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Planarians offer a better view of eye development - 0 views

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  • intense study for their renowned ability to regenerate any missing body par
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      Indea Armstrong on 10 Mar 13
       
      Is the flatworm harmful ?
  • courtesy of Whitehead Institute researchers, who this week are publishing in Cell Reports
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Eyes work without connection to brain: Ectopic eyes function without natural connection... - 0 views

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  • scientists have shown that transplanted eyes located far outside the head in a vertebrate animal model can confer vision without a direct neural connection to the brain.
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      Indea Armstrong on 07 Mar 13
       
      How does that work? How can you possibly use your eyes and they aren't connected to your brain?
  • Biologists at Tufts University School of Arts and Sciences used a frog model to shed new ligh
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      Indea Armstrong on 07 Mar 13
       
      How closely are humans related to frogs?
  • visual
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  • is the question of exactly how the brain recognizes that the electrical signals coming from tissue near the gut is to be interpreted as visual data
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Anthropologists find American heads are getting larger - 0 views

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  • White Americans' heads are getting bigger.
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Forensic scientist tracks the crime scene invaders - 0 views

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      Indea Armstrong on 30 Oct 12
       
      I find it kind of creepy that insects can get into your body and cause injures that look like they were left like a human. 
  • ants which clamber over a corpse's face can deposit marks which mimic the effects of a punch.
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      Indea Armstrong on 30 Oct 12
       
      How can something so small leave a marking that looks like a punch. CRAZY!!!
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  • But during the autopsy a series of small abrasions in the upper eyelids were discovered.
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      Indea Armstrong on 01 Nov 12
       
      How can this be possible, that on the upper eyelids were injured?
  • detectives and forensic scientists are examining future corpses recovered from fresh water, they will have data which will help explain unusual markings on the body.
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      Indea Armstrong on 01 Nov 12
       
      I kinda have a clue why we have certain jobs. In the long run we help each other out.
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Significant skull differences between closely linked groups - 0 views

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      Indea Armstrong on 19 Oct 12
       
      I found it interesting that you can identify if a skulls a male or female. 
  • The differences were in the shape of the skull, not the size," says Dr. Ann Ross,
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      Indea Armstrong on 19 Oct 12
       
      According to Dr. Ann RossThe way of figuring out if the skull is a male or female, Is the shape not the size. 
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  • the women from Lisbon had broader noses and eyes that were spaced further apart.
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      Indea Armstrong on 19 Oct 12
       
      That's crazy that they can just look at the skull of a person who isn't no longer alive and figure these things out.
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