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A study of the Lübeck German University, led by Professor Jan Brn, confirmed that humans learn as they sleep. The study, involved 191 volunteers, during sleep the human brain stores in the hippocampus the information, allowing to remember the knowledge acquired during the day in...

On Wednesday, President Hugo Chávez celebrated12 years of government, although he offered an apology for his failures, he assured being in the battle for the reelection in 2012. “I apologize for my faults, my mistakes, but I think … beyond faults, beyond the errors in...

This summer, New Yorkers who come to our parks and beaches for fresh air and fun, will be able to breathe cleaner air and sit on a beach that is not full of cigarette butts,” said Mayor Michael Bloomberg, after approving the ban. The measure passed with 36 votes in favor to...

President of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, fears chaos would be unleashed if he resigns. The troubled Mubarak said to the ABC network that he was tired of being the president, and that he wanted to leave the power now, but he cannot do that because of the chaos that this could provoke....

Yesterday, governor of Guayas, Roberto Cuero Medina, offered financial rewards for those who give reliable and accurate information which allow trapping 44 suspected land traffickers. The provincial executive said that the reward will be from $3000 to $5000. Cuero assured that...

The celebrations for Chinese New Year began last night. There were family banquets, lion dances,concerts, firecrackers and fireworks for the occasion. The Year of the Rabbit was received traditionally. Children were given red envelopes containing money,crowds burned incense...

NASA has announced its discovery of a new solar system called Kepler-11 which has six planets around it. Kepler-11 system is the largest extraterrestrial solar system discovered until now. The sixth planet of the discovered system is called Kepler-G; it takes 118 days to orbit...

The president of Barcelona Sporting Club, Alfonso Harb, informed that for the third match of the Ecuadorian Soccer Championship of 2011 against the Manta F.C, a box would be opened with the sole purpose of gathering money to pay the team debts. Harb informed that the Box...

The Australians were relieved and surprised after one of the world’s most powerful hurricanes did not cause the expected devastation in the northeast coast; no deaths were reported despite the winds that tore off roofs and toppled trees. Cyclone Yasi, with a size similar to...

In the last two days the extreme rains and strong winds that have assailed 21 provinces of Argelia have killed 13 people and 13 others injured because of traffic accidents. Three from the 13 mortal victims were a woman of 35 years and her two sons of 2 and 8 years. They perished...