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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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	Happiness Might Appear Before Fortunate Events Occur, Study Says
...A recent study on human happiness reveals that our adaptation to major life events is not the only factor to influence our well-being. Those who will have their life run in a more balanced way are predominantly inclined to feel happy long before the fortunate occurrence in their life. Latest psychological studies have found that the feeling of happiness is not related to outside circumstances or turning points of one's l...
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	Japan's uncertain guilt for sex slavery during World War II
...The apology on Japan's contribution to forced women prostitution, made by Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, was not convincing enough to acknowledge their responsibility. Earlier this month Shinzo Abe disapproved Japan's implication into the women's sex slavery during the World War II and that caused negative response all over the world. More than 200,000 women from Korea and China were exploited for sexual service i...
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	No PowerPoint, please!
...Scientists from the New South Wales University in Australia 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 an...
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	New Electronic Display to Be Used on Clothes and Beer Cans
...One of the latest inventions in the field of light emitting devices might change the way people light their homes and design clothes. The device represents a thin film of plastic able to conduct electricity and create solar power. Scientists working on the international project are looking forward to bring the organic light emitting devices to the masses. Thus the invention could significantly cut costs by billions of ...
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	Anti-abortion Activist Life Sentenced for Murder
...Anti-abortion opponent was given a life sentence for murdering a doctor who performed abortions. James Kopp wrote that he saved several children by killing the doctor. James Kopp, 52 year old man, who was fighting against abortions, killed Barnett Slepian, a doctor, in front of his children and wife. He was convicted on the charge of second-degree murder and given a life sentence in addition to 10 years on federal ch...
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	Yawning Saves Your Brain From Overheating
...When you see the other person yawning in the room, your instinctive response is to yawn too. However, it doesn't mean you are fighting with the urge to sleep. Scientists discovered that yawning is a process that protects our brain from overheating and serves as an alert signal to others. Andrew C. Gallup and Gordon G. Gallup, Jr., researchers from University at Albany studied yawning in college students to find out th...
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	Japan Marks the 62nd Anniversary of Hiroshima's Atomic Bombing
...Japan will never forget Hiroshima. Recently the country market the 62nd anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima during World War II. On Monday there was a solemn ceremony. During the ceremony the mayor of Hiroshima criticized the United States that ignored the proposal to stop its program for producing nuclear weapons. The Peace Memorial Park gathered tens of thousands of children, elderly survivors, as well as ...
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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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	The Nobel Prize 2007 Has Been Given Away
...Right after the Ig Nobel Prize Awards has taken place, serious people from Stockholm have come into play. It is a fact that the most renown and prestigious scientific award is the Nobel Prize, which takes place once a year in the Swedish capital. The Nobel Prize is awarded in five nominations: Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, Peace and Economics (the latter only since 1969). This year's first Nobel Prize was awarded for me...
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	A Man's Satisfaction Lies in Earning More than His Pals
...A good salary is something everyone wants, but for men a better salary than their peers provides more pleasure than some other things. A study showed that when a man is paid more than his co-workers and if this fact is unfair, a "reward center" is stimulated in his brain. The "reward center" of the brain is a region that gives feelings of pleasure in response to such experiences as eating good food, achieving a goal, ha...
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	Caves With Stone Age Paintings Have Better Acoustics
...The new research of the Paleolithic cave located in France, revealed that people, who lived in prehistoric times, preferred to draw their famous cave sketches in locations that have a natural resonant sound. Researchers found at least 10 places with the prehistoric pictures of horses, bison and mammoths in which the sound of human voices, as well as the sound of musical instruments could be focused, amplified and trans...
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	Japanese Scientists Developed Flash Able to Function for Hundreds of Years
...Japanese scientists claim they have developed world's first flash memory with a potential lifetime of hundreds of years. Working at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology and the University of Tokyo, scientists mentioned that the new chips are able to work at lower voltages than the usual ones. It is worth mentioning that Flash memorychips are included in such products as Apple's iPhone, mi...
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	Baby's Smile Lights Up Mother's Brain
...A new research claims that the smile of a baby can not only melt a mother's heart but light up her brain as well. Scientists working at the Baylor College of Medicine in Texas observed brain scans of women who became mothers for the first time as they looked at different photographs of babies. The pictures included women's babies and the babies of others, illustrated smiling or crying. Researchers found that when mother...
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	Babies Delivered by Caesarian Section More Likely to Develop Diabetes
...ection are 20 percent more likely to develop a common type of diabetes. Together with their colleagues Dr Chris Cardwell and Dr Chris Patterson analyzed 20 published studies from 16 countries featuring about 100,000 children who have Type 1 diabetes and more than a million control children. Currently researchers cannot explain why children delivered through Caesarian section are at higher risk of developing Type 1 dia...
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