Scientists to study synthetic telepathy August 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 49 vote(s)
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A team of UC Irvine scientists has been awarded a $4 million grant from the U.S. Army Research Office to study the neuroscientific and signal-processing foundations of synthetic telepathy. | |
Einstein, Newton displayed autistic traits February 24, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 37 vote(s)
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Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton displayed symptoms of psychiatric disorders that may have been a key to their genius, a Dublin psychiatrist said. | |
Radiation for health June 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 33 vote(s)
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Could exposure to low doses of radiation cure our ills?
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 Scientists Explore Brain's Reaction to Potent Hallucinogen April 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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Brain-imaging studies performed in animals at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory provide researchers with clues about why an increasingly popular recreational drug that causes hallucinations ... | |
 Children are naturally prone to be empathic and moral July 11, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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Children between the ages of seven and 12 appear to be naturally inclined to feel empathy for others in pain, according to researchers at the University of Chicago, who used functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging ... | |
Woman aquires new accent after stroke July 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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A woman in southern Ontario is one of the first cases in Canada of a rare neurological syndrome in which a person starts speaking with a different accent, McMaster University researchers report in the July issue of the Canadian ... | |
A new light on the brains of people with borderline personality disorder August 07, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 31 vote(s)
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In a game of give and get, the brains of people with borderline personality disorder often don't get it. | |
Running slows the aging clock, researchers find August 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 68 vote(s)
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Regular running slows the effects of aging, according to a new study from Stanford University School of Medicine that has tracked 500 older runners for more than 20 years. Elderly runners have fewer disabilities, a longer ... | |
More kidney stone disease projected due to global warming July 14, 2008 | User rating: 2.6 / 5 after 25 vote(s)
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Global warming is likely to increase the proportion of the population affected by kidney stones by expanding the higher-risk region known as the "kidney-stone belt" into neighboring states, researchers at UT Southwestern ... | |
 Homosexual brain resembles that of opposite sex: study June 16, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 35 vote(s)
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The brains of homosexual men resemble those of heterosexual women, while lesbians' brains show similarities with those of straight men, a study published Monday showed. | |
Researchers create beating heart in laboratory January 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 78 vote(s)
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University of Minnesota researchers have created a beating heart in the laboratory. By using a process called whole organ decellularization, scientists from the University of Minnesota Center for Cardiovascular Repair grew ... | |
Brain rewards aggression much like it does sex, food, drugs February 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 46 vote(s)
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New research from Vanderbilt University shows for the first time that the brain processes aggression as a reward—much like sex, food and drugs—offering insights into our propensity to fight and our fascination with violent ... | |
Ibuprofen or acetaminophen in long-term resistance training increases muscle mass/strength April 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 66 vote(s)
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Taking daily recommended dosages of ibuprofen and acetaminophen caused a substantially greater increase over placebo in the amount of quadriceps muscle mass and muscle strength gained during three months of regular weight ... | |
Scientists discover way to increase metabolism for weight loss April 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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Scientists from Melbourne’s Howard Florey Institute have discovered a way to aid weight loss and reduce the likelihood of developing diabetes by manipulating fat cells to increase the body’s metabolism. | |
Who shalt not kill? Brain power leads to level-headedness when faced with moral dilemmas June 09, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Should a sergeant sacrifice a wounded private on the battlefield in order to save the rest of his troops? Is euthanasia acceptable if it prevents needless suffering? Many of us will have to face some sort of extreme moral ... | |
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