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Hey, I'm over here: Men and women see things differentlyLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 02, 2012 In a new study published in the journal Vision Research, researchers at the University of Southern California show that the eyes and attention of men and women meander in distinctly different ways. The article, authored by Dr. Laurent Itti and doctoral student John Shen, challenges the way scientists generally conceive of attention, or how sensory information is prioritized. While previous study of vision and attention had disregarded individual factors such as sex, race and age, Itti and Shen dem ... read more |
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  From Microns to Centimeters Imagine a machine that makes layered, substantial patches of engineered tissue-tissue that could be used as grafts for burn victims or vascular patches. Sounds like science fiction? According to res ... more | .. |
  Humpback Whales Staying in Antarctic Bays Later into Autumn Large numbers of humpback whales are remaining in bays along the Western Antarctic Peninsula to feast on krill late into the austral autumn, long after their annual migrations to distant breeding gr ... more | .. |
  1 in 5 streams damaged by mine pollution in southern West Virginia Water pollution from surface coal mining has degraded more than 22 percent of streams and rivers in southern West Virginia to the point they may now qualify as impaired under state criteria, accordi ... more | .. |
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 Modern culture 44,000 years ago An international team of researchers, including scientists from Wits University, have substantially increased the age at which we can trace the emergence of modern culture, all thanks to the San peo ... more | .. |
  UCLA research makes possible rapid assessment of plant drought tolerance UCLA life scientists, working with colleagues in China, have discovered a new method to quickly assess plants' drought tolerance. The method works for many diverse species growing around the world. ... more | .. |
  Magnetic field, mantle convection and tectonics On a time scale of tens to hundreds of millions of years, the geomagnetic field may be influenced by currents in the mantle. The frequent polarity reversals of Earth's magnetic field can also be con ... more | .. |
  Smell the potassium The vomeronasal organ (VNO) is one of evolution's most direct enforcers. From its niche within the nose in most land-based vertebrates, it detects pheromones and triggers corresponding basic-instinc ... more |
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Teaching Robots Theory of Mind to Boost Collaboration
Nvidia unveils plan for Taiwan's first 'AI supercomputer'
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  Tiny airborne pollutants lead double life University of British Columbia and Harvard researchers have provided visual evidence that atmospheric particles--which are ubiquitous in the atmosphere, especially above densely populated areas--sep ... more | .. |
  China accuses US of prejudice on religious issues Beijing refuted Thursday accusations from the United States that it was curbing religious freedoms in its Tibetan regions and urged Washington to cast off its "prejudiced" views of China. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong chokes under 'worst' air pollution Hong Kong choked under the worst smog ever recorded in the city Thursday, with residents warned to stay indoors, away from the blanket of toxic haze, officials said. ... more | .. |
  Four dead as Typhoon Saola lashes Taiwan Typhoon Saola pounded Taiwan with fierce winds and torrential rain that left four people dead and forced nearly the entire island to shut down on Thursday, rescuers said. ... more |
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 N. Koreans urgently need drinking water after floods: UN Tens of thousands of flood-hit North Korean families urgently need clean drinking water to prevent disease outbreaks, UN agencies said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Drilling discovers ancient Antarctic rainforest Drilling of the seabed off Antarctica has revealed that rainforest grew on the frozen continent 52 million years ago, scientists said Thursday, warning it could be ice-free again within decades. ... more | .. |
Hong Kong chokes under 'worst' air pollution Hong Kong choked under the worst smog ever recorded in the city Thursday, with residents warned to stay indoors, away from the blanket of toxic haze, officials said. ... more | .. |
Six dead as Typhoon Saola lashes Taiwan Typhoon Saola pounded Taiwan with fierce winds and torrential rain that left six people dead and forced nearly the entire island to shut down on Thursday, rescuers and media said. ... more |
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Israel threatens Huthi leaders after striking Yemen ports
Putin made 'mistake' sending 'low-level' team to Ukraine talks: NATO chief
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Philippine floods persist, toll rises to 23 Rescuers deployed rubber boats while doctors fanned across cramped evacuation centres in the Philippines as the death toll from five days of flooding reached 23 on Thursday, officials said. ... more | .. |
Typhoon Saola makes landfall in Taiwan Typhoon Saola reached Taiwan early Thursday, causing nearly the entire island to close down and bringing torrential rains that could linger until next week, officials said. ... more | .. |
Red Cross helps N. Korea flood victims as toll rises The Red Cross said Thursday it had allocated almost $308,000 for victims of North Korea's floods and storms, after state media reported 119 deaths and major crop damage in the food-scarce nation. ... more | .. |
  Who owns the North Pole? Danish geologists heading for the arctic say their expedition could support a claim the North Pole belongs to Greenland, and by extension to Denmark. ... more |
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 Suez Environment posts sharply lower Q2 profit The French water and waste management group Suez Environment said on Wednesday net profit plummeted in the second quarter by 82 percent from a year ago to 40 million euros hit by a poor economic environment. ... more | .. |
  China mudslides kill at least 16: Xinhua Mudslides that buried an iron ore mine in northwestern China have killed at least 16 people, with another 12 still missing a day after the disaster, state media reported on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Twitter political index launches for US election Twitter on Wednesday launched a new political index aimed at gauging the 2012 US presidential race by analyzing daily tweets. ... more | .. |
  Earth absorbs more of our CO2 emissions: science Even as Man's output of Earth-warming CO2 has risen, so has the capacity of plants and the oceans to absorb it, scientists said Wednesday, but warned this may not last forever. ... more |
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China's Satellite Navigation Industry Reaches $79.9 Billion in 2024
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 Parched fields as drought devastates US crops The sweat pours down Larry Hasheider's face as he walks across his parched cornfields to show the result of one of the worst droughts to strike the United States in decades. ... more | .. |
Dissident Chen raises China concerns with US The dissident who was at the center of a standoff between China and the United States on Wednesday accused Beijing of failing to live up to its promises as US lawmakers rallied behind him. ... more | .. |
  New wildfire in Spain forces evacuations A forest fire in central Spain forced 265 people to be evacuated from their homes on Wednesday, officials said. ... more | .. |
 Superbird stuns researchers A team of researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the National Research Council of Argentina recently fitted a South American sea bird called an imperial cormorant with a small ... more |
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  An avian flu that jumps from birds to mammals is killing New England's baby seals A novel avian influenza virus has acquired the ability to infect aquatic mammals and was responsible for an outbreak of fatal pneumonia that recently struck harbor seals in New England, according to ... more | .. |
 Coral reef thriving in sediment-laden waters Rapid rates of coral reef growth have been identified in sediment-laden marine environments, conditions previously believed to be detrimental to reef growth. A new study has established that Middle ... more | .. |
 Captive Lion Reintroduction Programs In Africa Operate Under 'conservation Myth' A new report published in the international conservation journal Oryx concludes that commercial 'wildlife encounter' operations across Africa promoting the reintroduction of captive lions do little ... more | .. |
  Climate Concerns And Public Health Issues For decades, scientists have known that the effects of global climate change could have a potentially devastating impact across the globe, but Harvard researchers say there is now evidence that it m ... more |
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