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Emotion can shut down high-level mental processes without our knowledge, in our native language
Psychologists believe that they have glimpsed for the first time, a process that takes place deep within our unconscious brain, where primal reactions interact with higher ...Posted by Manfred Ostrowski -
Scientists show how a gene duplication helped our brains become 'human'
ScienceDaily (May 3, 2012) A team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute has shown that an extra copy of a brain-development gene, which appeared in our ...Posted by Manfred Ostrowski -
'Junk DNA' can sense viral infection: Promising tool in the battle between pathogen and host
ScienceDaily (Apr. 24, 2012) Once considered unimportant "junk DNA," scientists have learned that non-coding RNA (ncRNA) -- RNA molecules that do not translate into proteins ...Posted by Manfred Ostrowski -
Can behavior be controlled by genes? The case of honeybee work assignments
The pattern of conservation across species suggests that micro-RNAs are important regulators of social behavior not just during the bee's lifetime but also over evolutionary ...Posted by Manfred Ostrowski -
Listen up, parents: For toddlers (and chimps), the majority rules
A new study offers some news for parents: even toddlers have a tendency to follow the crowd. That sensitivity isn't unique to humans either; chimpanzees also appear more ...Posted by Manfred Ostrowski -
Scientists produce eye structures from human blood-derived stem cells
For the first time, scientists have made early retina structures containing proliferating neuroretinal progenitor cells using induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells derived from ...Posted by Manfred Ostrowski -
What can be done to slow climate change?
ScienceDaily (Jan. 12, 2012) A new study led by a NASA scientist highlights 14 key air pollution control measures that, if implemented, could slow the pace of global warming, ...Posted by Manfred Ostrowski -
Paleoclimate record points toward potential rapid climate changes
New research into the Earth's paleoclimate history suggests the potential for rapid climate changes this century, including multiple meters of sea level rise, if global ...Posted by Manfred Ostrowski -
Erratic, extreme day-to-day weather puts climate change in new light
Researchers report the first climate study to focus on variations in daily weather conditions, which found that day-to-day weather has grown increasingly erratic and extreme, ...Posted by Manfred Ostrowski -
Regional dialects are alive and well on Twitter: Slang terms like y'all, yinz, koo, coo and suttin predict location of tweet authors
Microbloggers may think they're interacting in one big Twitterverse, but computer science researchers find that regional slang and dialects are as evident in tweets as they ...via Kaizar Campwala (t)
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