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  Subconscious Mental Categories Help Brain Sort Through Everyday Experiences

  April 10, 2013 — Researchers found that the brain breaks experiences into the "events," or related groups that help us mentally organize the day's many situations, using subconscious mental categories it creates. ... > full story
• Graphene
  Materials Science
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  Faster Than Silicon: Redesigned Material Could Lead to Lighter, Faster Electronics

  April 10, 2013 — The same material that formed the first primitive transistors more than 60 years ago can be modified in a new way to advance future electronics, according to a new study. Chemists have developed the ... > full story
• Obesity
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  Eating Solid Food Early Sets Marmosets on Path to Obesity

  April 10, 2013 — Baby marmoset monkeys that began eating solid food earlier than their peers were significantly more likely to be obese at one year of age, scientists have ... > full story
• Insects (including Butterflies)
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  War on Bugs: New Research Could Lead to Better Bed Bug Control

  April 10, 2013 — Genetic analysis of the tiny but tough bloodsuckers reveals a potential biological target for pest control ... > full story
• Educational Policy
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  Alcohol Use, Anxiety Predict Facebook Use by College Students

  April 10, 2013 — Anxiety and alcohol use significantly predict emotional connectedness to Facebook, a new study suggests. According to one of the researchers, alcohol use is generally viewed as normative, or socially ... > full story
• Language Acquisition
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  Young Children Have Grammar and Chimpanzees Don't

  April 10, 2013 — A new study has shown that children as young as two understand basic grammar rules when they first learn to speak and are not simply imitating adults. The study also applied the same statistical ... > full story
• Brain Tumor
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  Transparent Brain Using Hydrogel Process

  April 10, 2013 — Combining neuroscience and chemical engineering, researchers have developed a process that renders a mouse brain ... > full story
• Dinosaurs
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  World's Oldest Dinosaur Embryo Bonebed Yields Organic Remains

  April 10, 2013 — A 190-million-year-old dinosaur bonebed near the city of Lufeng, in Yunnan, China has revealed for the first time how dinosaur embryos grew and developed in their ... > full story
• Anthropology
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  Origin of Life
   
  

  Pottery Reveals Ice Age Hunter-Gatherers’ Taste for Fish

  April 10, 2013 — Hunter-gatherers living in glacial conditions produced pots for cooking fish, according to the findings of a pioneering new study which reports the earliest direct evidence for the use of ceramic ... > full story
• Alternative Fuels
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  Overcoming a Major Barrier to Medical and Other Uses of 'Microrockets' and 'Micromotors'

  April 10, 2013 — An advance in micromotor technology akin to the invention of cars that fuel themselves from the pavement or air is opening the door to new medical and industrial uses for these tiny devices, ... > full story

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