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Research reveals first glimpse of brain circuit that helps experience to shape perceptionCold Spring Harbor NY (SPX) Mar 05, 2014 Odors have a way of connecting us with moments buried deep in our past. Maybe it is a whiff of your grandmother's perfume that transports you back decades. With that single breath, you are suddenly in her living room, listening as the adults banter about politics. The experiences that we accumulate throughout life build expectations that are associated with different scents. These expectations are known to influence how the brain uses and stores sensory information. But researchers have long wonde ... read more |
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 Non-Uniform Climate Warming Affects Carbon Cycle And Ecosystems Europe's largest terrestrial predator dinosaur found in Portugal First-ever 3D image created of the structure beneath Sierra Negra volcano Livestock can produce food that is better for the people and the planet Brain circuits multitask to detect, discriminate the outside world Maize Plus Bacteria: One-Two Punch Knocks Copper Out of Stamp Sand | .. |
 What makes memories last? Prions can be notoriously destructive, spurring proteins to misfold and interfere with cellular function as they spread without control. New research, publishingin the open access journal PLOS Biolo ... more | .. |
 Thinking it through: Scientists seek to unlock mysteries of the brain Understanding the human brain is one of the greatest challenges facing 21st century science. If we can rise to this challenge, we will gain profound insights into what makes us human, develop new tr ... more | .. |
 Cortical convolutions controlled in sections Researchers have tied a particular gene to the development of cortical convolutions-the prominent but enigmatic folds covering the surface of the human brain. Their discovery should shed some light ... more | .. |
 Why did the orangutan come down from the trees? Orang-utans come down from the trees and spend more time on the ground than previously realised - but this behaviour may be partly influenced by man, a new study has found. Dr Mark Harrison, b ... more |
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 Ancient settlements and modern cities follow same rules of development Recently derived equations that describe development patterns in modern urban areas appear to work equally well to describe ancient cities settled thousands of years ago, according to a new study le ... more | .. |
 African fossil reveals clues to evolution of ape-human lineage Scientists say evidence of an African environment inhabited by an ancient ape species provides insights into the early diversification of the ape-human lineage. ... more | .. |
 For new study, 100 people commit their bodies to science One hundred people are about to share their live bodies for science as part of an unprecedented new study that will examine how to improve personal health, researchers said Friday. ... more | .. |
 Mobile apps shake up world of dating Looking to meet women, 20-year-old US college student Leland turned to mobile phone app Tinder, after a friend told him about his own successful exploits. ... more |
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New twists for love in age of big data It is the ultimate test for big data - finding the secret algorithm of love. ... more | .. |
 The genetic origins of high-altitude adaptations in Tibetans Genetic adaptations for life at high elevations found in residents of the Tibetan plateau likely originated around 30,000 years ago in peoples related to contemporary Sherpa. These genes were passed ... more | .. |
 Population bomb may be defused, but research reveals ticking household bomb After decades of fretting about population explosion, scientists are pointing to a long-term hidden global menace. The household. More specifically, the household explosion. In this week's Ear ... more | .. |
 Dating is refined for the Atapuerca site where Homo antecessor appeared One of the issues of the Atapuerca sites that generates the most scientific debate is the dating of the strata where the fossils are found. Therefore, researchers at the Spanish National Research Ce ... more |
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 Footprints found in British rocks said oldest ever outside of Africa Footprints fund preserved in rocks on the coast of England are the earliest human footprints ever found outside of Africa, researchers say. ... more | .. |
 Experiments show human brain uses one code for space, time, distance U.S. researchers report they've found the first evidence people use the same brain circuitry to figure out space, time and social distances. ... more | .. |
 Researchers discover how brain regions work together, or alone Stanford researchers may have solved a riddle about the inner workings of the brain, which consists of billions of neurons, organized into many different regions, with each region primarily responsi ... more | .. |
 When populations collide More than thirty thousand years ago, Homo sapiens migrating out of Africa began encountering Neanderthals, a lineage that had diverged from modern humans hundreds of thousands of years before. Despi ... more |
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 Feature: The "masters" behind China's lunar rover Jade Rabbit Bright pulses of light could make space veggies more nutritious Mars Rover Oppportunity Crushing Rocks With Wheels UNL Microgravity Team develops pill to be used to monitor astronauts' vitals Astronomers spot rare asteroid break-up Raytheon receives contract modification on JPSS Common Ground System | .. |
 Neanderthal lineages excavated from modern human genomes A substantial fraction of the Neanderthal genome persists in modern human populations. A new approach applied to analyzing whole-genome sequencing data from 665 people from Europe and East Asia show ... more | .. |
 Forty percent of parents learn how to use technology from their children Just how are adults learning to use technology? Chances are if you are a parent, your child is teaching you. A recent paper published in the Journal of Communication found that between 30%-40% of pa ... more | .. |
 Blue eyes and dark skin, that's how the European hunter-gatherer looked The La Brana-Arintero site was discovered by chance in 2006 and excavated by Julio Manuel Vidal Encinas, archeologist of the Council of Castilla y Leon. The cave, located in a cold mountainous area ... more | .. |
 Finland's education success opens new business niches Finland's successful education system has become a selling point for companies and institutions specialising in software and courses for educators, even when targeting Asian countries with high-performing students. ... more |
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 Ancient hearth in Israel shows early, daily use of controlled fire Researchers in Israel say an ancient hearth shows the first evidence of humans controlling and using fire for their daily needs. ... more | .. |
 Putting 'Adam' in his rightful place in evolutionary history Our most common male ancestor walked the earth 209,000 years ago - earlier than scientists commonly thought - according to new research from the University of Sheffield. The pioneering study, ... more | .. |
 Calcium absorption not the cause of evolution of milk digestion in Europeans DNA from early Iberian farmers shows that the wideheld evolutionary hypothesis of calcium absorption was not the only reason Europeans evolved milk tolerance. Most of us grew up drinking milk. We we ... more | .. |
 Discovery of quantum vibrations in 'microtubules' corroborates theory of consciousness A review and update of a controversial 20-year-old theory of consciousness published in Physics of Life Reviews claims that consciousness derives from deeper level, finer scale activities inside bra ... more |
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