Passive Learning Imprints On The Brain Just Like Active Learning

It's conventional wisdom that practice makes perfect. But if practicing only consists of watching, rather than doing, does that advance proficiency? Yes, according to a study by Dartmouth researchers. They determined that people can acquire motor skills through the "seeing"...

5,000 Year Old Chewing Gum Unearthed :: Oblate Spheroid

"Yes, that’s right, 5K year old chewing gum and not a chair or counter underside in sight. It turns out that Neolithic people (c. 4000-5000 BC) found that by chewing this stuff, cob of Birch tree bark, when...

Student dig unearths ancient gum

"A 5,000-year-old piece of chewing gum has been discovered by an archaeology student from the University of Derby. Sarah Pickin, 23, found the lump of birch bark tar while on a dig in western Finland. Neolithic...

Safe Sex Made Easy With New Spray-On Condoms

"Sick of fumbling with those old-fashioned prophylactics? Well have no fear, the spray-on condom is here! Jan Vinzenz Krause from the Institute for Condom Consultancy and his team are developing the ultimate in comfortable protection for men, Reuters reports. No more strewn...

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