Australia, South Africa to share super telescope - - - ABC - Australia

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The living fossils of brain evolution - - PhysOrg.com (Phys.org) -- In the course of its evolution, the architecture of the mouse brain may have barely changed. Similar to the tiny ancestors of modern mammals that lived about 80 million yea ...
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Chez Pazienza: Rebirtherism

Source: The Huffington Post

An ongoing meme on the podcast that Bob Cesca and I do involves a debate over how much good actually comes from constantly bitching online. It typically goes something like this: Bob plays the somewhat heroic role of the pass ...
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Life Long Learning and Experiences are Good for the Brain

Source: SciTech Daily

A new study from the Max Planck Institute overturns decades-old beliefs that most of the brain is hard-wired when one is a young adult. Working with older rats, neuroscientists were able to demonstrate rewiring of the brain by changing the natu ...
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Out of Body Experience

Source: Patheos Blogs

From Salon.com [1]: (by Mario Beauregard)What do you think this sort of experience tells us about immortality? resurrection? theology? Pam was brought into the operating room at 7:15 a.m., she was given g ...
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SPORTS: Hollisto's World

Source: The Dartmouth

Full disclosure: This is the last Hollisto’s World that I will ever write for The Dartmouth. Like most seniors on campus, it’s time for me to move on. As much as I want to fail Econ 49, get Parkhursted and return next winter for a “victory lap,” I k ...
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Mr. Deity and the Rights - - - YouTube - MrDeity

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The living fossils of brain evolution - - PhysOrg.com (Phys.org) -- In the course of its evolution, the architecture of the mouse brain may have barely changed. Similar to the tiny ancestors of modern mammals that liv ...
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Drink & Dream at Your Own Risk

Source: Real Clear Science

You're running, running as fast as your legs will propel you. Three spectral figures chase after you, all of them hooded and cloaked. Jagged rocks and broken rubble litter the terrain. You're not sure how ...
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Is ‘Brainless’ the New Free-Range?

Source: News24

Would you eat a chicken that has had a frontal lobotomy to erase the pain of living in a cage? I generally only buy free-range chicken but accept that this option is not available to the masses. We need an alternative to the cruelty ...
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Researchers Develop New Brain Map

Source: Medical News Today

Main Category: Neurology / Neuroscience Article Date: 24 May 2012 - 1:00 PDT University of Georgia researchers have developed a map of the human brain that shows great promise as a new guide to the inner workings of the body's mo ...
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