The human penis is comparatively larger than that of the other great apes because of our comparatively larger brains, gynecologist Edwin A. Bowman explains in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior.
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Monkeys do math as well as college students
Monkeys have the ability to perform mental arithmetic, and they equal the performance of college students given the same test, researchers at Duke University have demonstrated.
3D TV made possible by artificial wormholes
Artificial wormholes’ can make construction of a three-dimensional TV screen possible, according to a group of international physicists.
Computers 'to read our minds'
Computers would soon be able to to respond to users’ thoughts of frustration caused by too much work or boredom caused by too little work, thanks to new techniques being developed by Tufts University researchers.
Eyes work independently of each other when we read
Most scientists have assumed that when we read both eyes look at the same letter of a word concurrently, but research by cognitive psychologists show that our eyes look at different letters in the same word and then combine the different images through a process known as fusion.
Laser zaps viruses in blood
Lasers can be used to zap viruses in blood, making the process of disinfecting blood for transfusions more efficient, a father-son team reported in the Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter.
W3C unveils open web services policy
The World Wide Web Consortium (WC3) published today a critical Web standard for extending the features of Web services and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) applications, enabling developers to meet requirements for secure transactions, reliable messaging, addressing metadata, and other scenarios, in modular fashion.
Magic microchip patterning technique developed
The time and cost needed to produce microchips could be drastically reduced thanks to a simple low-cost a new process invented by Princeton engineers in which a thin polymer film is sandwiched between two flat plates that are then pulled apart creating ultra small grooves over large areas as if by "magic".
Don't censor gTLDs, public tells ICANN
The public overwhelmingly opposes plans by Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers(ICANN) to censor generic top-level domains (gTLDs) on the grounds of moral, political and commercial judgments and other non-technical criteria, according to comments received on its new policy guidelines.
Husbands hate housework
The age-old stereotype that ‘husbands hate housework’ earned more credibility today thanks to new research by sociologists from George Mason University.
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