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Fast Or Slow, It Was Already Decided Before ‘Go’
Research suggests that runners’ neural activity just before the start of a race can predict miniscule variations in reaction times.

Asia’s Rising Scientists: Pham Quang Cuong
As part of our monthly Asia's Rising Scientists series, we talk to Pham Quang Cuong, assistant professor at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University.
Joi Ito: Cyber Security Is Like An Immune System
Cyber security is like an immune system: you don’t get stronger by completely shielding yourself from any germs, says Mr. Joichi Ito, director of the MIT Media Lab.
Yamanaka: iPSCs Could Help Fill Our Blood Banks
Imagine a world where we no longer need blood donors, says Professor Shinya Yamanaka, Nobel laureate and inventor of induced pluripotent stem cell technology.
Three Billion-Year-Old Rocks Contain Plankton
Researchers from Japan and the United States have discovered microfossils of plankton in three billion-year-old rocks.
Study Sheds Light Into How Green Algae Engulfed Bacteria Billions Of Years Ago
A new study offers a glimpse at how early organisms dating back more than one billion years may have acquired free-living photosynthetic cells.