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You probably look in a mirror every day without thinking about it. But mirrors can reveal a great deal about the brain, with implications for psychology, clinical neurology and even philosophy. They can help us explore the way the brain puts together information from different sensory channels such as vision and somatic sensations (touch, muscle and joint sense)

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Special Issue: Cities The city is a solution to the problems of our age, and this week, we present it in the true urban spirit: best ideas forward

Today, MTV launched the WatchWith iPhone app, a service designed to drive network engagement through social sharing, photos and video, rewards, blog posts, and more. It's part of an aggressive push by the network to capture the " second screen experience ," an industry term used to describe the smartphones and tablets people turn to alongside TV. Distractions from our precious television shows used to be few and far between: the occasional power outage, a knock at the front door or a ring of the downstair's telephone, a parent demanding the plug pulled lest our brains turn to mush

The world's largest social gaming company is under fire for allegedly infringing on patents found in nearly every one of its games. As the world's largest social gaming company preps for its $1 billion IPO, Zynga will reportedly have to deal with a new lawsuit

A Florida biologist has linked a vicious coral-killing pathogen in the Caribbean and Florida Keys to human sewage that leaks into the ocean from improperly treated wastewater. [More]

In the media this week were reports (see here and here and here) that the brain-eating amoeba Naeglaria fowleri has killed three people this summer, as it does in a typical year. [More]

The buzz out of Beijing is that China's Tiangong 1 space lab may fly sooner than expected, perhaps soaring into space by this month's end. That might be the case, according to China space watcher Gregory Kulacki, a senior analyst and China Project manager at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). The Tiangong 1 module ("Heavenly Palace 1" in Chinese) is not China's actual space station--nor will it be a part of the planned Chinese space station, he said.

At their extremes, both autism and schizophrenia are debilitating disorders. [More]

Last month we told you the best options for front office software. This month we asked the experts to weigh in on back office software to improve your business operations. Never have there been more software choices for the small business.

By Jo Marchant of Nature magazine Hyenas can count up to three. [More]

Many species have developed deceptive appearances to fool would-be predators by taking on the look of other unpalatable species. [More]

When we were discussing the `cities' theme that's running across all the blogs I didn't want to take the easy route. [More]

The city is a solution to the problems of our age, and this week, we present it in the true urban spirit: best ideas forward [More]

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