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Scientists Propose Sweeping Changes To Naming Of Bird Neurosystems
Duke University neurobiologist Erich Jarvis and a team of 28 other neuroscientists have proposed sweeping changes to the terminology associated with the brain structures of birds--a century-old nomenclature the researchers consider outdated and irrelevant to birds' true brainpower. The Electoral College Vote Calculator
Relive the 2004 U.S. Presidential election over and over again by entering electoral college results in the calculator. Reconstruct the election as it happened, or play "what if"games to build entirely new election scenarios. A nicely done site from a hobbyist. Wu-Tang Clan's RZA Breaks Down His Kung Fu Samples by Film and Song
In December, Wu-Tang Clan reunite for their fifth release, The 8 Diagrams. RZA, the band's producer, gave Wired the dope on Wu-Tang's cinematic source material and sounded off on a selection of rare movie clips. Now You See It, Now You Don't: 'Change Blindness' Isn't Magic
A team of scientists at UCL (University College London) has discovered why we often miss major changes in our surroundings - such as a traffic light turning green when we're listening to the radio. Our inability to notice large changes in a visual scene is a phenomenon often exploited by magicians - but only now can scientists put their finger on the exact part of the brain that is so often deceived. Dance Style Locator
Growing collection of illustrated descriptions of dance styles from around the world, such as masked dances of Liberia, capoeira (Brazil), kathak (India), Yup'ik Eskimo dance, Afro-Cuban folkloric dance, and hula. Part of the website for the "People Like Me"educational program of World Arts West, a group that "serves the world, traditional, and folk dance communities of Northern California." Promising Approach To A More Effective Sunscreen
Chronic sun exposure increases the risk of an individual developing skin cancer, because UV light from the sun can cause genetic mutations that enable skin cells to grow in an uncontrolled manner. Hope for a new sunscreen that can prevent and treat UV light -- induced skin cancers has been provided by a new study that demonstrates that applying an agent known as CP-31398 to the skin of mice reduced a specific form of skin cancer. Parkinson's patients shed light on role of reward bias in compulsive b
New research unravels the brain mechanisms that underlie the ability of a standard drug treatment for Parkinson's to elicit compulsive behaviors in some patients with the disease. The study provides fascinating new insight into the brain mechanisms that underlie a predisposition to behavioral addictions, such as pathological gambling and shopping. Evaluations Aim To Advance Translation Technology
Wartime military patrols and civilian encounters can be especially dangerous if neither group understands the other's language. To help American forces secure critical information and communicate with the local population, National Institute of Standards and Technology researchers are evaluating prototype, real-time, two-way translation systems for the Defense Advance Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Alzheimer's: Immune system alterations in mouse brain reduces two char
Using laboratory mice that had been bred to have brain changes similar to Alzheimer's disease, scientists were able to reduce two characteristic features of the disease by modifying the mice's immune systems with a special peptide related to the myelin sheath that insulates nerve cells and nerve fibers. As a result, anti-inflammatory cells were recruited from the blood into the brain, dampening the local inflammatory response. New Therapeutic Targets In The Treatment Of Ulcerative Colitis
The morbidity of ulcerative colitis, a chronic inflammatory disease of the colon with unclear etiology and pathogenesis, is a common disease in Europe and has been increasing in China. A research team has found that ulcerative colitis is closely related to the over expression of matrix metolloproteinas-1 (MMP-1) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha). This finding may bring about new ways to deal with this difficult-to-treat disease.
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