April 2010

The Brain Rejects Inequality

The human brain dislikes inequality when it comes to money and rejects it at all costs.

To sleep, perchance to dream, perchance to remember

People who are trained to navigate a virtual maze learn the best route through it more quickly if they dream about their experiences.

Chimpanzees Prefer Fair Play To Reaping An Unjust Reward

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Fairness is not only essential to the human social contract, it also plays an important role in the lives of nonhuman primates more generally.

Our vaccines are clean

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A test with a number of traditional vaccines show that there are indeed very little contaminating viruses in them, if any at all.

Brain-training games get a D at brain-training tests

Brain training games do not appear to improve general cognitive skills given a play time of weeks.

Happy 20th anniversary, Hubble!

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It is the 20th anniversary since the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope.

Paradigm upended?

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Oscillations in orbits due to the presence of a binary companion star may be responsible for misaligned planets ending up close to their parent stars.

NASA’s Asteroid Mission: Scary but Useful

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The White House outlines changes to long-term plans for NASA concerning space exploration.

Social Factors in Autism Diagnosis

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The risk of being diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder may correlate with social proximity to another family with a child with an ASD diagnosis.

Mercury in STEREO H1b

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Observations made by the STEREO spacecraft indicate that Mercury may have a tail like a comet.