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Pesticide Combination Affects Bees' Ability to Learn
March 27, 2013 — Two new studies have highlighted a negative impact on bees' ability to learn following exposure to a combination of pesticides commonly used in agriculture. The researchers found that the pesticides, ... > full story -
Mice Show Innate Ability to Vocalize: Deaf or Not, Courting Male Mice Make Same Sounds
March 26, 2013 — While humans and birds must learn to vocalize, a neurophysiologist has found that deaf male mice will vocalize to females the same way as hearing mice. The finding points the way to a more finely ... > full story -
Young Women Do Not Want to Run for Office, Experts Say
March 26, 2013 — There is a serious gender gap in women's interest versus men's interest in running for elected office which will likely persist for generations, experts ... > full story -
Mindfulness Improves Reading Ability, Working Memory, and Task-Focus
March 26, 2013 — If you think your inability to concentrate is a hopeless condition, think again -- and breathe, and focus. According to a new study, as little as two weeks of mindfulness training can significantly ... > full storyMore: -
Parent-Child Violence Leads to Teen Dating Violence, Study Suggests
March 25, 2013 — Teen dating violence is all too common and according to researchers it is a reflection of the relationships teens have with their parents or their parent’s ... > full story -
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How School Report Cards Can Backfire
March 25, 2013 — In the wake of President Obama's "college scorecard," new research finds that government attempts to grade educational institutions can backfire when done for political or policy ... > full story -
Spatial Memory: Mapping Blank Spots in the Cheeseboard Maze
March 22, 2013 — During learning, novel information is transformed into memory through the processing and encoding of information in neural circuits. Scientists have now uncovered a novel role for inhibitory ... > full story -
Parent Induces Guilt, Child Shows Distress
March 22, 2013 — The use of guilt-inducing parenting in daily parent-child interaction causes children distress still evident on the next day. According to a new study, the use of guilt-inducing parenting varied from ... > full story -
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Prescription for Double-Dose Algebra Proves Effective
March 21, 2013 — Ninth-graders in Chicago Public Schools have significantly benefited from double-dose algebra (attending two consecutive periods of the subject) in ways that were not easily observable in the ... > full story -
Faster, Smarter and Cheaper Drug Discovery
March 21, 2013 — Computers are now sifting through drug libraries to pick out compounds likely to clobber TB with minimal side effects to humans. Programmers have ‘taught’ the computers to understand ... > full story
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