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A Star-Trek-style medical scanner could be here in the near future

A Star-Trek-style medical scanner could be here in the near future

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A team of Stanford University electrical engineers have taken large steps towards creating a portable scanning device to detect hidden objects, with possible applications in the medical field as a detector of tumors in the brain. The team says the device could be ready for practical use within the n
Science says your gaming experiences may be shams

Science says your gaming experiences may be shams

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In case you weren’t already convinced that games are total bullshit, here’s a study in the New Scientist that claims the placebo effect—that noted scourge of hypochondriacs and homeopaths—also works in videogames.  Ok, not everything is bullshit, but at least some of it is. The study at hand, which