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John Medina, in his book Brain Rules, introduces data that forms the following graph: The data shows that student attention level takes a dive, approximately 10 minutes into a lesson.  This is a natural occurrence (and...

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The striking new video from British production team Basement Jaxx should serve as both a wake-up call and a reassurance for those worried about the endangered practice of dancing.

Americans like to think they honor and defend family values. Yet in international rankings measuring support for families, based on the amount of paid leave to care for a new child or an ailing relative, the U.S. has sun...

Protons have a constant spin that is an intrinsic particle property like mass or charge. Yet where this spin comes from is such a mystery it's dubbed the "proton spin crisis." Initially physicists thought a proton's spin...

Hook'd, an app for iPhone and iPod from the pianist-software entrepreneur Robert Taub, features everything from the original recording except the voice track.

Media publish bereaved father's letter as train laden with victims' bodies heads to Kharkiv en route to the Netherlands.

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Cheryl Cole has cheekily commented on the size of her Girls Aloud bandmate Kimberley...

In the weeks between the Apple-Beats acquisition first being reported as being in final talks and the two companies both officially announcing the deal, Billboard interviewed Daniel Ek, the CEO and co-founder of the stre...

 In the first of a two part series exploring game design, this article discusses the idea that games operate within a universe of defined constants, meaning traits to do with play that stand independent of platform, aud...

 A hack project by DIY enthusiast and gamer John Hassl has given new life to the original Game Boy, thanks to a helping hand from the Raspberry Pi, the $35 complete computer that fits in the palm of your hand. The proje...

Federal agents have arrested a man the Irish government calls a suspect in the abduction, torture and killing of two Irish soldiers serving as United Nations peacekeepers in Lebanon 34 years ago.

Summertime isn't when the majority of fans are paying attention to the NBA, but that's when a lot of the work is put forth that translates to success. It's safe to say Glen Rice Jr. turned heads in the Las Vegas Summer L...

The popular CEO of Boston grocery chain Market Basket was just fired, and workers are furious.  Arthur T. Demoulas was fired in June after a family dispute, according to Boston.com. Two more executives were fired that d...

Got time on your hands? An Indiegogo campaign promises to deliver the world's "First Projection Watch."

Four New York City emergency workers have been barred from responding to 911 calls amid an investigation into the medical response to man who died in police custody after being put in an apparent chokehold during his arr...

In what was the bloodiest day of fighting in the two-week old Operation Protective Edge, more than 100 Palestinians and 13 Israeli soldiers were killed in Gaza on Sunday, taking the overall death toll to 500, Al Jazeera ...

As China's Red Cross struggles to win back public trust after a big scandal in 2011, the country's largest charity is now under fire again for a "bizarre" donation to typhoon-hit area.

Rory McIlroy didn't save his best for last, but it didn't matter. He held off a slew of threats and posted a wire-to-wire victory in the 2014 British Open at Royal Liverpool Golf Club for his third major championship.  ...

A skating instructor at an upscale private school in Bangalore, in southern India, was arrested Sunday evening in connection with the rape of a 6-year-old girl on campus by staff members.