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Increased use of Internet search engines such as Google are changing the way the human brain remembers information, according to new research by a psychologist at Columbia University. The study, led by Prof. Betsy Sparrow and published online in the journal Science on Thursday, finds that internet searches are making information easy to forget, as more people rely on their computers as a source of "external memory." Researchers examined the so-called "Google effect," and found people had poor...

Researchers have discovered a technique that allows rat stem cells, injected into mice to create suitable organs for the mice. Lead researcher Professor Hiromitsu Nakauchi, director of the center for stem cell biology and regenerative medicine at the University of Tokyo in Japan, told the Telegraph: "Our ultimate goal is to generate human organs from induced pluripotent stem cells."The technique, called blastocyst complementation, provides us with a novel approach for organ supply. We have...

According to a recent report, Peter Vesterbacka, chief marketing officer of Rovio, said Angry Birds is set to launch on Facebook "within the next three months."Vesterbacka told The Telegraph: "We are coming out with our social game over the next few months. We are in talks with Facebook and Angry Birds will be live on the site within the next three months."Rovio launched its first web version of the game in partnership with Google Chrome just three weeks ago. Vesterbacka confirmed...

Women find men whose ring fingers are longer than their index fingers more attractive, according to findings in a study published by the British Royal Society's journal Biological Sciences.Previous studies which were conducted under the banner of evolutionary psychology, suggests that the drivers of human behavior are found in "nature" rather than "nurture," reports AFP.Led by Camille Ferdenzi of the University of Geneva, the new study was designed to find out if women are drawn to the...

Leading global e-commerce solutions provider nominated as one of the most promising, young tech companies by The Telegraph and TechCrunch Europe Marlborough, MA (PRWEB) April 7, 2011 Adyen, a premier global e-commerce solutions provider, today announced in conjunction with TechCrunch Europe and The Telegraph, that the company has been nominated as a finalist for The Telegraph's Start-Up 100. The Start-Up 100 is the most authoritative and trustworthy ranking of promising technology...

LONDON, Feb. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Telegraph Media Group today announces a partnership with conversion management expert Maxymiser to enhance the online experience for visitors to The Telegraph. By working with Maxymiser, The Telegraph is able to take a customer-centric approach to website design and refreshment, where changes to page layouts, sequences and content can be trialled on real web visitors in order to identify the most effective variants that are beneficial to the user....

The "World" project "” an artificial archipelago of 300 small islands arranged in the shape of a world map "” is sinking back into the sea, according to evidence presented to a property tribunal in the emirate, the Telegraph reports. Only one of the islands is inhabited, and the financial crisis has halted work on the project. The "˜globe' effect is most impressive when spotted by satellite, but visitors to Dubai who scale the Burg Khalifa - the tallest building in the world - can also...

A Scottish man has broken the world's record for running while on fire, witnesses said. Keith Malcolm, a nurse from Aberdeen, Scotland, set himself ablaze and ran 259 feet, beating the old record of 227 feet, Sunday at the Alton & North East Hampshire Agricultural Show, in Alton, England, The Daily Telegraph reported. The stunt was aimed at raising money for cancer research. Malcolm had a team from the Hampshire Fire and Rescue department standing by as he sprinted in a ball of fire...

LONDON, June 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Demotix, the award-winning user-generated newswire, has signed an exclusive deal with the Telegraph website for its Widget. The Telegraph, with the UK's biggest broadsheet web audience and over 23 million unique viewers in April 09, is carrying the Demotix Widget on its World News page. It joins Le Monde in France, Lebanon's Future News, and the Himalayan Times of Nepal. The Demotix Widget features the best daily stories from Demotix' 5,600 users...

A New Hampshire police officer looking at a surveillance camera's record of a bank robbery thought he saw a familiar face under a layer of surgical tape. Steven Colantonio, 49, of Nashua was arrested early Thursday and could face federal charges, The Nashua Telegraph reported. St. Mary's Bank in Nashua was robbed Wednesday afternoon. Tellers there said a man with surgical tape covering much of his face walked in and told them to give him money. The man did not display a weapon or claim to...