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[WSJ] How to Wake Up Slumbering Minds
Will the discoveries of neuroscientists help us to think, learn and remember? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124079001063757515.html...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
May 2, 2009 3:00 am
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[Telegraph UK] Second-born children really are more rebellious, stud
Second-born children are more likely to be rebellious in later life than their more conservative older siblings, according to research ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
May 2, 2009 3:03 am
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[CSM] For China, a reverse brain drain in science?
Beijing woos some of its best expatriate scientists. US should act, some say ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
May 2, 2009 3:06 am
5890
[Newsweek] Standing By Their Men
Why women like the fiancée of the alleged 'Craigslist killer' defend their loved ones, even when it may seem irrational to do so ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
May 2, 2009 3:07 am
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[BBC] Lithium in water 'curbs suicide'
Drinking water which contains the element lithium may reduce the risk of suicide, a Japanese study suggests http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8025454.stm...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
May 3, 2009 3:50 am
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[NYT] Eden? Maybe. But Where's the Apple Tree?
Nicholas Wade: A new genetic survey of people in Africa suggests that the borderland where Angola and Namibia meet seems to be the origin of modern humans ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
May 3, 2009 3:51 am
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[Nat Geo News] Oldest Dinosaur Protein Found -- Blood Vessels, More
The earliest known dinosaur soft tissue has been extracted from an 80-million-year-old duckbill, a new study says ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
May 3, 2009 3:53 am
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[New Sci News] 'Brain-juggling' lets dolphins avoid sleep deprivatio
Dolphins seem to be able to go on and on performing mental tests without tiring – it may be down to the way they can sleep with half a brain ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
May 3, 2009 3:54 am
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[Times UK] Mums going for the burn boost baby IQ
Mothers who exercise during pregnancy are helping to boost their child's IQ, according to research by American psychologists ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
May 3, 2009 7:14 pm
5896
[Nature News] Nano-delivery could help tackle HIV
Tiny plastic particles could smuggle therapies into cells http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090503/full/news.2009.435.html...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
May 4, 2009 2:32 am
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[NPR] Lessons From A Defrosted Baby Mammoth
Two years ago, reindeer herders in Siberia discovered a 40,000-year-old baby woolly mammoth on a riverbank. Paleontologist Daniel Fisher explains what is known...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
May 4, 2009 2:35 am
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[BBC] Immune fault 'link' to narcolepsy
Scientists have uncovered genetic evidence suggesting the sleep disorder narcolepsy is linked to a fault in the immune system's "foot soldier" cells ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
May 4, 2009 2:36 am
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[LAT] L-theanine comes into focus
The substance from tea finds its way, sans the caffeine, into drinks and supplements marketed as concentration helpers. Does it work? ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
May 4, 2009 2:41 am
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[Slate] Saletan on Sailer
Inequality, racism, and framing http://www.slate.com/id/2217571/...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
May 4, 2009 5:07 pm
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[Newsweek] Adventures In Good And Evil
What makes some of us saints and some of us sinners? The evolutionary roots of morality http://www.newsweek.com/id/195117...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
May 4, 2009 5:22 pm
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[Telegraph UK] Anger is in the genes
Being able to keep your cool or lose your temper is down to genes, according to a new study ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
May 5, 2009 2:07 am
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[Reuters] Vitamin E may slow Alzheimer's disease
An analysis of "real-world" clinical data indicates that vitamin E, and drugs that reduce generalized inflammation, may slow the decline of mental and physical...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
May 5, 2009 2:08 am
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[NYT] 10 Genes, Furiously Evolving
Carl Zimmer: Potent and complex despite its tiny size, a virus is life reduced to its essentials http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/health/05virus.html...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
May 5, 2009 2:09 am
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[Slate] Saletan on Sailer, Part II
The case for colorblindness in the age of genetics http://www.slate.com/id/2217681/pagenum/all/#p2...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
May 5, 2009 5:31 pm
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[Newsweek] Listening to Madness
Why some mentally ill patients are rejecting their medication and making the case for 'mad pride' http://www.newsweek.com/id/195694...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
May 6, 2009 3:35 am
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[New Sci News] Early domestic animals were surprisingly well bred
They may not have known about genetics and Darwinism, but our ancestors knew how to drive the evolution of once-wild beasts to serve their own needs ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
May 6, 2009 3:38 am
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[Nat Geo News] New, Fast-Evolving Rabies Virus Found -- And Spreadin
Evolving faster than any other new rabies virus on record, the bat-centered strain has mutated to become contagious among skunks and now foxes, experts...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
May 6, 2009 3:39 am
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[NYT] Ear Plugs to Lasers: The Science of Concentration
For the focused life, forget multitasking and try meditating http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/science/05tier.html...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
May 6, 2009 3:44 am
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[Nature News] 'Hobbit' was a dwarf with large feet
Studies suggest Flores man was a distinct species http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090506/full/news.2009.448.html...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
May 7, 2009 2:03 am
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[Telegraph UK] Mother's morning sickness linked with child IQ
Women who suffer morning sickness during pregnancy may be more likely to have a child with a high IQ, according to new research ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
May 7, 2009 2:05 am
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[Discovery News] Dating Sites ID the Smell of Love
"The alleles of my Major Histocompatibility Complex are completely opposite from yours," might not sound like pillow talk, but it is the literal basis for the...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
May 7, 2009 2:06 am
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[Independent UK] The links between mental illness and creativity
All too often, creativity goes hand in hand with mental illness. Now we're starting to understand why. Roger Dobson reports ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
May 7, 2009 4:15 am
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[New Yorker] How David Beats Goliath
Malcolm Gladwell: When underdogs break the rules http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/05/11/090511fa_fact_gladwell?currentPage=all...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
May 7, 2009 8:38 am
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[Reuters] Constant sun -- too much of a good thing?
Too much sunlight in places like Greenland where long summer days often cause insomnia appears more likely to drive a person to suicide, Swedish researchers...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
May 8, 2009 2:58 am
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[AP] FDA backs drug that treats diabetes via the brain
People with Type 2 diabetes may soon get a very different treatment approach: A drug that helps control blood sugar via the brain — an idea sparked,...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
May 8, 2009 2:59 am