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A new trade pact between the United States and European Union aims to create a new united western front to hedge against a world whose power is shifting to the east.

Chinese developer Zhang Yue is planning to build the world’s next tallest building, dubbed “Sky City”, which as the name suggests will be a self-contained city, holding 30,000 people.

Thanks to recent archeological finds, scientists have gained a better understanding of our brain’s evolution by measuring the interior dimensions of ancient skulls.

Using a technique called optogenetics, which can activate and cause brain cells to fire by shining light on them, neuroscientists at MIT have successfully activated false memories in the brain.

Does channeling your anger and sexual frustration into creative pursuits result in a better product? Yes, according to a team of psychologists from the University of Illinois.

Being smart is highly overrated, according to Kenneth Goldsmith, the Museum of Modern Art’s first poet laureate. Goldsmith, who considers himself a very dumb writer, likes to copy past artists. 

Given the overwhelming evidence that smoking cigarettes dramatically increases one’s chances of getting cancer and heart disease, studies have often asked after the personality of a smoker.

A pilot program in two New York City hospitals is giving doctors the ability to prescribe fresh fruit and vegetables to patients with the aid of food vouchers redeemable at any of the city’s 142 farmers’ markets.

The photon energy in low-level laser light is currently known to aid in cellular regeneration, from regrowing lost hair to reversing the effects of arthritis, by increasing blood flow to the affected areas of the body.

By studying the genetic make up of plants that thrive in hot, dry conditions, scientists expect to be able to modify ordinary food crops to grow more efficiently while producing greater yields.

A team of Japanese scientists have created an ultra-light weight polymer skin, complete with electronic sensors, that could help develop new medical implants and smart skin for prostheses and robots.

The financial constraint which prescriptions put on seniors’ fixed income, and the health effects of mixing different medications, make marijuana an option worth exploring for an increasing number of seniors. 

Detroit, once America’s fifth-largest city, has filed for bankruptcy. At its hight in 1950, the city was home to more than 1.5 million. Today, it has shrunk to 700,000 residents.

“Demand has to shift from external demand to internal demand, one way or another, if the economy is to continue growing,” said Christian Murck, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in China.

Using social media to participate in faraway religious gatherings is now officially grounds for the granting of “indulgences”, or time off a purgatory sentence given for confessed or forgiven sins. 

The Norwegian prison system believes that taking revenge on prisoners for their crimes, by taking away their rights, is counterproductive to the more important goal of rehabilitation.

Fast food giant McDonald’s is on track to sell its 300 billionth hamburger soon, but the company’s global dominance has contrasted sharply with its recent attempt to justify paying low wages.

A new artificial intelligence has proven more effective than human engineers at regulating Internet traffic, say researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. 

A new study challenges the notion that sex addiction is a legitimate mental disease by showing that the brains of diagnosed individuals do not respond abnormally to images of sexual content.

Colorado State University psychology professor Ann Cleary believes a feature of our memory sometimes causes us to believe we are familiar with places or situations we have never visited or experienced.

Neuroscience provides a chemical explanation for why some people are extroverted — seeking constant company, novelty, and thrills — and why others prefer solitude, routine, and serious talk.

The influence of women in a man’s life, from mother to wife to daughter, is likely to make him more generous, according to surveys of the male population and controlled laboratory studies.

A medical researcher at Imperial College London has created a smart knife which can tell doctors within three seconds if a group of tissue is cancerous or not, making biopsies possible during operations.

Recent studies have validated the essentially one-sided story that popular vitamin supplements are associated with high incidents of cancer, heart disease and death.

A pair of French researchers have discovered a virus of record-breaking size and mysterious genetic make up. Only seven percent of its genetic code matches that in existing databases.

A new review of 21 hunter-gather societies indicates that competition for territory may drive conflict, and that when territory is not up for grabs, widespread aggression generally does not occur.

Taking a pill could one day replicate many beneficial effects of exercising, according to a pair of studies that successfully simulated physical workouts at the cellular level.

In 2004, the UK thought it had found a suitable compromise to legalizing same-sex marriage. But civil partnerships, which are equal to marriage in every legal respect, have become insufficient.

The dollar is gaining in value relative to other world currencies, which economists say is due to several very recent changes in the economy as well as long-term growth in the national economy.

In the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Germany quickly declared that it would phase out nuclear power as a domestic energy source. But now, many of its citizens are crying foul.