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A 29-year-old tutor faces felony charges after allegedly hacking into a California high school's network to change students' grades. The maximum sentence is 16 years in prison.
Mastery of a second language alters the way one perceives situations, offering a more complete worldview. It's like two minds alive within one person.
Cancer's scars aren't just physical. Sufferers and survivors alike must battle on a separate front to combat the effects of depression and mental illness.
Two recent examples from The New York Times, one from a columnist and one in an editorial, illustrate the danger of news media coverage of risk that is alarmist, incomplete, and inaccurate.
How providing people with evidence about the safety and effectiveness of vaccines can backfire.
A brain-training program developed for children diagnosed with ADHD has shown promise in its ability to reduce inattention and help children concentrate more effectively over the long term.
Will a law regulating the BMI of models help change an industry obsessed with beauty and unhealthy weight ideals? France thinks it might.
Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have created the most high-tech solution to teenage anxiety yet: a treatment for acne that uses a combination of ultrasound, gold-covered nanoparticles, and lasers.
Researchers think they may have found a way to make people more empathetic. Perhaps one day in the future we'll be able to prescribe "kindness" pills.
Director Shiho Fukada sheds light on a growing problem in Japan, internet café refugees. For most temporary workers, a stall in one of these net cafés is all they can afford.
The highest-resolution panorama ever taken by a rover illuminates unprecedented detail of the red planet’s surface. “Studying whether there’s life on Mars or studying how the universe began, there’s something […]
Online dating allows you ample opportunity to run a campaign of trial-and-error in order to fully optimize the dating experience.
Language conveys a lot about who we are and how we perceive the world. In terms of human migration, we give out the label of expat or immigrant to foreign migrants, and each word has its own connotation.
A new sensor device, developed by a Stanford Ph.D. student, promises to change the way students, educators, and science enthusiasts explore the world — from elementary school to the Ph.D. lab and beyond.
Companies looking for a quick way to boost efficiency should make certain that clear and precise agendas are used for each meeting.
With services like eBay and Craigslist connecting buyers with sellers, the internet age has been very kind to "middleman" marketplaces. Yet as with all forms of exponential technology, intermediates must adapt if they wish to survive.
New and expecting parents can boost their baby's development by playing games that exercise the young brain.
Consciousness is an emergent property of the brain, resulting from the communication of information across all its regions and cannot be reduced to something residing in specific areas.
In general, they have detached themselves from time-honored institutions like political parties and religion while becoming more educated, more diverse, and more equal along gender lines.
Pop-up skyscrapers constructed using pre-assembled pieces could forever change the way we perceive city planning and construction.