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Thinking About Your Own Demise Inspires Environmentalism

Some people have kids. Some make charitable donations. Some write memoirs. Pondering our inevitable death has a way of inspiring us to get off the couch and leave our mark on the world in whatever way we deem most significant.  Now, saving the planet can be added to that list. Time philosophizes on how dwelling on our [...]
July 06, 2012 | By Rachel Nuwer

The elderly

What is So Good About Growing Old

Forget about senior moments. The great news is that researchers are discovering some surprising advantages of aging
July 2012 | By Helen Fields

New Mind-Reading Device Lets Paralyzed People Type

Using an fMRI machine and innovative software, researchers have figured out how to enable typing without moving a muscle
June 29, 2012 | By Joseph Stromberg

Nora Ephron, 71, Was Good At Endings

Nora Ephron died last night at 71, of pneumonia brought on by acute myeloid leukemia.
June 27, 2012 | By Sarah Laskow

Experiments Show We Really Can Learn While We Sleep

Our minds are surprisingly active during deep sleep, capable of cementing memories we learned while awake
June 26, 2012 | By Joseph Stromberg

The Last of His Kind, Tortoise Lonesome George Dies, Leaving No Offspring

For the first half of his life, Lonesome George lived on Pinta Island in the Galapagos. Once a thriving tortoise mecca, by the time a snail biologist discovered George there in 1971, the tortoise was the last of his subspecies, Chelonoidis nigra abingdoni. Dubbed “the world’s rarest creature,” George was transported to his new home, [...]
June 25, 2012 | By Sarah Laskow

What’s the Difference Between Clinically Dead, Figuratively Dead and Just Plain Dead?

Hosni Mubarak’s heart has stopped beating and he’s not responding to defibrillation.  Mubarak is clinically dead. Wait, no—Mubarak is in a coma and now he’s on life support. Just kidding, Mubarak is almost stable. Uncertainty shrouds the 84-year-old former Egyptian president’s condition like smoke from so many hookahs. But confusion also accompanies the various medical [...]
June 20, 2012 | By Rachel Nuwer

Music for Airports Soothes the Savage Passenger

Brian Eno's Music for Airports is a sound environment created specifically to complement the experience of waiting in an airport terminal
June 07, 2012 | By Jimmy Stamp

Quick and Cheap DNA Sequencing On the Horizon?

A new technique reads DNA base by base by threading it through a tiny pore
May 29, 2012 | By Joseph Stromberg

The Science of Sleepwalking

A new study indicates that a surprisingly high number of us are prone to sleepwalking. Should you wake a sleepwalker?
May 17, 2012 | By Joseph Stromberg

Cpl Nicholas G Xiarhos bedroom

Gripping Photos of Fallen Soldiers’ Bedrooms

A photographer's images of domestic tranquility pay tribute to U.S. service members
May 2012 | By T.A. Frail

How Do Birds Find Their Way Home?

Birds must be geniuses because they use quantum mechanics to navigate
May 2012 | By Laura Helmuth

African penguins

Make Way for the African Penguins

Few places let you get as close to the raffish birds—many of which are endangered—as South Africa’s Robben Island
May 2012 | By Charles Bergman

The Benefits of Daydreaming

A new study indicates that daydreamers are better at remembering information in the face of distraction
April 03, 2012 | By Joseph Stromberg

How Ideas Become Shoes: Creativity in Process

Using shoe design to understand human creativity
March 30, 2012 | By Sarah C. Rich

How Well Do We Really Remember A Crime Scene?

A new study shows that our ability to recall details is severely impaired after physical exertion
March 15, 2012 | By Joseph Stromberg

Why Does Grapefruit Mess With Your Medicine?

The juicy fruit can cause negative side effects with a number of prescription and over-the-counter medicines
March 08, 2012 | By Joseph Stromberg

Better Sleep in the Golden Years?

A large survey finds that the elderly are more satisfied with their sleep habits than are people in any other age group
March 01, 2012 | By Virginia Hughes

Alzheimer’s Disease Advance

There are reasons to be very positive about this result, but also reasons to be very cautious
February 15, 2012 | By Greg Laden

Galina Mindlin

Music Playlists to Soothe Your Mind

Neuropsychiatrist Galina Mindlin suggests that listening to particular songs on your mp3 player can make you a more productive person
January 2012 | By Erica R. Hendry


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