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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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| See Stunning 360-Degree Views of Spectacular Victoria Falls (Video) Now, even those who can't make it to Africa can get an unforgettable look at Victoria Falls. A new video, courtesy of National Geographic, shows the mighty Zambezi River pounding its way through stunning gorges and canyons, and then rushing over the impressive falls, which lie between Zambia and Zimbabwe. Read More »Are These 'Antiques' Imported from Syria Funding Terrorists? Read More » Ancient Bronze Shovel May Have Been Used in Jewish Cultic Rituals Read More » Bullet Links Lawrence of Arabia to Famous Ambush Read More » Medieval Metal Whip, Used During Black Death, Found in Abbey An ancient whip uncovered at a medieval English monastery may be one of only four metal scourges found in the country, according to the Nottinghamshire County Council, which manages the archaeological site. In England, the Black Death lasted only a year — from 1348 to 1349 — but records show that it was enough to wipe out entire families and resulted in a decline in Rufford's wool trade, which was also a primary source of income for Rufford Abbey, in the following years. During a dig underneath the meadow at Rufford Abbey in 2014, archaeologists discovered a stain of green copper coloring the soil. Read More »Mysterious Plain of Jars Site Holds Human Remains Read More » Genes used to extend banana lifespan Dr. Haya Friedman, a researcher at Israel's Volcani Institute, also known as the Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), told Reuters that the genetically-altered bananas can stay fresh for at least double the time of normal bananas. "You can see here that these are bananas that we changed the expression of the gene and which now the ripening is delayed. You have to understand that these fruits were picked more than a month ago," she said, pointing at two bunches of bananas on the table in front of her, one is obviously blackened and the second is still freshly-looking yellow." Friedman's research was initially based on previously-known findings in tomatoes. Read More »U.N. panel to study a cap on global warming that may be out of reach Read More » 'Sea Hunter': World's First Unmanned Ship Stalks Subs Read More » Panama Papers: Just How Big Is the World's Biggest Data Leak? The leak of more than 11.5 million documents from a law firm in Panama that specializes in creating off-shore tax havens for wealthy clients around the world is being dubbed an unprecedented event — the largest leak in history. More than 100 news outlets around the world have published material based on the so-called Panama Papers. According to journalists at the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, who first received the leaked documents, the 2.6 terabytes of leaked data consist of emails, photographs, PDF documents, spreadsheets and entries from a company database, some which date back to the 1970s. Read More »Shape-Shifting Drones Could Be Made from Metal-Foam Hybrid Read More » Not So Gnarly: Skateboarding Sends 176 Kids to the ER Every Day The growing popularity of skateboarding over the past few decades comes with an unfortunate side effect: an increase in injuries, a new study spanning nearly two decades finds. The vast majority (89 percent) of injured skateboarders were males, the researchers found. In addition, the researchers found, the most commonly injured areas of the body were the upper extremities (45 percent of injuries) and the lower extremities (32 percent of injuries). Read More »Sleepy Teens Are More Likely to Engage in Risky Behaviors "Insufficient sleep might cause persons to take more risks and disregard the possibility of negative consequences," the researchers, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, wrote in the journal Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The National Sleep Foundation recommends that teens ages 14 to 17 get 8 to 10 hours of sleep per night. Health care providers may also consider screening teens for behaviors that increase the risk for injury, and counseling them, the CDC said. Read More »I Put on a Robotic Suit and Aged 50 Years Read More » Tiny Ancient Creature Carried Its Babies Like 'Kites' Read More » Unexplained 'Genetic Superheroes' Overcome Disease Mutations A tiny number of people in the world carry genetic mutations that were thought to guarantee the development of severe childhood diseases, but these people do not actually have these diseases, according to a new study. The scientists found 13 adults who carried the exact genetic mutations that cause diseases such as cystic fibrosis, which severely affects the lungs and digestive system, or a condition called Pfeiffer syndrome, which affects the bones of the skull. "If you want to develop therapies for prevention, if you want to come up with ways of not just finding the cause, but [also] ways of preventing the manifestations of disease," then these individuals may help find a way, Stephen Friend, a co-author of the study and a researcher at Sage Bionetworks in Seattle, said in a press briefing about the new study. Read More »Why Neanderthals Likely Fathered Few Kids with Modern Humans Humans today often carry around a small chunk of DNA from Neanderthals, suggesting we interbred with our closest known extinct relatives at some point in our history. Turns out, the Y chromosome may have been key in keeping the two lineages apart by creating conditions that might often have led to miscarriages if or when the two got together, researchers now say. In 2010, scientists first sequenced the Neanderthal genome. Read More » | ||||
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| NASA: Global warming is now changing how Earth wobbles
No, Planet Nine Won't Kill Us All Read More » U.S. needs up to 18 more Russian rocket engines: Pentagon By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon will need to buy up to 18 more Russian-built RD-180 engines to power rockets carrying U.S. military satellites into space over the next six years or so, Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work said in an interview on Friday. Congress banned use of the Russian RD-180 rocket engines for military use after 2019, following Russia's annexation of the Crimea region of Ukraine in 2014. Work said the United States needed to ensure there were at least "two affordable and reliable means into space." He added the RD-180 would be needed only during what he described as a transition period of new domestic rocket engine development. Read More »SpaceX rocket booster makes breakthrough landing at sea Read More » | ||||
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