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Stories about: Washington University

Friends May Know Us Best of All The counterintuitive conclusions of a recent investigation show that our friends may in fact know us better than we know ourselves. According to researchers, believing that we know ourselves better than others do is a fundamentally flawed preconception. They however admit that it's natural to think so. On the ot... 9 May 2011 10:12 GMT Birds Protect Us from West Nile Virus Medical records show that cases of West Nile Virus (WNV) infections are far less likely to occur in settled areas that have a wide variety of bird species living inside. Scientists believe that this happens because birds are poor viral carriers altogether. In other words, mosquitoes are far less likely to bite birds,... 9 October 2008 06:53 GMT Adeona - Free Recovery Solution for Laptop Users Researchers at the Washington and California (San Diego) universities have come up with this free solution for you to track down your Apple laptop, should someone steal it. Naturally, the free software can only help if the thief connects your laptop to the Internet (they always do), but it addresses a critical privac... 15 July 2008 11:04 GMT