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A cognitive psychologist has developed a toolkit to help anyone be more inventive by shedding their preconceived ideas and thinking like a kid. Every entrepreneur is trying to do something new and better. If your business doesn't improve in some way on the other dry cleaner in town or other app in the space, then why bother starting it, right?

Obama delivering his 2012 State of the Union address In his State of the Union address last night, President Barack Obama spent less time than in years past discussing his ambitions to reform science education. He referred to his administration’s offer to let states opt out of No Child Left Behind (” … grant schools flexibility to teach with creativity and passion; to stop teaching to the test …”)

Breathing woes, headaches, more reported; Study: Common items contain potentially harmful chemicals; Industry: Offerings safe

Help researchers better understand influenza, the common cold and stomach flu [More]

TV host Tabatha Coffey and dermatologist Dr. Doris Day speaks to the "Early Show" anchors about female hair loss, some of the common causes and treatment options.

Russ Mitchell and Nancy Cordes are quizzed by Prevention Magazine Contributing Editor Dr. Holly Miller about the differences between allergies and the common cold.

As obesity becomes a global health threat, scientists are discovering new details about how this complex affliction affects the body--and about the many factors that bring it on. In a partnership with theVisualMD , here is a look at the fascinating details behind this common condition [More]

Near-death experiences are often thought of as mystical phenomena, but research is now revealing scientific explanations for virtually all of their common features. The details of what happens in near-death experiences are now known widely--a sense of being dead, a feeling that one's "soul" has left the body, a voyage toward a bright light, and a departure to another reality where love and bliss are all-encompassing

The amounts of the common protein, gluten, in "gluten-free" items now on store shelves can vary widely. But now, the FDA is about to impose a strict new standard for what can be labeled "gluten-free." CBS News correspondent Elaine Quijano reports.

Podiatrists say crooked feet, yucky toenails and other common foot disorders are often self-inflicted

Screw austerity: The E.U.'s science spending, which is running at about US$79 billion for the current 2007-2013 period, is getting a boost to $114 billion for 2014-2020. The E.U.'s proposal recognizes that only by spending money on innovation and future tech can income growth be assured.

By Ed Yong of Nature magazine The wrinkles that develop on wet fingers could be an adaptation to give us better grip in slippery conditions, the latest theory suggests.

By Ed Yong of Nature magazine The wrinkles that develop on wet fingers could be an adaptation to give us better grip in slippery conditions, the latest theory suggests. The hypothesis, from Mark Changizi, an evolutionary neurobiologist at 2AI Labs in Boise, Idaho, and his colleagues goes against the common belief that fingers turn prune-like simply because they absorb water. Changizi thinks that the wrinkles act like rain treads on tires

“If climate change drives temperature up a degree or two,” goes the common dismissal, “how bad could that be?” [More]

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