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How Germany used Islam during World War I
A refugee camp in a small German town stands on the spot of a mosque built to entice Muslims to fight for the kaiser
It's...
Physicists Create Negative Mass
Washington State University physicists have created a fluid with negative mass, which is exactly what it sounds like.
Push it, and unlike every physical object...
This Phishing Attack is Almost Impossible to Detect On Chrome, Firefox and Opera
A Chinese infosec researcher has discovered a new "almost impossible to detect" phishing attack that can be used to trick even the most careful...
Repeating Non-Verbs as Well as Verbs Can Boost the Syntactic Priming Effect
According to Glasgow and HSE/Northumbria researchers, repetition of non-verbs as well as verbs can boost the effect of syntactic priming, i.e. the likelihood of...
Common Drug Could Help Treat ALS and SMA
Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) researchers have identified a compound that helps protect the cells destroyed by spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), the most frequent...
Neural Networks Explained
Ballyhooed artificial-intelligence technique known as “deep learning” revives 70-year-old idea.
In the past 10 years, the best-performing artificial-intelligence systems — such as the speech recognizers...
New technique removes the cause of allergic asthma: Antibodies are suctioned off
Allergies are the commonest cause of asthma.
The immune system over-reacts to harmless substances such as birch or grass pollen, for example, forming immunoglobulin E...
Evidence of brain damage found in former soccer players
Evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a potential cause of dementia caused by repeated blows to the head, has been found in the brains...
A Crooked Bite May Indicate Early Life Stress
Dentistry research ID novel marker for developmental instability.
Research has repeatedly confirmed that the first 1,000 days after conception strongly influence a person’s life expectancy...
Iraq: Daesh launches chlorine gas attacks in western Mosul
An Iraqi military officer says Daesh militants have launched a gas attack in a newly-liberated area in western Mosul.
The officer with the anti-terrorism forces...
What’s the Best Way to Choose Your Profile Pic? Ask Someone Else to Do...
For the most appropriate profile picture on social media channels; ask someone else to choose, argues a study in Cognitive Research. Here, Dan Caley...
Saudi-led coalition ‘will not allow Houthi militia to become another Hezbollah’
The Arab coalition will not allow Houthi militias in Yemen to become like Hezbollah in Lebanon, its spokesman said.
Maj. Gen. Ahmed Al-Assiri said the...
Oxytocin Being Tested For PTSD and Alcohol Abuse
Nightmares. Obsessive thoughts. Avoiding particular places. Sudden outbursts. Fearing you’re in danger. Survivor guilt.
These experiences – manifestations of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) – are...
Tra i reperti archeologici israeliani, tanti indizi su vita e morte di Gesù
Israele è uno dei luoghi più scavati del pianeta: per questo oggi si possono ricostruire con grande precisione moltissimi aspetti della vita quotidiana del...
Thousands of ‘pinball kids’ in care emotionally damaged by lack of stability
Thousands of children in care are suffering behavioural problems because they are being moved around to different placements and schools too often, a report...
