medical science
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A Drug That Makes You Violent, Then Peaceful Again
You control your urges for violence and sex using a tiny tangle of neurons located in a very ancient part of your brain. Now it turns out that this knot of nerves, located in the hypothalamus, can be controlled with a new gene therapy technique that uses flashes of light.
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Roger Ebert’s New Chin
A battle with cancer left film megacritic Roger Ebert without much of the lower half of his face. But he will appear on his new TV show looking quite like his old self. How? A meticulously sculpted prosthetic chin.
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Why Your Brain Is Like A Smartphone
We generally assume that there is a “self” existing within us that defines who we are. It may be more correct, however, to think of the self as modular — much like a set of apps on a smartphone.
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Victim Claims Stolen Laptop Contained Possible Cure For Cancer
Ordinarily I’d assume this victim was pulling our leg, but Sook Shin just doesn’t look the type. The university researcher’s laptop contained years of work in the cancer field – and nope, she didn’t back it up. D’oh!