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 ULA to partner with Bigelow on commercial space habitats Read More » Brain scans show how LSD mimics mind of a baby By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have for the first time scanned the brains of people using LSD and found the psychedelic drug frees the brain to become less compartmentalized and more like the mind of a baby. A research team led by scientists at Imperial College London said that while normally the brain works on independent networks performing separate functions such as vision, movement and hearing, under LSD the separateness of these networks breaks down, leading to a more unified system. "In many ways, the brain in the LSD state resembles the state our brains were in when we were infants: free and unconstrained," said Robin Cahart-Harris, who led the study. Read More »The Bible Is Really Old, Handwriting Analysis Reveals Read More » New 'Rembrandt' Painting Was Created by Computer Read More » Here's How You Can Prevent Foot Blisters While Running All it takes is some paper tape applied to the foot in blister-prone areas before running, the researchers said. The researchers applied paper tape to just part of each runner's foot, so that the untaped areas would serve as a control. "People have been doing studies on blister prevention for 30 or 40 years and never found anything easy that works," Dr. Grant Lipman, a co-author of the study and an emergency-medicine physician at Stanford University Medical Center in California, said in a statement. Read More »The Brain on LSD: New Scans Show Drug's Trippy Effects From hallucinations to a loss of your sense of self, the effects of taking a drug such as lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) have been known for some time. Taking LSD leads to increases in activity in the visual parts of the brain, which helps to explain the visual hallucinations associated with taking the drug, according to the new study, published today (April 11) in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. These results reveal how LSD can alter a person's consciousness so profoundly, said Robin Carhart-Harris, a research associate in neuropsychopharmacology at Imperial College London and the lead author of the study. Read More »Zika Virus Linked with Another Brain Disease: What's ADEM? Some people infected with the Zika virus may develop a rare neurological disorder that is similar to multiple sclerosis, a new study from Brazil suggests. The study reports two cases of people who were infected with the Zika virus and who later developed a condition called acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM). In people with this condition, the body's own immune system causes swelling in the brain and spinal cord, and damages the protective coating of nerve fibers called myelin. Read More »World's Longest Snake Dies 3 Days After Being Captured Read More » Red Crabs Swarm Like Insects in Incredible Underwater Video Read More » Daily Aspirin Is Most Beneficial in Your 50s, Panel Says Daily aspirin is also beneficial for men and women who start taking it in their 60s, but its overall benefits are smaller than those for people who start taking it in their 50s, according to the new advice from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). Taking one daily low-dose (81 milligrams) aspirin tablet may be an inexpensive and effective way to help reduce the rates of heart disease, cancer and stroke, which are major causes of deaths for adults in the U.S., the USPSTF said. But when people are in their 60s, the balance between the potential benefits and possible harms of using aspirin changes, said Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, chairwoman of the USPSTF and a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. Read More »Billionaire Yuri Milner bids another $100 million to explore the cosmos Read More » | ||||
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