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GPS Data May Improve Tsunami Warnings, New Study Shows

Jennifer Young — Sun, 19 May 2013 10:07:50 +0000

Tsunamis are difficult to predict, but strike fast and can be deadly - so how to evacuate efficiently? GPS technology could be the answer for high-risk coastal areas.

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Food Bacterial Contamination from Kitchen Surfaces

Clara Piccirillo, PhD — Fri, 17 May 2013 21:51:59 +0000

Food cross-contamination causes many people to get sick or die from food poisoning yearly. A new study raises questions about wet and dry kitchen surfaces.

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Understanding Embodied Simulation: Creating Meaning out of Language

Lesley Lanir — Fri, 17 May 2013 10:30:55 +0000

What is embodied simulation? A new cognitive theory explains how we apply meaning to everything around us in our minds from our own experiences.

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Influenza Vaccine: Expert Says So-Called Flu Shot Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up To Be

Janelle Vaesa — Thu, 16 May 2013 22:30:56 +0000

In a new look at influenza vaccine studies, Dr. Doshi steps away from conventional wisdom and draws our attention to the details of flu shot studies - safe and effective? Not as much as we think.

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Reprogramming Human Skin Cells Into Embryonic Stem Cells

Janelle Vaesa — Thu, 16 May 2013 12:02:43 +0000

Scientific breakthrough: Science reprograms human skin cells to become stem cells equivalent to embryonic cell lines, but without the moral conflict.

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