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April 10, 2008 at 5:42 pm · Posted by yosef · Filed under science
Poll: Scientists Use Brain-Boosting Drugs
One in five Nature readers — mostly scientists — say they up their mental performance with drugs such as Ritalin, Provigil, and Inderal.
Related: Posner and Becker on intelligence doping
March 14, 2008 at 10:39 pm · Posted by michael · Filed under science
Walter Lewin’s exciting physics lectures
March 12, 2008 at 5:21 pm · Posted by yosef · Filed under science
The Claim: Identical Twins Have Identical DNA – New York Times
It is a basic tenet of human biology, taught in grade schools everywhere: Identical twins come from the same fertilized egg and, thus, share identical genetic profiles. But according to new research, though identical twins share very similar genes, identical they are not.
March 12, 2008 at 12:53 pm · Posted by yosef · Filed under science
smoker exhibit poor judgement in areas othen than smoking: Brain scans reveal smokers’ clouded judgment
March 5, 2008 at 4:19 pm · Posted by yosef · Filed under science
Boys And Girls Brains Are Different: Gender Differences In Language Appear Biological
Although researchers have long agreed that girls have superior language abilities than boys, until now no one has clearly provided a biological basis that may account for their differences.
For the first time — and in unambiguous findings — researchers from Northwestern University and the University of Haifa show both that areas of the brain associated with language work harder in girls than in boys during language tasks, and that boys and girls rely on different parts of the brain when performing these tasks.
See, girls aren’t really better at language, they just work harder.
[Ed. Can we really trust an article (esp. about language skills) that has grammatical mistakes in the title? Should be "Boys' and Girls' Brains." Probably was written by a girl...]
February 19, 2008 at 3:04 pm · Posted by yosef · Filed under astronomy
Don’t miss: NASA – Total Lunar Eclipse: February 20, 2008.
Starts at 7:43pm central time, total at 9:01pm. This is the last total lunar eclipse visible in North America until December 2010. More learning here.
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