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Mosquitoes infected with natural bacteria to prevent reproduction will be released in Miami, in a non-GM effort to reduce mosquito populations

It might seem like scientists and other experts have all tried pretty much everything they can to eradicate pesky mosquitoes from the planet. But now, to fight Zika and other kinds of viruses carried by them, a new team of researchers based out of South Miami has decided to simply go after their progeny. According to […]

Could Dark Chocolate and Green Tea be the Perfect Combination for Increased Concentration?

A new study has found that combining dark chocolate with green tea could be a better concentration pick-me-up than coffee. Hershey Company sponsored a scientific study to find out whether their new product idea could become the ultimate concentration booster. A team of researchers at Northern Arizona University conducted the study, which included 122 participants […]

Gestures and pictures ‘boost foreign language learning’

The team – from the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig, Germany – reports the findings in the journal Current Biology. Many people – based on their school experience – would probably say that rote learning of long lists is perhaps not the best approach, but the study authors say […]