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	No PowerPoint, please!
...ralia have studied, again, the effects Microsoft PowerPoint has on viewers of presentations made with the help of this software. The Australian scientists think that according to the "cognitive load theory" the human brain cannot receive and 'decode' visual and audio information at the same time for longer than a few seconds. Thus information consisting of diagrams and graphs accompanied by speech would be perceived easi...
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	Scientists Discover New Facts about 'Placebo Effect'
... reward processing also displayed greater anticipation of the placebo effectiveness. The study authors made the conclusion that the NAC system should be activated to cause the placebo effect. This theory may be really helpful in developing new therapies for a range of conditions. Powered by www.infoniac.com ...
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	Levitation Possible in Real World
...According to two British scientists, levitation may become possible not only in fairy-tales and advanced yoga practice but in the real world, too. Sad as it may seem, but this amazing theory so far applies only to tiny objects. At present moment scientists have not revealed the secret of levitation for human beings. If the theory is borne out, it will most probably cause revolutionary changes in the field of nano-tech...
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	Male birth decline - an environmental fault?
...out major male birth decline and blame air pollution for this. The drop in number of male babies born in comparison to female babies was largely observed in United States and Japan. Devra Davis, a scientist from University of Pittsburg suggests in the publication of June issue of Environmental Health Perspectives that there is a strong tendency for less boys to be born lately. She says that it is mostly connected to...
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	The Nobel Prize 2007 Has Been Given Away
...hange, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change". The Nobel Prize in economics this year was awarded "for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory" to Leonid Hurwicz, from the University of Minnesota, MN, USA, Eric S. Maskin, from the Institute of Advanced Study, NJ, USA, and Roger Myerson, from the University of Chicago, IL, USA. Leonid Hurwicz is the founder o...
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	Recordings on Predicting the Existence of Parallel Worlds Found
...A brilliant physicist recorded his theory on the existence of parallel universes. The tapes were recently discovered in the basement of his son's flat. According to the recordings, the idea about parallel universes came to the quantum physicist, Hugh Everett, when he was 24 years old. The year was 1957 and the physicist at that time was a graduate student at Princeton University. It is worth mentioning that the th...
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	Caves With Stone Age Paintings Have Better Acoustics
...century European churches, who works at the University of Paris. He was the one to lead the research. Presumably these caves were considered to be places of natural power. This brings evidence to the theory that decorated caves represented an environment were ancient people performed religious and magical rituals. A very interesting theory, though hard to prove, is linked with the fact that the acoustic features of a c...
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	Japanese Scientists Developed Flash Able to Function for Hundreds of Years
...l cameras. Today's Flash chips can serve for about a decade for the majority of applications. Despite this fact, a number of application that require frequent writing and rewriting of information in theory may lead to a faster wear out of the cells, making the Flash device useful for just a few years. The same thing can occur when users use a large space of Flash memory as a swap file or continuously add updated log fil...
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	New Technologies Show the Complex Structure of the Brain
... nerve cells and the elongated projections linking the cells. It is worth mentioning that the image was kept secret until now. Custom MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) is able to identify the main anatomical aspects of the brain. The procedure is mostly used to recognize stokes and brain tumors. However, the continuous development in the field of computing and processing algorithms made it possible for scientists to stud...
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	Scientific contribution in Iraq war undermined
...Britain's Armed Forces may no longer take part in operations countering Iraq's threat without considerable funds in essential technology advancements, where scientists make their greatest contribution, announced a committee of MPs. As it was disclosed by the Commons Defense Committee report, scientists from Dstl (Defense Science and Technology Laboratory), an agency of the Ministry of Defence, have their final word for...
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	Storm virus attacks blogs
...Storm virus is back again to infect blogs, webmails and bulletin boards. British and Korean computer security scientists claim it's a new variant of malware that is extremely difficult to detect. The Storm worm looks like a message that features news about Europe's storms. In fact, this virus can evaluate network traffic on the computer and later insert a link to malicious website into user's post, webmail or bulleti...
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	DNA research approaches the origins of human beings
...me from. The National Geographic Society together with IBM initiate a global project where more than 10,000 inhabitants will have their DNA tested to make up a huge database. Efforts of well-known scientists in geography and genetic medicine will reside in 10 world regions to find traces of human ancestry. Aside from DNA information collected from indigenous people, other people can also have their genetic data teste...
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	Happiness Might Appear Before Fortunate Events Occur, Study Says
...hat the feeling of happiness is not related to outside circumstances or turning points of one's life. This means that prosperity, marriage or health do not determine our subjective well being. This theory has proved to be basically true, but only for some changes concerning the character of the event. Though most people can adapt to variety of negative and disturbing circumstances like death of a close person or signifi...
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	Aggressive women - genes' fault
...o have a relation with aggressive feelings. The close association of genetic marker makes it easier to foresee the signs of hypertension or other related diseases. The results will be discussed by scientists of University of Pittsburgh at American Psychosomatic Society's Annual Meeting in Budapest....
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	Chemical Found in Cosmetics, Soaps and Lubricants is Hazardous for Men
...Till now scientists have been aware of the fact that exposure to phthalates is linked to reproductive issues. Recently they have discovered that this chemical, found in nearly everything including plastics, shampoos, cosmetics, lubricants, paint and soaps, is strongly connected to abdominal obesity and insulin resistance in adult males. This scientific discovery was made by the University of Rochester Medical Center. Sci...
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