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"Simplicity is the ultimate form of sophistication."

- Leonardo da Vinci

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Gene therapy cures monkeys of laziness

Gene therapy cures monkeys of laziness

Gene therapy cures monkeys of laziness

Procrastinating primates can be turned into workaholics, thanks to gene therapy. The discovery, which sheds light on the workings of the brain's reward c

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8-Year-Olds Publish Article in Respected Biology Journal

8-Year-Olds Publish Article in Respected Biology Journal

A class project about bees prepared by a group of British schoolchildren was published in a leading scientific journal Wednesday.

The 25 students -- aged between eight and 10 -- studied how bees see color and pattern

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Genetic Mutation May Lead to Violent and Reckless Behavior

Genetic Mutation May Lead to Violent and Reckless Behavior

In a discovery that could help scientists further understand impulsivity in humans, researchers have announced they found a genetic variant that may contribute to spontaneous violent behavior.

In a new study released in the journal Nature

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Probiotic natural health product over undeclared dairy, says Health Canada

Probiotic natural health product over undeclared dairy, says Health Canada

Probiotic natural health product over undeclared dairy, says Health Canada

OTTAWA - Health Canada says a probiotic natural health product is being recalled because it could contain trace amounts of dairy not d

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What's the best solution for hair loss?

What's the best solution for hair loss?

THE two most commonly known medications for slowing down balding are Minoxidil lotion (Regaine or Rogaine), drops of which are rubbed into the scalp twice daily and Finasteride tablets (trade name Propecia), which are taken

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David Eagleman - The Brain and The Law

David Eagleman - The Brain and The Law

The Unconscious Part Of Your Brain Is The Real Main Decision-Maker.

The Role Of Consciousness Has Been Hugely Exaggerated, Ill Defined And Largely Misunderstood

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Mount Sinai Researchers Develop Mouse Model To Help Find How A Gene Mutation Lea

Mount Sinai Researchers Develop Mouse Model To Help Find How A Gene Mutation Lea

Mount Sinai Researchers Develop Mouse Model To Help Find How A Gene Mutation Leads To Autism

Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that when one copy o

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HIV drugs, Abacavir and Didanosine increase the risk of heart attack

HIV drugs, Abacavir and Didanosine increase the risk of heart attack

HIV drugs, Abacavir and Didanosine increase the risk of heart attack

A study to assess the adverse effects of anti-retroviral drugs shows that two widely-u

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Non-toxic chemical turned B.C. river green

Non-toxic chemical turned B.C. river green

Non-toxic chemical turned B.C. river green

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Life on Other Plants? Living on Mars

Life on Other Plants? Living on Mars

Living on Mars is a National Geographic production documentary dealing with the possibilities of making Mars more hospitable to humans, thus terraforming it.

“On the surface, the red planet’s freeze-dried world of rocks, ice, a

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Using Light To Control Brains

Using Light To Control Brains

This video shows how scientists can control the behaviour of cells simply by switching on a light. The technique, known as optogenetics, is teaching us about everything from how we wake up to how we learn. That's why Nature Methods has named opto

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Tracking the tell-tale signs of pure genius

Tracking the tell-tale signs of pure genius

Tracking the tell-tale signs of pure genius

A leading neuroscientist on the intriguing case studies that are revealing the powerful, adaptive potential of the human brain

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Genes may play role in friends we choose, says study

Genes may play role in friends we choose, says study

Genes may play role in friends we choose, says study

By Neil Bowdler

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Drug may guard against lung cancer death

Drug may guard against lung cancer death

Drug may guard against lung cancer death

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DNA caught rock 'n rollin'

DNA caught rock 'n rollin'

DNA caught rock 'n rollin'

DNA, that marvelous, twisty molecule of life, has an alter ego, research at the University of Michigan and the Univ

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Unexpected find opens up new front in effort to stop HIV

Unexpected find opens up new front in effort to stop HIV

Unexpected find opens up new front in effort to stop HIV

HIV adapts in a surprising way to survive and thrive in its hiding spot within the human immune system, scientis

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An extra 5 years of life an unexpected benefit of osteoporosis treatment

An extra 5 years of life an unexpected benefit of osteoporosis treatment

An extra 5 years of life an unexpected benefit of osteoporosis treatment

Australian clinical researchers have noted an extraordinary and unexpected bene

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IPTc found to reduce prevalence of malaria infection in children by up to 85 per

IPTc found to reduce prevalence of malaria infection in children by up to 85 per

IPTc found to reduce prevalence of malaria infection in children by up to 85 percent

