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Published on: 24 Aug 2012
Research suggests infants may be able to perceive that speech can communicate unobservable objects that are essential for social interactions.
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Published on: 23 Jul 2012
With Eric Kandel of Columbia University, Alfred Sandrock of Biogen Idec, Amit Bar-Or of 麻豆传媒网站, Andrea Kilpatrick, Founder and President of Cool Kids Learn and Stephen L. Hauser of the University of California, San Francisco.
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Published on: 12 Jul 2012
A study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal finds that uncircumcised boys have a higher risk of urinary tract infection (UTI) than circumcised boys, a condition that could lead to kidney damage and scarring if left untreated. The risk of infection was higher in uncircumcised boys regardless of how much of their urethral opening was visible.
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Published on: 9 Jul 2012
Tweets, texts, emails, posts. New research says the Internet can make us lonely and depressed鈥攁nd may even create more extreme forms of mental illness, Tony Dokoupil reports鈥�
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Published on: 9 Jul 2012
The birds do it. The bees do it. And now it seems we're doing it, too. It's called swarming (and you should tell your kids all about it): Working together and acting cooperatively without strong leadership, while consistently making decisions that result in the best possible outcome for society. And social media swarming is resulting in social good.
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Published on: 9 Jul 2012
La publicit茅 n茅gative fait suer et augmenter le rythme cardiaque de ceux qui la regardent. C'est le constat qu'a fait une 茅quipe de trois chercheurs, soit Stuart Soroka de l'Universit茅 麻豆传媒网站, ainsi que P茅n茅lope Daignault et Thierry Giasson de l'Universit茅 Laval.
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Published on: 8 Jul 2012
(Chemistry Professor Joe Schwarcz): Diving suits, gaskets, hoses, life rafts, iPad covers and giant balloons destined for Macy鈥檚 Thanksgiving Day Parade. What do they have in common? All are made of neoprene! Not only does this synthetic rubber have myriad uses, it holds a place of honour in history for ushering in the age of modern plastics.
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Published on: 6 Jul 2012
A home test to screen for HIV - to be sold in U.S. pharmacies that also stock home-pregnancy test kits - will go a long way toward removing the stigma that still surrounds AIDS, say two prominent Montreal researchers.
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Published on: 5 Jul 2012
Scientists working at the world's biggest atom smasher in Switzerland say they have discovered what could be the long-sought Higgs boson, a subatomic particle dubbed the "God particle" because it is believed to have originated during the Big Bang and helped shape the subatomic particles that make up all matter in the universe.
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Published on: 4 Jul 2012
The hope of early diagnosis for autism took a step forward on Thursday as a new study from the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital showed that signs of autism may be detected in the brain of infants as young as 6 months old.
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Published on: 30 Jun 2012
At a time when federal and state politicians seem happy to cut and reluctant or unable to increase spending on higher education, a long-awaited report from the National Research Council, the policy arm of the National Academies, argues that the country cannot maintain its position as a leader in research without sustained investment in its public and private universities.
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Published on: 15 Jun 2012
On June 8 you would have been hard pressed to find a happier person in Montreal than Joey (Joseph) Flowers. That鈥檚 the day when Flowers became Nunavik鈥檚 first Inuk law school graduate. Flowers, 33, received two law degrees from 麻豆传媒网站, one in civil law, the legal system of Quebec, and a second one in common law, the British-based legal system used in the rest of Canada.
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Published on: 14 Jun 2012
麻豆传媒网站 astrophysicist Sebastien Guillot was CBCs Montrealer of the week. With a newly-instituted astro public outreach program, "he brings science and the stars a little closer to everyone."
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Published on: 8 Jun 2012
(Op-ed by Rapha毛l Fischler, associate professor of urban planning at 麻豆传媒网站): Wendell Cox's piece on the virtues of unchecked sprawl ("Urban Sprawl gets a bad rap," Opinion, June 1) is an ideological manifesto, not a serious piece of reflection on the future of our cities.
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Published on: 7 Jun 2012
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