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Are men naturally better at math than women or is that just an out-dated stereotype? When former Harvard president Larry Summers said publicly in 2005 that men are innately better at math, many women were outraged. So a couple of women scientists decided to research it. This ScienCentral News video explains their report published this week.

It's well known that depression in your family puts you at high risk of depression. Now researchers have found a structural difference in the brain that could explain why.

It's commencement time, and psychology researchers say those valedictory speeches about how success isn't measured in riches are much more than mere platitudes. As this ScienCentral News video explains, they've found new evidence that "American Dream" achievements like wealth, fame and image are not the keys to happiness.

On this Mother's Day we bring you the story of one Mom's dream to give her child mobility. Now new cutting edge research might open the door for special needs babies to explore the world-- with the help of robots. http://www.sciencentral.com/video/

This mother's day, we bring you the story of one woman's dream to give her child mobility. This ScienCentral News video reports on research that is opening the door for special needs babies to explore the world-- with the help of robots.

As we sign those Mother's Day cards, most of us know the story behind the choice of our names. Now, new research published this week looks at baby names as a window into how popular trends catch on and die out. This ScienCentral News video explains.

Artificial, bionic-like eyes, similar to the ones in the iconic image of "The Terminator," are another step closer to becoming reality. The trick for researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign was that in order to make a tiny video camera work like an eye, it must be shaped like an eye.

More than 150 years later, researchers are using Thoreau's records to gather evidence of how the climate has warmed in the area of Walden Pond, in Concord , Massachusetts, a few miles from Boston.

Biologists are comparing country bumpkins and city slickers...among birds. Find out how our feathered friends compare in the age-old debate.

Fifty years inthe making, solar-power cells are still flat, rigid, and ugly. But new research shows how they could be made lightweight, flexible, and transparent. These innovations could expand solar-cell use to things like solar fabrics and power generating windows. http://www.sciencentral.com/video/