Toxoplasmosis and psychology: A game of cat and mouse | The Economist - 0 views
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thinkahol * on 06 Jun 10There is tantalising evidence that a common parasite may affect human behaviour
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Biodiversity's 'holy grail' is in the soil : Soil-borne pathogens drive tree diversity in forests, study shows - 0 views
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ScienceDaily (June 28, 2010) - Why are tropical forests so biologically rich? Smithsonian researchers have new evidence that the answer to one of life's great unsolved mysteries lies underground, according to a study published in the journal, Nature.
Dark Matter Part I: How Much Matter is There? : Starts With A Bang - 0 views
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As someone who's researched dark matter extensively, it is my determination that dark matter most likely exists, although explaining exactly what it is is a challenge. Over this next series, I would like to lead you through the evidence, observations and discoveries that have led me to this conclusion, and I hope that I explain this well enough that it leads you to draw the same ones for yourself.
Neurons Play Simon Says / Science News - 0 views
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New research uncovers evidence for mirror neurons in humans
Physicist Proposes Solution to Arrow-of-Time Paradox - 0 views
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Entropy can decrease, according to a new proposal - but the process would destroy any evidence of its existence, and erase any memory an observer might have of it. It sounds like the plot to a weird sci-fi movie, but the idea has recently been suggested by theoretical physicist Lorenzo Maccone, currently a visiting scientist at MIT, in an attempt to solve a longstanding paradox in physics.
Giant Snake Ate Baby Dinosaurs | LiveScience - 0 views
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The site that yielded the snake — dubbed Sanajeh indicus, or "ancient-gaped one from India" — was located near a village in Gujarat in western India. It was a rich nesting ground for sauropods known as titanosaurs, with evidence for hundreds of egg clutches, each containing about six to 12 round, spherical eggs. Two other instances of fossil snakes found with these clutches suggest the newly described serpent species made its living plundering nests for young dinosaurs. "It would have been a smorgasbord," said researcher Jason Head, a paleontologist at the University of Toronto at Mississauga. "Hundreds or thousands of defenseless baby sauropods could have supported an ecosystem of predators during the hatching season." The dinosaur eggs likely were laid along the sandy banks of a small, quiet tributary and covered afterward by the mother with a thin layer of sediment. These dinosaurs did not seem to look after their young — no evidence for adults has been found at the site. The fact the bones and delicate structures, such as eggshells and the snake's skull, are arranged in anatomical order (as they would appear in real life) points to quick entombment of a serpent caught in the act, as opposed to them all getting washed together after they died. "Burial was rapid and deep," said researcher Shanan Peters, a geologist at the University of Wisconsin. "Probably a pulse of slushy sand and mud released during a storm."
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The last thing hatchling dinosaurs might have seen were giant snakes, researchers say. Scientists found the nearly complete remains of an 11-foot-long, 67-million-year-old serpent coiled around a crushed dinosaur egg right next to a hatchling in the nest of a sauropod dinosaur, the largest animals to have ever walked the Earth. "We think that the hatchling had just exited its egg, and that activity attracted the snake," explained researcher Dhananjay Mohabey, a paleontologist at the Geological Survey of India. "It was such a thrill to discover such a portentous moment frozen in time."
Vitamin D levels have different effects on atherosclerosis in blacks and whites - 0 views
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"Vitamin D is quickly becoming the "go-to" remedy for treating a wide range of illnesses, from osteoporosis to atherosclerosis. However, new evidence from a Wake Forest University School of Medicine study suggests that supplementing vitamin D in those with low levels may have different effects based on patient race and, in black individuals, the supplement could actually do harm."
New Subatomic Particle Could Help Explain the Mystery of Dark Matter: Scientific American - 0 views
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New experiments have revealed tantalizing evidence that sterile neutrinos are not only real but common. Some of them could even be the stuff of the mysterious dark matter astronomers have puzzled over for decades.
Warming North Atlantic water tied to heating Arctic, according to new study - 0 views
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Paleontological evidence of colder temperatures in the past. Not a huge increase but significant.
NASA scientist claims he's found evidence of alien life - The West Australian - 0 views
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Possible fossilised bacteria in meteorites
Child Abuse Raises Risk of Illness in Adulthood - 0 views
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"Child abuse has had a known association with increased risk for virtually all types of psychological and psychiatric problems - but a new evidence review suggests that it raises the risk of physical illness just as much."
New research shows that we control our forgetfulness - 1 views
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ScienceDaily (July 5, 2011) - Have you heard the saying "You only remember what you want to remember"? Now there is evidence that it may well be correct. New research from Lund University in Sweden shows that we can train ourselves to forget things.
Cooling the warming debate: Major new analysis confirms that global warming is real - 0 views
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ScienceDaily (Oct. 21, 2011) - Global warming is real, according to a major study released Oct. 20. Despite issues raised by climate change skeptics, the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature study finds reliable evidence of a rise in the average world land temperature of approximately 1°C since the mid-1950s.
Ancient cranial surgery: Practice of drilling holes in the cranium that dates back thousands of years - 0 views
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...evidence shows that healers in Peru practiced trepanation - a surgical procedure that involves removing a section of the cranial vault using a hand drill or a scraping tool - more than 1,000 years ago to treat a variety of ailments, from head injuries to heartsickness.
Pioneering Genetic Research With The Help Of Microbes - 0 views
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Microbes are preferably suitable for joint biochemical as well as genetic research and studies and have been effective in providing evidence about the genetic code and the regulation of gene activity.
Researches In Medical Field In India - 1 views
India has made quite a progress in the medical field in the past few decades. The advanced technologies and regular efforts made by medical professionals, be it physicians or Ph.D's, has only led u...
Evidence of a genetic 'fountain of youth' discovered | ExtremeTech - 0 views
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Calico , ETH Zurich "One in particular, the bcat-1 gene, seemed to have disproportionate effect on aging. "When we blocked the effect of this gene, it significantly extended the mean lifespan of the nematode by up to 25 percent," explains Professor Michael Ristow, coordinating author of the recently published study and Professor of Energy Metabolism at ETH Zurich."
Metabolon vs. Stemina - Are Biomarker Patents can be Considered as "True Inventions"? - 0 views
This scientific blog critically analyzes the limitations and pitfalls in biomarker patent process. According to the argument made in this blog, most of the biomarkers patents may not have commercia...
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