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Reposting Is Bad For Your Memory

When deciding whether to share an article or retweet, the decision itself consumes cognitive resources and leads to cognitive overload.

How Are Coronary Arteries Made?

Most coronary vessels in the ventricular free walls are derived from sinus venosus endothelial cells, rather than the ventricular endocardium as once thought.

How Axons Know To Grow In One Direction

The protein, myosin-Va, helps direct the growth of nerves by telling new pieces of axon where they should go.

Better Perovskites At The Flip Of A Switch

Exposure to formamidine gas converts perovskite into a more stable form without sacrificing quality.

Government Should Help Drive Taiwan’s Solar Panel Industry: Study

For solar panel producers in Taiwan to compete on the world stage, they need government support, a study says.

China’s Childhood Obesity Epidemic Due To Western Lifestyles

In China, 17 percent of boys and nine percent of girls were obese in 2014, compared to less than one percent of children and adolescents in 1985.

Why Are Asians So Good At Maths And Science?

Asian universities are constantly coming up tops in international rankings. Is there a science to why Asian students excel academically?

Sniffing Out Cancer Biomarkers

Researchers have used olfactory sensor neurons from mice to detect volatile organic compounds found specifically in urine samples from lung cancer patients.

Gambier Trees May Yield Indonesia’s First Antibiotic

Gambier, which has traditionally been used to treat diarrhea, could prove to be a source of desperately needed new antibiotics.