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wired.com » Wired: Wired Science - Jun 7, 2008
Brain-machine interfaces may someday allow amputees and the paralyzed to use artificial limbs -- truly a wonderful thing. But I'm less optimistic about the addition of extra limbs for fully-able people: after all, our …
wired.com » Wired: Wired Science - Jun 2, 2008
While watching a movie three years ago at Christmas, neurologist and author Oliver Sacks felt a migraine behind his right eye. He went to a doctor, who told him it was a rare and malignant form of cancer. Not long …
Also tagged: world science festival
wired.com » Wired: Wired Science - May 31, 2008
Some people hear colors, see flavors and are generally prone to a mixing-and-matching of typically disparate perceptual domains. Those people are called synesthetes, and were the topic of a World Science Festival talk …
Also tagged: brain, world science festival
psychcentral.com » World of Psychology - May 22, 2008
A new study published this month in Psychological Science shows the importance of how researchers ask a question. The researchers were puzzled by the literature’s contradictory findings between perceived risk and …
Also tagged: general, research, driving, sex, drug, disease, risk, teens, alcohol, std, brain and behavior, abuse, drinking, sexually, transmitted, sexuality, condom, teenagers, psychology, teenager, risks, adolescence, mills, risk taking, children and teens, unprotected, contradictory, perceive
psychcentral.com » World of Psychology - May 20, 2008
When we think about teens and young adults, we often think about how much they worry about their popularity amongst their friends and others at high school or such. I think society often emphasizes the importance of …
Also tagged: general, achievements, teens, brain and behavior, psychology, loser, personality, popularity, rank, esteem, accomplishments, children and teens, mental health and wellness
dlisted.com » Freakonomics - May 15, 2008
Screen shot from Arthur Shapiro's blog. For fans of the Spinning Dancer illusion, let us recommend Arthur Shapiro's Illusion Sciences blog, which features a new optical illusion every week. Shapiro, an associate …
Also tagged: general
wired.com » Wired: Wired Science - Apr 28, 2008
Thanks to an ingenious genetic hack, blind mice have seen the light. In a study published yesterday in Nature Neuroscience, researchers led by Swiss neuroscientist Botond Roska added a light-sensitive protein to cells …
Also tagged: biotechnology
wired.com » Wired: Wired Science - Apr 17, 2008
Aversion to inbred men isn't just a sensible cultural tradition. It might be biologically hard-wired into women who are literally able to sniff out the scent of incest. In a study published today in Current Biology …
Also tagged: animals, behavior, reproduction
wired.com » Wired: Wired Science - Apr 15, 2008
Should you be so fortunate as to hear the lowest lows and higest highs of Panda Bear's "Good Girl/Carrots" on a seriously audiophiliac stereo system, give thanks to your cochlea, the sound-sensing section of mammalian …
Also tagged: body
thaindian.com » Thaindian News - Apr 4, 2008
DPA San Francisco, April 5 (DPA) Microsoft Corp is re-evaluating its more than $40-billion bid for Yahoo due to the tough economic climate and the delaying efforts of the Yahoo board, US news wire Marketwatch reported …
Also tagged: business, microsoft, yahoo, san francisco, wall street, wall street journal, news wire, microsoft corp, marketwatch, stock price, internet company, report said that, dpa, formal negotiations