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Scary Music Is Scarier with Your Eyes Shut Posted: 2 months ago by stinkobinko
Listening to sounds with our eyes closed seems to wire together a direct connection to the regions of our brains that process emotions
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Study: Male bass in many U.S. rivers feminized Posted: 2 months ago by proverb
One out of five male black bass in American river basins have egg cells growing inside their sexual organs, a sign of how widespread fish feminizing has become.
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Evidence Points to Conscious 'Metacognition' in Some Nonhuman Animals Posted: 2 months ago by stinkobinko
there is growing evidence that animals share functional parallels with human conscious metacognition -- that is, they may share humans' ability to reflect upon, monitor or regulate their states of mind.
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Frozen vegetables 'more nutritious than fresh produce' Posted: 3 months ago by Bornbad
The study found that fresh food goes through around a two-week distribution chain as it is bagged and packaged and delivered to sellers.
Whereas frozen food, the study said, is frozen shortly after being harvested.
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Fossils Are Not Necessary For Crude Oil Generation Posted: 3 months ago by stinkobinko
Researchers in Stockholm have managed to prove that fossils from animals and plants are not necessary for crude oil and natural gas to be generated. This means, on the one hand, that it will be much easier to find these sources of energy and, on the other hand, that they can be found all over the globe
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Great tits acquire taste for bats Posted: 3 months ago by kakana
Caught on camera - the first time the great tit has been seen eating a bat
A Hungarian cave has turned out to be a larder of highly unusual food for great tits.
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Hubble Returns! - It's full of Stars.. Posted: 3 months ago by equinox
Thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope we know the universe is 13.7 billion years old. The HST has helped scientists determine the process of how planets are born and detected the first organic molecule on a planet outside our solar system. These first snapshots from the newly repaired Hubble showcase the 19-year-old telescope's improved vision.
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NY man's next blood donation will be gallon No. 40 Posted: 3 months ago by suebe
A New York man is donating his 320th pint of blood this week, making him one of two people in the U.S. who has given 40 gallons.
Seventy-five-year-old Al Fischer plans to reach the milestone Tuesday, 58 years after he started giving blood.
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BBC team discovers 40 new species in 'lost world' Posted: 3 months ago by kakana
Rats as big as cats, fanged frogs and grunting fish - they sound like something from a horror movie.
But, incredibly, there is a 'lost world' on a distant island where these nightmarish creatures really exist.
A team of scientists discovered the bizarre animals - and dozens of others - at a remote volcano in Papua New Guinea.
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Rare yellow spider named after David Bowie Posted: 3 months ago by kakana
A newly-discovered spider has been named after rock star David Bowie, in an effort to raise awareness about the number of arachnid species threatened with extinction.
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British scientists make giant leap in Alzheimer's fight that could spare 100,000 sufferers every year Posted: 3 months ago by Bingo
British scientists have made the biggest breakthrough for more than 15 years in the fight against Alzheimer's.
It could cut the rate of new cases by a fifth - 100,000 a year in the UK alone. British and French teams have identified rogue genes responsible for one in five cases of the disease. The search is now on for drugs to combat them.
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Men: Get Laptops Off Your Lap* Posted: 3 months ago by cb__
Scientists say that the portable computers, when seated on a lap for even short periods of time, can raise scrotal temperatures and cause sperm production to plummet.
*Or not, depending. :)
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Seizure makes woman mistake herself for a man Posted: 3 months ago by kakana
"I'm no longer feeling to be a female," the scientists reported her saying. "I have the impression to transform into a male. My voice, for example, sounds like a male voice that moment. One time, when I looked down to my arms during this episode, these looked like male arms including male hair growth."
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Antibodies found that prevent HIV from causing severe AIDS Posted: 3 months ago by 2manyusernames
Scientists were able to isolate two antibodies responsible for resistance to the disease in an African patient. The discovery could be key to the development of a vaccine.
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First Genetic Link Between Reptile And Human Heart Evolution Found Posted: 3 months ago by bernardblack
Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease have discovered the first genetic link to the evolution of two, rather than one, pumping chamber in the heart, which is a key event in the evolution of becoming warm-blooded.
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Study casts new light on research of controversial scientist Paul Kammerer Posted: 3 months ago by stinkobinko
The study, published in The Journal of Experimental Zoology, suggests that far from being a fraud Kammerer may have discovered the field of epigenetics, placing him decades ahead of his contemporaries.
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13 More Things That Don't Make Sense Posted: 3 months ago by cb__
Strive as we might to make sense of the world, there are mysteries that still confound us...
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100 Years Ago, The World’s First Chemotherapy Treatment Posted: 3 months ago by Bingo
1909: After searching through hundreds of potential chemicals, a German immunologist discovers a compound that can selectively kill the parasitic spirochete that causes syphilis. The following year, he sends 65,000 free samples of the drug, now known as the first modern chemotherapy agent, to doctors all over the world.
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"Speed Shrinking" Posted: 3 months ago by suebe
Three-minute therapy sessions to hold you over during your therapist's vacation.
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Cow Cam - Cow Licking Her Rear Posted: 3 months ago by suebe
A bunch of videos that show the world from the perspective of several animals, including an armadillo, a wolf, a scorpion, a sheep, a bison and a house fly. Oh, and yeah, a cow licking her butt.
*It's a flckr set, so won't embed in videos*
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Tick saliva could hold cancer cure Posted: 3 months ago by Bornbad
They may be one of the most hated insects in mother nature but they could also hold the cure for cancer and be a great name for a band.
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Neuroscientists find brain region responsible for our sense of personal space Posted: 3 months ago by kakana
The structure, the amygdala—a pair of almond-shaped regions located in the medial temporal lobes—was previously known to process strong negative emotions, such as anger and fear, and is considered the seat of emotion in the brain. However, it had never been linked rigorously to real-life human social interaction.
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Breathalyzer test detects lung cancer Posted: 3 months ago by kakana
Scientists in Israel have devised a portable breath tester that detects lung cancer with 86 percent accuracy, according to a study released Sunday.
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World's smallest semiconductor laser heralds new era in optical science Posted: 3 months ago by kakana
The achievement helps enable the development of such innovations as nanolasers that can probe, manipulate and characterize DNA molecules; optics-based telecommunications many times faster than current technology; and optical computing in which light replaces electronic circuitry with a corresponding leap in speed and processing power.
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NASA's lunar impactor loses most of its fuel Posted: 3 months ago by kakana
NASA's moon-colliding probe LCROSS lost more than half its propellant late last week after a glitch caused it to repeatedly fire its thrusters to try to orient itself. But the spacecraft is still on track to complete its mission to slam into the moon's south pole in October.
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