The Maria system can detect tumors in just eight seconds.
A revolutionary breast-screening system using anti-landmine technology that can detect cancer in seconds has been created by British scientists.
Mayan tablet does not predict end of world in 2012: experts
Ruins of the Mayan city of Palenque.
If you are worried the world will end next year based on the Mayan calendar, you can relax. The end of the world is still far off.
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UP – wristband and iPhone app tracks your daily activities
UP by Jawbone
UP™ by Jawbone® is the combination of a wristband and iPhone® app that tracks your activity and sleep and inspires you to move more, sleep better and eat smarter.
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Military dogs suffer PTSD just like humans
More than 5 percent of the approximately 650 military dogs deployed by American combat forces are developing canine PTSD.
Many soldiers leave the battlefield suffering deeply painful psychological traumas after returning home. And unfortunately, the same pattern of psychic trauma seems to apply for the dogs that help provide essential services for military men and women.
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Women still multitask more than men but find it stressful
Women do about 10 hours more multitasking in the home each week.
Even thought men may be helping more in the home, working women still do more multitasking in U.S. families than their partners and are finding it stressful, according to a new study.
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World’s heaviest insect weighs 3 times more than a mouse
A former park ranger from America found the heaviest ever recorded giant weta on New Zealand’s Little Barrier Island.
Mark Moffett, a former park ranger, has revealed how he spent two days tracking down a giant insect on a remote New Zealand island – and got it to eat a carrot out of his hand.
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Is your smartphone spying on you?
The Carrier IQ app not only tracks everywhere you go it also records all of your keystrokes.
A clandestine application called Carrier IQ, was recently discovered by an Android developer. The application is built into most smartphones and it doesn’t just track your location; it secretly records your keystrokes, and there’s nothing you can do about it. Is it time to put on a tinfoil hat? That depends on how you feel about privacy.
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Google Maps mapping the indoors
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Two questions that cartographers, and Google Maps, strive to answer are “Where am I?” and “What’s around me?.” With Google Maps’ “My Location” feature, which shows your location as a blue dot, you can see where you are on the map to avoid walking the wrong direction on city streets, or to get your bearings if you’re hiking an unfamiliar trail. Google Maps also displays additional details, such as places, landmarks and geographical features, to give you context about what’s nearby. And now, Google Maps for Android enables you to figure out where you are and see where you might want to go when you’re indoors.
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iCam turns iPhone 5 into a point and shoot camera
iCam
Apple has monumentally revolutionized major industries like music and computing, but Apple’s vast achievements fall short of its late CEO Steve Job’s dreams. According to his official biography by Walter Isaacson, Jobs originally envisioned Apple as game changer in almost every market like textbooks, television and photography. (Pics)
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Violent video games alter brain function
Violent video game play has a long-term effect on brain functioning.
There could be something to that link between violent video games and aggression. Researchers have bantered back and forth for years with findings that support and then debunk such a link. But Indiana University School of Medicine researchers in Indianapolis found signs via functional magnetic resonance imaging that the brain is affected by violent games.
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Microscopic worms could hold the key to long-term space living
NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander’s solar panel and the lander’s robotic arm.
Microscopic worms which are biologically very similar to humans may be the key to helping humans colonize other planets like Mars by giving clues on coping with long-term space living, according to British scientists.
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How exercise strengthens the brain
Exercise benefits the brain.
Scientists in Ireland recently asked a group of sedentary male college students to take part in a memory test followed by strenuous exercise to learn more about how exercise affects the brain.
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