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• Neanderthals Invented Specialised Bone Tools

  

  Around 800,000 years ago the human family split in two. One branch left our African homeland, travelling north into Europe whilst the other remained behind. Read more

  The 20 August 2013 by   Reprieve
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• The Next Billion Consumers

  

  Bain & Company analysts Wlademir Gomes, Louis Lim, Robert Schaus, and David Cooper, report, "The global marketplace is minting a new set of consumers that's... Read more

  The 19 August 2013 by   Stephendeangelis
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• The Sun's Magnetic Field Is About To Flip

  

  image credit NASA Something big is about to happen on the sun. According to measurements from NASA-supported observatories, the sun's vast magnetic field is... Read more

  The 08 August 2013 by   Gerard
  

• Flying Car Terrafugia Transition Takes off

  

  Since 2006, Terrafugia of Massachusetts has been developing a transforming flying car, with help from DARPA funding, and at EAA Airventure show in... Read more

  The 07 August 2013 by   Ningauble
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• Chimps Are Less Susceptible to Peer Pressure Than Humans

  

  Human success stems from our social groups. By working together we can achieve more than we ever could hope to individually. In fact, the benefits of group... Read more

  The 06 August 2013 by   Reprieve
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• Pollution-Eating Cement

  

  Smog-eating cement first made headlines back in 2007, when it was introduced in the U.S. by the Italian company Italcementi, whose R D center is pictured top.... Read more

  The 05 August 2013 by   Creativevisualart
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• Is Embodied Cognition a "no Brainer"?

  

  Brains, HUH, yeah, what are they good for?When we say "there are no mental representations", people often hear 'the brain doesn't do anything'. Read more

  The 02 August 2013 by   Andrew D Wilson
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• NASA’s IRIS Sends First Amazing Close-up Photos of the Sun

  

  Left- Solar Dynamics Observatory’s view. Right – IRIS’s view of the SunBack in June NASA sent out the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) satellite to... Read more

  The 31 July 2013 by   Nrjperera
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• Institutional Innovation

  

  Each day, dozens of articles are written about the importance of innovation in the business world. Most companies believe that their future survival depends on... Read more

  The 26 July 2013 by   Stephendeangelis
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• Which Male Traits Are Being Sexually Selected For?

  

  Those of us interested in human evolution spend a lot of time looking into the past, so it can be easy to forget that evolution is an on-going process that... Read more

  The 25 July 2013 by   Reprieve
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