Autism is a complex brain disorder that impairs social, communications and behavioral development.  It is often characterized by extreme behavior.   A new study by University of Utah School…

Scientists of Helmholtz Zentrum München, led by Professor Martin Hrabé de Angelis, director of the Institute of Experimental Genetics, have developed a new mouse model with a genetic mutant in which…

Most people are expert readers, but it is something of an enigma how our brain achieved expertise in such a recent cultural invention which requires a cognitive interface between vision and language…

The theory that the Chicxulub crater holds the clue to the demise of the dinosaurs and 40 percent of all species 65 million years ago is challenged in a paper published in the Journal of the…

SAN DIEGO and IRVINE, California, April 27 /PRNewswire/ -- - Agreement Ends Litigation Between the Companies Worldwide - Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM) and Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM)…

SINGAPORE, April 27 /PRNewswire/ -- - New Entry-Level WiMAX System Ensures Rapid, Cost-Effective Service Delivery Bridgewater Systems (TSX: BWC), the mobile personalization company, today introduced…

A Brief History of the English Language Part 4 - The People's English Part 1 briefly covered the period from the 5th century CE to the 14th century.Part 2 describes Chaucer's influence on the…

A great temple to the god Amon was built at Karnak in Upper Egypt around c. 1785. It is from Amon that we get his cephalopod namesake, the ammonites and also the name origin for the compound ammonia…

Myomancy was a method of divination by mice. Their behaviour was observed and taken as a omen of what was to come. If their movements were calm, aggitated or aggressive, much was read into it.…

The experience of pain appears to be a complex phenomenon with humans.  The reason for the occurrence of pain can be physical, psychological, or a combination of both of these causes.  And…