Imagine a situation where one child is teasing another. While the child doing the teasing means it playfully, the other child views it as hostile and responds aggressively. Continue reading “Marker in brain associated with aggression in children identified”
Sensitive babies become altruistic toddlers
Our responsiveness to seeing others in distress accounts for variability in helping behavior from early in development, according to a study published September 25 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Tobias Grossmann of the University of Virginia, and colleagues. Continue reading “Sensitive babies become altruistic toddlers”
Photonic chips harness sound waves to speed up local networks
It used to be known as the information superhighway — the fibre-optic infrastructure on which our gigabytes and petabytes of data whizz around the world at (nearly) the speed of light. Continue reading “Photonic chips harness sound waves to speed up local networks”
Invisible world and modern physics: Modern science and theology
Here we present the ‘Abstract‘ of the very interesting corresponding paper by Theodossiou, E., Manimanis, V.N., Danezis, E. Continue reading “Invisible world and modern physics: Modern science and theology”
New insight into aging
They say you can’t teach old dogs new tricks, but new research shows you can teach an old rat new sounds, even if the lesson doesn’t stick very long. Continue reading “New insight into aging”
Cranial trauma in ancient Greece: from Homer to classical authors
Here we present the ‘Abstract‘ of the corresponding paper by Konsolaki E, Astyrakaki E, Stefanakis G, Agouridakis P, Askitopoulou H. Continue reading “Cranial trauma in ancient Greece: from Homer to classical authors”
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