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Reading is really good for the brain

Reading is really good for the brain

A study by European scientists confirmed something everyone already knew to be true: literacy is good for the brain. However, there are now images of the brain to scientifically prove the fact, and a sense of why this happens. Cognitive neuroscientist Stanislas Dehaene, Director of the Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit INSERM-CEA, France, and partners in [...]
India develops jackets to cool

India develops jackets to cool

In the hope that workers can have more comfort and safety in the intense heat of summer in the country, authorities in southern India began a competition to encourage the creation of a jacket to cool. According to the site PhysOrg, the Kerala state will pay one million rupees to the winner, about $ 37,000, but might be a person or a research group. [...]
Best of 2008: Top 25 Technology Blogs

Best of 2008: Top 25 Technology Blogs

And here stands our compilation of technology blogs doing justice to the tech-needs of the common man. Had they not been there, it would have been a demanding task to get oneself updated with the emerging development s in the technology industry. We wish good luck to all of them for performing so well and giving us the opportunity to be spotted here. 1) [...]