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Does a blind person reading Braille process words in the brain differently than a person who reads by sight?

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How do people value a better life? The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) recently released the Better Life Index, an interactive graphic that lets you rank 11 different dimensions (income, environment, life satisfaction, etc.) to see how different countries perform, and then “share” your ranking

Deadly accidents involving nuclear reactors, oil rigs and coal mines in recent months remind us that all forms of energy generation carry risks. In developed countries, coal is the most hazardous ( bottom left ), according to the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland, which studied more than 1,800 accidents worldwide over nearly 30 years. For coal, mining tends to be the most dangerous step; for oil and gas, most accidents occur during distribution; and for nuclear, generating plants are on the hot seat ( orange bars )

Burning fossil fuels releases significant quantities of carbon dioxide, aggravating climate change. Although it gets less attention these days, combustion also emits volumes of pollutants, which can cause a variety of illnesses. The most extensive consequences across the U.S

Laid bare on a stark piece of paper, removed entirely from their imposing instrumentals, strong emotions, and intimidating vocal talent, most song lyrics have all the literary force of a puff of flatulence.

Pimples are part of teenage life about as dreaded and unavoidable as the SATs. To get rid of these blemishes, Americans spend more than a billion dollars each year.

I remember when SEO first "hit." I had been at an online publishing company for about a year, and while there was always some attention paid to on-page optimization, I'd hardly call what we were doing a strategy. It soon became clear, however, that this new focus on SEO would end up changing the way we did pretty much everything. The first shoe to drop?

Help track oil still coming ashore from the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon disaster [More]

Here’s something amazing: a new bird species has been discovered in the U.S. [More]

From Nature magazine Most everyone knows that stress can cause a clenched, gurgling, unhappy stomach. What's less well known is that the relationship goes both ways

The most precious fluid in the world isn’t black. [More]

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. – On any given summer evening about 60 tourists gather in campground amphitheatres here for park ranger presentations. Astronomy, geology, human history, fire ecology are on the regular schedule of program topics.

Cell-Phone Paradise Communication is at the heart of the future. A future city would need to respond to people on a personal level

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