14 April 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Nine Science words with interesting origins

Check out this really interesting article about some science words that actually originated from science fiction. This was a pleasant surprise: 1. Robotics. This is probably the most well-known of these, since Isaac Asimov is famous for (among many other things) his three laws of robotics. Even so, I include it because it is one [...]

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30 March 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Violent Video Games Can Improve Vision

A new study that was fundedby the National Eye Institute and the Office of Naval Research published today in the journal Nature Neuroscience shows that people who played fighting games on their PCs became up to a 58 percent better at perceiving fine contrast differences, an important aspect of eyesight. This is particularly significant because [...]

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