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Brain Changes Accompany Development of Metamemory from Childhood to Adolescence
Ability to reflect on memories improves memory quality.
Being able to assess our own memories helps us to avoid errors and prompts us to collect...
Peering into Neural Networks
New technique helps elucidate the inner workings of neural networks trained on visual data.
Neural networks, which learn to perform computational tasks by analyzing large...
Our faces reveal whether we’re rich or poor
Put on a happy face, your success may depend on it, suggests a study by psychology researchers at the University of Toronto's Faculty of...
First battery-free cellphone makes calls by harvesting ambient power
University of Washington researchers have invented a cellphone that requires no batteries -- a major leap forward in moving beyond chargers, cords and dying...
Smelling your food makes you fat
Our sense of smell is key to the enjoyment of food, so it may be no surprise that in experiments at the University of...
Judge: Facebook can Track Browsing Activity Even When You Log Out
Last Friday a Judge dismissed a lawsuit accusing Facebook of tracking users’ Internet activity even when they are logged out from their account.
The U.S. District Judge...
Israeli startup takes aim at Huntington’s disease
Mitoconix Bio nabs $20 million to develop a promising drug for treatment of neurodegenerative disorder
An Israeli biopharmaceutical company, Mitoconix Bio, has nabbed $20 million...
US – South Korea fire missiles after North’s ICBM test
In a direct response to North Korea's missile launch, U.S. and South Korean soldiers fired "deep strike" precision missiles into South Korean territorial waters
The...
US military says war with North Korea cannot be ruled out
War with North Korea cannot be ruled out after its test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the US and South Korean militaries have...
China Shuts Down Popular VPN Services to Make Great Firewall Stronger
Online Privacy has been one of the biggest challenges in today's interconnected world, as the governments across the world have been found censoring the...
Hackers Steal Billions in S.Korean Won by Hacking 4th Largest Bitcoin Exchange
Bithumb, one of the largest Bitcoin and Ether exchange platforms, has been hacked resulting in a loss of billions of South Korean Won with a number...
Breaking the Silence meriterebbe un premio per ipocrisia
La ong invoca indagini sui “crimini” delle Forze di Difesa israeliane, ma non è in grado di circostanziare le accuse. Messa alle strette, si...
High Serotonin Levels in Blood of SIDS Infants
Findings from NIH-funded study could provide basis for forensic SIDS test.
Blood samples from infants who died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) had high...
The Secret Connection Between Anxiety and Sleep
You may have experienced sleepless nights when you were anxious, stressed or too excited.
Such emotions are well-known to affect wakefulness and can even...
Is Concussion Associated with Abnormal Menstrual Patterns in Young Women?
A study of nearly 130 girls and young women suggests concussion was associated with increased risk of having two or more abnormal menstrual bleeding...
