Working Memory
Working memory can be improved with five weeks of intensive training.
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Drugs in the Environment
Medicines that we take end up in the environment, and those drugs can disrupt the hormones of wild …
Earth’s Vital Organs
Earth has vital organs -- critical systems -- that interact in complicated and unexpected ways.
Earth Simulator
The world's fastest supercomputer is being used to model earth systems.
Grapefruit Roundup
Grapefruit helped people lose weight, and testing a grapefruit compound that boosts the activity of …
Thinking & Counting
The Piraha tribe of Brazil's simple counting system shows that humans have to estimate numbers above …
Music and I.Q.
Music lessons increase children's I.Q. more than other types of lessons.
Forest Plants
Harvesting of moss for sale on the black market, and selling an ecologically friendly chocolate bar.
Consensus Model
A computer model shows how people reach consensus in society.