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Link Mouse Trap: The dangers of using one lab…
"I began to realize that the ‘control’ animals used for research studies throughout the world are couch potatoes," he tells me. It's been shown that mice living under standard laboratory…

December 13 2011, 1:34pm | Comments
Link Malaria caught on camera breaking and entering cell
The video above captures the moment when a malaria parasite invades a human red blood cell - the first time the event has been caught in high resolution. The Plasmodium…

January 24 2011, 3:54am | Comments
Link Bacteria 'R' Us
A few scientists noticed in the late 1960s that the marine bacteria Vibrio fischeri appeared to coordinate among themselves the production of chemicals that produced bioluminescence, waiting until a certain…

October 21 2010, 10:00am | Comments
Wikipedia Anhedonia In psychology and psychiatry, anhedonia (< Greek ἀν- an-, "without" + ἡδονή hēdonē, "pleasure") is an inability to experience pleasurable emotions from normally pleasurable life events such as…

September 27 2010, 2:47am | Comments
Link A world without mosquitoes
So what would happen if there were none? Would anyone or anything miss them? Nature put this question to scientists who explore aspects of mosquito biology and ecology, and unearthed…

July 27 2010, 8:17am | Comments
Link The gut's 'friendly' viruses revealed
In the latest exploration into the universe of organisms inhabiting our bodies, microbiologists have discovered new viral genes in faeces. They find that the composition of virus populations inhabiting the…

July 16 2010, 3:49am | Comments
Link Last Supper helpings have grown
An unusual study looks at the food portions in artistic depictions of the Last Supper throughout history. The apostles have eaten better and better over the years, scholars say. The…

July 11 2010, 4:46pm | Comments
Link The Writer Who Couldn't Read
"In January of 2002," writes the neuroscientist Oliver Sacks, "I received a letter from Howard Engel, a Canadian novelist describing a strange problem." Engel's problem was so strange, I decided…

June 27 2010, 8:03am | Comments
Link The Three Christs of Ypsilanti: What happens when…
In the late 1950s, psychologist Milton Rokeach was gripped by an eccentric plan. He gathered three psychiatric patients, each with the delusion that they were Jesus Christ, to live together…

June 12 2010, 9:18am | Comments
Link Should This Be the Last Generation?
Have you ever thought about whether to have a child? If so, what factors entered into your decision? Was it whether having children would be good for you, your partner…

June 10 2010, 2:45am | Comments
Link 'It's time to let you hear the song…
Aged 17, I set about writing a song for a girl I was obsessed with. When she heard it, she called the police. Have a listen – you'll understand why.…

April 9 2010, 3:34am | Comments
Writing from 3quarksdaily On Seeing (an Imitation)

January 24 2010, 10:04pm | Comments
Link Overhyped Placebos of Doom?
Let’s say a new drug appears to be effective in combating a condition like chronic anxiety and is the subject of popular news stories. When the drug enters clinical trials,…

November 20 2009, 4:35am | Comments
Link How to Change the Song in your Head
You've been singing the theme to The Love Boat for hours now, and you're becoming unmoored. If a song is on an unfinished loop, "sing it through all the way,…

July 22 2009, 4:05pm | Comments

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