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Baby Owls Sleep Like Baby Humans: Owlets Spend More Time in REM Sleep Than Adult Owls

Baby birds have sleep patterns similar to baby mammals, and their sleep changes in the same way when growing up. This is what a ...  > full story

We Each Live in Our Own Little World -- Smellwise

There are some smells we all find revolting. But toward a handful of odors, different people display different sensitivities. A pair of studies identifies the ...  > full story

Robots Strike Fear in the Hearts of Fish: Anxious Zebrafish Help Researchers Understand How Alcohol Affects Fear

The latest in a series of experiments testing the ability of robots to influence live animals shows that bio-inspired robots can ...  > full story

By Tracking Maggots' Food Choices, Scientists Open Significant New Window Into Human Learning

The larva of the fruit fly is helping scientists understand the way humans learn information from each other. Fruit flies have long ...  > full story

• Stem Cells
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  Stem Cells in Urine Easy to Isolate and Have Potential for Numerous Therapies

  July 31, 2013 — Could harvesting stem cells for therapy one day be as simple as asking patients for a urine sample? Researchers have identified stem cells in urine that can be directed to become multiple cell ... > full story
• Spirituality
  Weapons Technology
  Video Games
  Sports Science
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Psychiatry
   
  

  Full Body Illusion Is Associated With a Drop in Skin Temperature

  July 30, 2013 — Researchers used virtual reality technology with a specialized robotic system to test what happens when the mind is tricked into identifying with another ... > full story
• Brain Injury
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Neuroscience
  Nervous System
  Brain Tumor
  Psychology Research
   

  Second Known Case of Patient Developing Synesthesia After Brain Injury

  July 30, 2013 — A Toronto man is only the second known person to have acquired synesthesia as a result of a brain injury, in this case a stroke. About nine months after suffering a stroke, the patient noticed that ... > full story
• Personalized Medicine
  Workplace Health
  Human Biology
  Chronic Illness
  Stress
  Mental Health Research
   
  

  Human Cells Respond in Healthy, Unhealthy Ways to Different Kinds of Happiness

  July 29, 2013 — Human bodies recognize at the molecular level that not all happiness is created equal, responding in ways that can help or hinder physical health, according to new ... > full story

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  • Be Happy: Your Genes May Thank You for It
• Evolutionary Biology
  Evolution
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  Nature
  Infant's Health
   
  

  Evolution of Monogamy in Humans the Result of Infanticide Risk, New Study Suggests

  July 29, 2013 — The threat of infants being killed by unrelated males is the key driver of monogamy in humans and other primates, a new study ... > full story
• Bacteria
  Infectious Diseases
  Colitis
  Microbes and More
  Ulcers
  Wounds and Healing
   

  Therapeutic Fecal Transplant: Hope for Cure of Childhood Diarrhea Comes Straight from the Gut

  July 29, 2013 — Call it therapeutic poop, if you will, but the best hope yet for an effective treatment of childhood infections with the drug-resistant bacterium C. difficile may come straight from the gut, ... > full story
• Osteoporosis
  Bone and Spine
  Leukemia
  Women's Health
  Stem Cells
  Menopause
   
  

  Glass Scaffolds Help Heal Bone, Show Promise as Weight-Bearing Implants

  July 26, 2013 — Researchers have developed a type of glass implant that could one day be used to repair injured bones in the arms, legs and other areas of the body that are most subject to the stresses of ... > full story
• Memory
  Mice
  Intelligence
  Neuroscience
  Dementia
  Brain Injury
   
  

  Neuroscientists Plant False Memories in Mice: Location Where Brain Stores Memory Traces, Both False and Authentic, Pinpointed

  July 25, 2013 — The phenomenon of false memory has been well-documented: In many court cases, defendants have been found guilty based on testimony from witnesses and victims who were sure of their recollections, but ... > full story
• Epilepsy Research
  Epilepsy
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Chronic Illness
  Diseases and Conditions
  Genes
   
  

  Silky Brain Implants May Help Stop Spread of Epilepsy

  July 25, 2013 — Silk has walked straight off the runway and into the lab. According to a new study, silk implants placed in the brain of laboratory animals and designed to release a specific chemical, adenosine, may ... > full story
• Intelligence
  New Species
  Insects (including Butterflies)
  Behavior
  Weather
  Food
   
  

  Pigeons Fly Home With a Map in Their Heads

  July 25, 2013 — It is a fascinating phenomenon that homing pigeons always find their way home. Researchers have now carried out experiments demonstrating that pigeons have a spatial map and thus possess cognitive ... > full story

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