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Gamers solve problem scientists couldn't

Sep 19, 2011
For over a decade, biomedical researchers have been trying to figure out the composition of a retrovirus enzyme from an AIDS-like virus. The belief...

Twitter makes changes that screws things up for researchers

Mar 4, 2011
Twitter is changing its terms of service. Might not make a big difference to you and me as we tweet about the tv show we're watching or what we're...

Study: The bigger the Wal-Mart, the fatter the shoppers

Jan 19, 2011
If your New Years resolution is to lose weight, you better hope a Walmart Supercenter doesn't open up around the corner. A recent study found th...

'Shrooms may ease anxiety in cancer patients

Sep 7, 2010
According to a study published in the Archives of General Psychiatry (abstract only), hallucinogen psilocybin (which to you and me, is known as ...

Want users to tell all??? Have an ugly site.

Sep 3, 2010
The scuzzier-looking the site, the more users may reveal about themselves. That's the finding of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University. They...

Scientists: Turning invisible might be possible

Aug 11, 2008
I had wonder if someone wasn't playing an April Fool's joke in August, but this story appears to be legit....