Carried out in Burkina Faso and Mali– have found that combining int

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Researchers identify molecular predictor of metastatic prostate cancer

Researchers identify molecular predictor of metastatic prostate cancer

Researchers identify molecular predictor of metastatic prostate cancer

Prostate tumors that carry a "signature" of four molecular markers have

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Schizophrenia gene mutation found; target for new drugs

Schizophrenia gene mutation found; target for new drugs

Schizophrenia gene mutation found; target for new drugs

In a major advance for schizophrenia research, an international team of scientists, led by Jonat

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Biofuel from Tofu Waste

Biofuel from Tofu Waste

A tofu waste recycling facility opened a year ago here outside of Yogyakarta. Waste water from 400 kilograms of soybean used for tofu production is collected in

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Why infertility will stop humans colonising space

Why infertility will stop humans colonising space

Why infertility will stop humans colonising space

According

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Henry Markram on the Blue Brain Project

Henry Markram on the Blue Brain Project

The Blue Brain Project is the first comprehensive attempt to reverse-engineer the mammalian brain, in order to understand brain function and dysfunction through detailed simulations. This type of simulation is interesting because it uses a large amou

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Zebrafish key to cure?

Zebrafish key to cure?

HUMANS SHARE CANCER GENE



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Bizarre Sea Creatures

Bizarre Sea Creatures

Weird, Strange, Bizarre and Unknown Fish and Sea Creatures, straight out of the Belly of Hell! REALLY! Pretty cool stuff.

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Tribute to YURI GAGARIN ( The First Man In Space ) - 50th anniversary

Tribute to YURI GAGARIN ( The First Man In Space ) - 50th anniversary

April 12, 2011 - 50th anniversary of the world's first manned flight into space carried out by Yuri Gagarin.Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin Hero of the Soviet Union, was a Soviet cosmonaut who on 12 April 1961 became the first human to journey into out

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World's First 3D Human Brain Map

World's First 3D Human Brain Map

World's biggest human brain map unveiled



The world's biggest compute

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Sickle cell anemia breakthrough

Sickle cell anemia breakthrough

Reported December 2009

SAN DIEGO (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Sickle cell -- it's a genetic disease that affects 70,000 people in the U.S. A blood disease that causes extreme pain, there is no cure. Now researchers are working toward a life-

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The Evolution of Mobile

The Evolution of Mobile

Using cutting edge 3D Projection Vodafone bring you The Evolution of Mobile. This is the first small-scale projection mapping installation using a hand-held camera. From the Motorola brick through to the first text message and colour screen to GPS an

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Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity Rover) Mission Animation

Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity Rover) Mission Animation

This artist's concept animation depicts key events of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, which will launch in late 2011 and land a rover, Curiosity, on Mars in August 2012.

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Evolution of Altruism (Kin Selection)

Evolution of Altruism (Kin Selection)

How altruism evolved, kin selection, etc.

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Are You Prepared For Human-Driven Technological Evolution ?

Are You Prepared For Human-Driven Technological Evolution ?

Medical ethicist Harvey Fineberg shows us three paths forward for the ever-evolving human species: to stop evolving completely, to evolve naturally -- or to control the next steps of human evolution, using genetic modification, to make ourselves smar

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David Christian: Big history

David Christian: Big history

Backed by stunning illustrations, David Christian narrates a complete history of the universe, from the Big Bang to the Internet, in a riveting 18 minutes. This is "Big History": an enlightening, wide-angle look at complexity, life and huma

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Cell Phones Photonic ‘Tweezer-Like’ Effect May Cause Human Tissue Damage !

Cell Phones Photonic ‘Tweezer-Like’ Effect May Cause Human Tissue Damage !

The long running debate on whether cell phones are capable of damaging human tissue and causing health problems received new fuel from a paper published at arXiv by theoretical biologist Bill Bruno from Los Alamos National Labo

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One Step Closer To Building Artificial Chromosomes

One Step Closer To Building Artificial Chromosomes

Whitehead Institute scientists report that two proteins once thought to have only supporting roles, are the true "stars" of the kinetochore assembly process in human cells.

The kinetochore is vital to proper DNA distributi

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Augmented Reality With A “Cyborg-Like” Device Invented !!!

Augmented Reality With A “Cyborg-Like” Device Invented !!!

Eye-tracking microdisplay delivers Terminator vision, distracts joggers

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Machiavellian Intelligence

Machiavellian Intelligence

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Stem Cells

Stem Cells

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