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Video: Health questions answered early

From sugar substitutes to migraine treatment options, "Early Show" medical contributor Dr. Holly Phillips answers viewer health questions.

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Anything Boys Can Do…

When then Harvard University president Lawrence Summers suggested in 2005 that innate differences between men and women may account for the lack of women in top science and engineering positions (and subsequently resigned), he was referring to the greater male variability hypothesis. Women, it holds, are on average as mathematically competent as men, but there is a greater innate spread in math ability among men. In other words, a higher proportion of men stumble mathematically, but an equally high proportion excel because of something in the way male brains develop

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Japan Nuclear Disaster Panel Faults Preparation, Communication

By Shinichi Saoshiro TOKYO (Reuters) - A lack of preparation and poor communication at top levels after disaster struck were among the failures that turned a nuclear accident at Japan's Fukushima plant into the worst atomic crisis in 25 years, a panel probing the disaster said on Monday. [More]

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Video: Making gratitude an attitude

Science is proving that being thankful has profound physiological and emotional benefits and Faith Salie explains why you should be making gratitude a year round attitude.

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Rudolph Would Have Run Away From Santa

According to holiday lore, poor Rudolph was a victim of social exclusion because he was different from the rest of the reindeer. In a move that was lucky for nice (but not naughty) children everywhere, he was then approached by Santa, who asked him to guide the sleigh.

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Internet Changes How We Remember

Four years ago Columbia University psychologist Betsy Sparrow turned to her husband after looking up some movie trivia online and asked, “What did we do before the Internet?” Thus, Sparrow set out to investigate how Google, and all the information it proffers, has changed how people think.

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FCC Dreams of a White (Space) Christmas for Wireless Gadgets

If the NFL and NBC can successfully stream the wildly popular, three-hour-plus Super Bowl live via Verizon’s mobile network on February 5th the event could usher in a whole new level of demand for high-speed wireless bandwidth. The U.S

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