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Loud, concussive explosions on the battlefield may last only a few seconds, but many soldiers returning from combat in the Middle East are experiencing lingering symptoms that cause them to perceive sounds even when it is quiet.

A quarter of all police shootings involve unarmed suspects. In a few recent cases, officers mistook cell phones and hairbrushes for guns, and shot and killed the victims. Now a study may explain--in part--these errors.

By Helen Thompson of Nature magazine Exposure to germs in childhood is thought to help strengthen the immune system and protect children from developing allergies and asthma , but the pathways by which this occurs have been unclear. [More]

"Would you really get on an airplane…if you thought one Kindle switch could take it down?

Most of my life, I’ve always felt like I don’t quite fit in. Not at home, not with any of my families, not at school. I sometimes joke that I was hatched from an egg

By Erik Vance of Nature magazine The earthquake that hit southern Mexico on March 20 rattled buildings and nerves in the capital, Mexico City, but thankfully caused little damage and no deaths.

By Jon Cartwright of Nature magazine Physicists have already unveiled invisibility cloaks that can hide objects from light, sound, seismic and even water waves. [More]

Around 40,000 years ago, the giant kangaroo disappeared from Australia. So did Diprotodon ( rhinoceros-size wombats ) and Palorchestes ( tapirlike marsupials ) as well as supersize birds, reptiles and some 50 other so-called megafauna--big animals

Despite decades of predictions that a fully electronic, paperless society is almost upon us, we still live in a world populated with printed documents. This insatiable demand for plant cellulose –based writing and packaging materials may end up having a silver lining: a component for a new type of low-cost, Earth-friendly rechargeable battery

A new front in an old feud is being opened in the push for greater energy efficiency. [More]

By Andrew Quinn WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fresh water supplies are unlikely to keep up with global demand by 2040, increasing political instability, hobbling economic growth and endangering world food markets, according to a U.S. [More]

Key concepts [More]

When you hear Western music, you generally get the emotional tone. A major key is happy. (music plays) A minor one?

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