SAN FRANCISCO – Looking for a career change, Ken Shimizu decided he wanted to be a software developer, but he…
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The science behind our strange, spooky dreams
The realm of sleep and dreams has long been associated with strangeness: omens or symbols, unconscious impulses and fears. But…
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NEW YORK – It was all much ado about nothing as physicists and thinkers came together to debate the concept…
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Telepathy? Psychokinesis? Mind-reading? Nope. The brain does have a “sixth sense” beyond taste, smell, touch, sight and hearing, researchers say,…
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After studying the brains of violent killers, rapists and robbers, German neurologist Gerhard Roth claims to have found a “dark…
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How to explore the microscopic world
Ever since Robert Hooke first made his beautiful sketches of magnified insects, scientists have been peering at the world through…
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Why invisibility cloaks make you more visible
Most invisibility cloaks under development actually make objects more visible overall, not less, scientists have revealed. This novel finding points…
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Atomic scale: protons are smaller than thought
How many protons can dance on the head of a pin? The answer is nowhere near as straightforward as one…
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Magic mushrooms create a hyperconnected brain
Magic mushrooms may give users trippy experiences by creating a hyperconnected brain. The active ingredient in the psychedelic drug, psilocybin,…
Read More‘Forgotten’ brain region rediscovered a century later
A major pathway of the human brain involved in visual perception, attention and movement and overlooked by many researchers for…
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