Science Alert carries news of a Korean research project that used AI to study images of the fundus, an area of the back of the eye, to successfully pinpoint patients with attention-deficit… Read the rest “ADHD diagnosed by looking deeply into your eyes.”
BBC reports on an odd optical experiment that resulted in human eyes seeing an entirely new color, a kind of super-saturated aqua they’ve dubbed “olo”:
… Read the rest “A new color, named “olo.””By stimulating
In science-nerd circles, people lately have been really into talking about how many times crabs evolve — that is, how many unrelated invertebrate families wind up mutating into … Read the rest “Intelligence evolved at least twice on Earth.”
Science News shares an analysis of the human hippocampus from a computer-designer’s standpoint, finding that though the network of brain-cell connections are relatively sparse,… Read the rest “Sparse but robust: Brains are wired to maximize memory.”
Science News shares an app created by Northwestern University neuroscientists that’s designed to cue your almost-sleeping brain to launch you into a lucid dream:
… Read the rest “Lucid dreaming by phone”Before bed, the
Kidney memory? Science Daily reports on how we sometimes expand our ability to remember – by using cells other than brain cells to store the information we’re learning:
… Read the rest “Memories can form outside the brain.”“Learning
Popular Science shares a finding that people born without the ability to smell actually inhale and exhale differently than people who can tell what it is they’re smelling:
… Read the rest “People who can’t smell breathe differently.”In other
Outside reports on a study that finds meditation can have a profound effect not only on your mental wellbeing, but also on your physical endurance and athletic performance:
… Read the rest “Meditate for marathons.”…[R]esearchers
Science Alert looks at some pretty interesting findings from Anglia Ruskin University researchers on the effects music can have on human physiology… especially in the brain, and… Read the rest “Music can be medicine – especially for dementia.”
Science Alert explains the allure of the puppy-dog eyes with Chinese research demonstrating brainwaves suddenly syncing up between humans and dogs when they look into each other’s… Read the rest “Look into a dog’s eyes and your brains can synchronize.”
The Conversation discusses an engineering problem with electronic brain implants intended to restore vision, like Neuralink’s hyped Blindsight. They can add more pixels to the… Read the rest “Neuralink “sight-restoring” implant has a problem: brains don’t have pixels.”
Forbes has a strange but true example of unintended (but welcome) consequences. It seems like Shingrix, the new shingles vaccine, also offers protection against developing dementia… Read the rest “Shingles vaccine fights dementia.”
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SOURCE: Based on Science Daily, 25 Mar 2024, “New archive of ancient human brains challenges misconceptions… Read the rest “SONG: I Am Your Library”
I think this is a brain, but it might just be a maze. This is a small icon that appears on the lower left corner of the back cover of The Mind, from the LIFE Science Library published by Time-Life… Read the rest “Science Art: Back Cover Detail, THE MIND, 1965.”
Science Alert casts some doubt on the “good” part of “good” cholesterol, with research that links high levels of HDL cholesterol with a higher likelihood of … Read the rest ““Good” cholesterol bad for brains?”
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