Practice makes perfect, but a question that still remains a mystery is why it is so difficult to transfer learning from a trained to an untrained task? Why are we no better at remembering faces when…

University of Florida mechanical and aerospace engineering associate professor Subrata Roy has submitted a patent application for a circular, spinning aircraft design reminiscent of the spaceships…

New research from the American Museum of Natural History says that global warming is forcing species to move up tropical mountains. Christopher Raxworthy, Associate Curator in the Department of…

LONDON, June 13 /PRNewswire/ -- LONDON, June 13 /PRNewswire/ -- - With Photos The Toyota Yaris has been named Green Car of the Year 2008 by the Environmental Transport Association. The least green…

Pharyngula has an interesting graph showing the steady improvement in survival rates of childhood leukemia over the last 40 years. A disease that was essentially an automatic death sentence 40 years…

REDMOND, Washington, June 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsoft Corp. today issued the following statement: "In the weeks since Microsoft withdrew its offer to acquire Yahoo!, the two companies have…

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, June 12 /PRNewswire/ -- ProQuest, a Cambridge Information Group company, has signed an agreement under which ProQuest would acquire the Thomson Reuters Dialog(R) business. The…

CLEVELAND, June 12 /PRNewswire/ -- "H. H. Pope Shenouda III, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the sea of St. Mark, underwent a one-hour surgery at the Cleveland Clinic this morning to repair his…

MIAMI, June 12 /PRNewswire/ -- - Former Jabra Executive Morten Steen-Jorgensen Named President & CEO of Brightstar Accessories Brightstar Corp., one of the largest wireless device distribution…

YOQNEAM, Israel and SAN RAMON, California, June 12 /PRNewswire/ -- - Study Will Evaluate Safety and Effectiveness of Contour Plus(TM) Device UltraShape(R), a global leader in non-invasive fat…