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Who Needs Pot? Human Brains Make Marijuana-like Opiate Protien

Who needs pot? Not you, anymore, if research by a team of US and Brazilian scientists turns out to be on track. The multinational team of researchers has determined that human brains can make their own marijuana like opiate protein that mimics the effects of the THC in...

created by Tina Kells | 35 wks ago | updated 35 wks ago
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Evidence of 'risk-taking' brain

Risk-taking may be linked to a chemical in the brain (rather than a cognitive function or decision-making process, say). "Scientists say they have found physical evidence of brain differences which may drive "thrill-seekers" to act impulsively or dangerously. A small study...

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created by generaldecay | 51 wks ago | updated 51 wks ago
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Scientists Find Socio-Economic Difference in Brain Development

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Scientists Find Socio-Economic Difference in Brain Development

SCOTT FITZGERALD famously said in The Great Gatsby that "the rich are different from the rest of us" and now neurological scientists at the University of California (UCLA) have found that children from...

created by Christina 123 | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Cab Drivers Have an Enlarged Hippocampus: Scientific Fact!

LONDON Black Cab drivers are renowned for being ultra-brainy: they are expected to memorise the route to up to 250,000 different roads in the capital, and they are not given a licence until they have demonstrated...

created by Christina 123 | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Dogs off the menu in China, but not animal organs.

Couple questions of mine have been answered through this article. Few weeks back, I posted on the banning of dog meat in China. I was unsure about whether this was a permanent ban or a temporary ban, but after...

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created by JeffHuang | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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New clue to Alzheimer's found

" WASHINGTON -- Researchers have uncovered a new clue to the cause of Alzheimer's disease. The brains of people with the memory-robbing form of dementia are cluttered with a plaque made up of beta-amyloid, a sticky protein. But there long has been a question whether...

created by sweet east pearl | 1 year ago
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Lorenzo's Oil boy is dead at 30

" Lorenzo's Oil boy is dead at 30 Despite his parents' treatment, Lorenzo did not get better Lorenzo Odone, whose parents' battle to save him from a rare nerve...

created by agdobson | 1 year ago
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Second thoughts on life, the universe and everything

"When tackling subjects as diverse as human evolution, the laws of physics and sexual politics, scientists and philosophers, including Steven Pinker, Daniel Dennett, Paul Davies and Richard Wrangham, all confessed yesterday to a change of heart. "

created by Alarmed | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Picture Perfect: 10 Tips to Take Better Expedition Photos

" Picture Perfect: 10 Tips to Take Better Expedition Photos This article will appear in a shortened version in the December, 2007, edition of Expedition News. If you're not a subscriber, subscribe now and keep up with all that is happening in the expedition world! It’s...

created by jakedai | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Meet the cat with four eyes and two faces

Meet the cat with nine lives, two heads, noses and brains and four eyes and ears." Say hello, and ermmm hello to Lil'Bit, the two-faced cat. While the poor little kitty may look like the Frankenstein of the...

created by liamssoft | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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VP says Indonesia should not be plagiaristic nation

""We should create things of benefit to the nation with our own brains instead of plagiarizing other nations` intellectual work," Kalla said in remarks at a function marking the presentation of International...

created by uusjio | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Reagan Rejected the U.N. Sea Treaty So Should We

The hearings in congress about the Law of the Sea Treaty AKA "LOST" has had no media attention, yet this treaty is set to be voted on without any understanding or discussion of the profound implications it would...

created by merrie | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Babies vs. Chimps: The Battle of the Brains

"Chimps are smart, but humans are a lot smarter. Until now, there have been two competing ideas to explain why. The general-intelligence theory says that our bigger and more complex brains give us an overall edge....

created by kerren | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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First Born=More Brains Says Scientists

"On June 21st, scientists reported that the first born or eldest child seems to be smarter than the younger offspring. They even include the child who became the eldest if his/her older sibling died young, in that statement. On average, they found that the eldest child's IQ...

created by Sarah_14 | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Science News

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created by Haecus | 3 years ago
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