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An interview with Isaac Asimov, first broadcast on Horizon...
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A Swedish newborn takes part in an experiment in which rates of pacifier sucking indicated that babies can tell some native speech sounds from foreign ones within hours of birth. Credit: C. Moon. Babies may start to learn ...
São Paulo - Os arquitetos do escritório Splitterwerk projetaram o primeiro prédio que usa algas como fonte de energia. O edifício será apresentado neste mês de março na Exposição Internacional da Construção, em ...
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James F. Woodward, emeritus professor of history and an experimental physicist, has recently completed "Making Starships and Stargates: The Science of Interstellar Transport and Absurdly Benign Wormholes" in which he shares his theories,...
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Our digital world is transforming the way we learn, and today's teachers are tasked with the challenging job of sifting through the deluge of educational technologies and creating a meaningful learni
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Tango, The Video-Calling App Turned Social Network, Hits 100M Users And ...
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But Tango sees itself today as more of a social network than a communications application.
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Can a Math Museum Remedy 'Math Anxiety'?
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It may not surprise you to learn that American students dread math. Or that that they feel that dread physically through stomachaches, headaches, fluttering heartbeats and sweaty palms.
Os usuários do Windows Live Messenger terão que migrar suas contas para o Skype a partir do próximo dia 8 de abril.
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The scientist who has given a “sixth sense” to laboratory animals by allowing them to detect invisible infrared light has promised an even bigger revolution in the research field he has pioneered. Miguel Nicolelis, a Brazilian neuroscientist working at Duke University in the United States, said that he has created a way of allowing animals to communicate with each other through artificial aids connected directly to their brains.
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Math is Hard: Al Jazeera Reports $20 Per Person Could End Poverty
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Do you have an extra $20? You could end poverty for one person according to a new report by international rights group and charity Oxfam.
De milhões de fotos tiradas pelos satélites Landsat, a NASA selecionou as cinco mais belas do nosso planeta. Um espetáculo.
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You can create infographics - visual representations of data - from scratch using free web tools. LIbrary consultant and educator Linda W. Braun takes you step by…
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North Korea War Analysis: Risks Temper Korea Tensions, Despite Threats Huffington Post TOKYO -- As tensions rise on the Korean Peninsula, one thing remains certain: All sides have good reason to avoid an all-out war.
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UN News Centre Countries must address lack of women in science and technology fields – UN UN News Centre 7 January 2013 – Women and girls run the risk of being left behind in scientific and technological fields if countries do not put measures in...
Um estudo internacional liderado pela Universidade Cornell (EUA) sugere que é possível saber o que uma pessoa está pensando através da análise de imagens de seu cérebro. Segundo o neurocientista Nathan Spreng, principal autor do estudo, os modelos mentais que temos das pessoas produzem padrões únicos de ativação cerebral, que podem ser detectados a partir de técnicas avançadas de imagem. “Quando olhamos para os nossos dados, ficamos chocados por termos conseguido decodificar em quem nossos participantes estavam pensando com base em sua atividade cerebral”, disse Spreng. Compreender e prever o comportamento dos outros é uma chave para navegar com sucesso no mundo social. No entanto, ainda sabemos pouco sobre como o cérebro modela traços de personalidade duradouros que podem conduzir o comportamento dos outros. Essa capacidade nos permite, por exemplo, antecipar como alguém vai agir em uma situação pela qual nunca passou antes. Leia mais ... via @HypeScience
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Facebook has admitted to a major bug in Insights that resulted in inaccurate data. But the social analytics problem is the second bit of evidence that Facebook...
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New research has found that caffeine-laced nectar enhances the learning process for bees, so that they are more likely to return to those flowers.
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R & D Magazine Thermally controlled nanopores may allow detailed blood analysis R & D Magazine By tethering gold nanoparticles (large spheres in top image) to the nanopore (violet Tiny biomolecular chambers called nanopores that can be selectively...
What vintage science fiction has to do with the future of self-directed learning.
We're deeply fascinated by how the past envisioned the
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O Dropbox é o serviço de armazenamento online mais popular que há. Se você explorar um pouco, verá que ele tem mais truques do que você imaginava.
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The Economist Security cameras are watching honest shoppers, too The Economist Bricks-and-mortar retailers would like to change that.
Nos últimos 10 anos, o governo federal gastou quase meio bilhão de reais com compras feitas por meio de cartões corporativos. Foram R$ 462.560.739,31 despendidos de 2002 a 2012. O ápice ocorreu no último ano do governo de Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, 2010, quando R$ 80 milhões foram gastos, valor 42,32% maior que o despendido em 2012. Os dados estão disponíveis no Portal da Transparência, do governo federal.
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Dramatic changes in the cradle of humanity linked to key mental developments.
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O divertido site Google60, criado pelo desenvolvedor Norbert Landsteiner, "emula" um buscador ao estilo "Mad Men" -enlatado que se situa cronologicamente no começo dos anos 60-, como o próprio desenvolvedor define.
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