brains
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This Is Why We Have Brains In Our Heads And Not Our Bums
Video: This video explains why our brains are at the end of our bodies in our heads. Evolutionary advantage led to sensory organs clustered together around animals’ eating ends and early brains developed. Only later did animals start to protect these assets with skulls and then develop other advantages such as jaws.
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Scientists Cured Paralysis In Mice With Stem Cells And Lasers
This is wild. Chasing the elusive dream of curing paralysis, a team of scientists used stem cells and optogenetics to circumvent the central motor system of lab mice whose nerves had been cut. This enabled them to blast individual motor neurons with a laser, triggering movement in the legs of the mice.
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Scientists Find Striking Similarities Between Human And Dog Brains
It’s funny watching dogs do human things. It’s funny to watch them drive cars. It’s funny to watch them sit in chairs. But, seriously, new research shows that dogs actually are just like us. At least they are when it comes to processing voices and emotion — and, now, we have the brain scans to…
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Why You Should Never Listen To Ride Of The Valkyries While Driving
Time is a slippery continuum. Watching the hands on a clock tick will feel way, way different depending on the situation; trying to frantically write something on deadline with five minutes to spare ain’t the same as desperately willing a conference call to finish more quickly. It turns out that music can have an equally…