People who struggle to remember faces can blame their parents. That’s because the ability to remember a face is inherited, according to a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Researchers also…
Get smarter about grocery shopping. These tips could change your family eating habits. 1. If you hate crowds and lines, shop at dinnertime (5 to 9 p.m.) or even later. Only 4 percent of shoppers…
President Obama’s father, Barack Obama Sr., married four times before he died. To this day, not all of his children have met one another. The seven surviving children are scattered from Kenya to China to…
Russian astrologists are skeptical about predictions of an apocalypse that is to happen in 2012 according to the Maya calendar. Yet, they do think that new war conflicts are possible.”We cannot speak about the apocalypse,…
U.S. mortgage foreclosure filings dropped for a second straight month in February, and notched the smallest annual increase in four years as housing-rescue efforts contained activity. According to real estate data firm RealtyTrac, foreclosure filings…
Machines that decode your thoughts aren’t limited to the realm of science fiction anymore. A computer program that analyzes brain scans was able to tell which of three short films people were thinking about, according…
This is series of three articles about the proposed reform of Indonesian marriage laws including a proposal for a US$50,000 deposit payable by male expatriates wishing to marry Indonesian Muslim women. The Indonesian Religious Affairs…
How would you find out why identical twins differ slightly from one another? You’d turn, of course, to worms. At least that’s what Arjun Raj did. He’s interested in what factors shape our appearance. It’s…
With a blazing fast last lap, American Shani Davis successfully defended his 1,000-meter speedskating gold. The win makes him the first black athlete to win an individual gold in consecutive Winter Olympics. It’s the skater’s…
WILMINGTON, N.C. — An environmental contractor dramatically underreported the level of a cancer-causing chemical found in tap water at Camp Lejeune, then omitted it altogether as the Marine base prepared for a federal health review,…
WASHINGTON — Did the stimulus work or not? A year after Congress passed President Barack Obama’s huge economic revival plan, the results are mixed – and hardly final. Despite Obama’s bold promises, unemployment remains stubbornly…
Year of the Tiger may fall on Valentine’s Day, but don’t expect a lovefest. In the U.S., an alignment of Eastern and Western calendars has made for a packed three-day weekend. Both Lunar New Year…
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — This was my first in-person experience with the Opening Ceremony, but not my first, having viewed them on television during previous Olympiads. Through a camera lens and a director’s chair, they’ve…
SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) — Vancouver has again topped a list of the top 10 most liveable cities in the world, giving the Canadian west coast city an extra boost as it opens the 2010 Winter…
APR Shocks Many, but Issuer Says They Are Pricing for the Risk If you have bad credit in the new era of credit card regulation, be prepared to pay — dearly — for the privilege…
Kia Motors America took the wraps off the Ray concept at the 2010 Chicago Auto Show. There’s no denying the show car reveals a decidedly sportier side of Kia, the likes of which we’ve not…
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