Fingers and toes become wrinkled after being in water for long periods, and now new research explains why. The transformed skin improves our grip on wet objects.Aside from answering why we get the wrinklies after bathing, swimming and hand-washing dishes,

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by 逸文 | 2013-07-17

Thirty years ago most psychologists, philosophers and psychiatrists thought that babies and young children were irrational, egocentric and amoral. They believed children were locked in the concrete here and now—unable to understand cause and effect, imagi

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by Lingli | 2013-11-07

Left-handers have been the subject of curiosity, stigma and even fear over the centuries. Researchers now, however, are recognizing the scientific importance of understanding why people use one hand or the other to write, eat or toss a ball.Left-handednes

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by Jane | 2013-10-09

After death, soft tissue tends to decompose pretty quickly. The brain is soft tissue, so unless the tissue is mummified or preserved in some other way it doesn’t typically last long after death.

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by Jane | 2013-10-09

Researchers trace the roots of Europe's Black Death plague.The Black Death far from being just a more dangerous form of an already-occurring disease, was a newly evolved variant of a harmless bacteria.

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by Jane | 2013-10-09

The issue of racial profiling has again raised its ugly head after a federal judge knocked down New York City's "stop-and-frisk" policy stating it violated the 14th Amendment’s promise of equal protection because black and Hispanic residents were subject

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