — and whole courses — on the Internet for free....
Templeton Prize Goes to Philosopher Who Says Barriers Between Science and Spirituality Fragment Us
Professor Charles Taylor, a Canadian philosopher who for nearly half a century has argued that problems such as violence and bigotry can only be...
$33 Million Donation for Stem Cell Institute
Lorry I. Lokey, the founder of Business Wire and a regular supporter of education and science, will give $33 million to help build a...
U.S. and Iraq Invite Iran and Syria to ‘Neighbors Meeting’
In an about-face, the U.S. joined Iraq in a new diplomatic initiative to invite Iran and Syria to a “neighbours meeting” to discuss stabilizing...
Some Respect, Please, for the Afternoon Nap
A study of more than 23,000 adults in Greece shows that short naps during the day "increase productivity and creativity while reducing stress." On...
Autism Gene Breakthrough Hailed
"Scientists have found new autism genes by scanning the largest collection of families with multiple cases of autism ever assembled. The monumental task of...
Once-Endangered Sturgeon Rebounding in Hudson River
Shortnose sturgeon have made a surprise recovery in New York City's Hudson River, a new study shows. More than 60,000 occupy the river, greater...
Green Mutual Fund Names Top 10 Performing Stocks of 2006
Looking for a place to invest some money? Global mutual fund Portfolio 21 has named its Top 10 financial performers among environmentally responsible companies....