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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: Trump has a fighting chance to prevent Arctic meltdown. He should take it.

Posted on January 9, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

The authoritative guide to ensuring science and technology make life on Earth better, not worse. Trump has a fighting chance to prevent Arctic meltdown. He should take it. By Durwood J. Zaelke, Paul Bledsoe | January 8, 2025 Floating icebergs off the coast … Continue reading →

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Ketamine Offers Hope for Parkinson’s Treatment-Linked Dyskinesia

Posted on January 4, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Ketamine Offers Hope for Parkinson’s Treatment-Linked Dyskinesia FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience January 3, 2025 Summary: Researchers have uncovered a new understanding of levodopa-induced dyskinesia, a common side effect in Parkinson’s patients, revealing that the motor cortex disconnects rather than directly causing these movements. The … Continue reading →

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With over 650 publications to his name, Meaney has helped bridge the gap between molecular biology and public health. Neuroscience News

Posted on January 3, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

How Early Experiences Shape Genes, Brain Health, and Resilience FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience ·December 31, 2024 Summary: New research in epigenetics reveals how early-life experiences influence gene expression and brain development. By bridging the gap between nature and nurture, this work shows that environmental … Continue reading →

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Yuval Noah Harari: Free Speech, Institutional Distrust, & Social Order | Making Sense #386 Sam Harris

Posted on December 25, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

400,195 views 7 Oct 2024 Making Sense Podcast: Episodes This is a preview of the full episode. In order to watch the entire episode and gain access to all full-length episodes of the Making Sense podcast, you can SUBSCRIBE at … Continue reading →

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Nature: Brain’s language region seen in unprecedented detail. (TBI explained to me as “everything inside the protective skull is shaken especially if horseriding”). Brocas is one of the most difficult impediments because it is silent to the outsider world other than people find it difficult to understand your construction of sentences to fact and meaning.

Posted on December 17, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Brain’s language region seen in unprecedented detail A new cellular atlas of Broca’s area will help studying how speech is produced and understood. Leggi in italiano An international research team has created the first cell-by-cell atlas of a part of … Continue reading →

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Neuroscience News: Brain’s “Traffic Controllers” Hold Key to Learning and Memory

Posted on November 28, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Brain’s “Traffic Controllers” Hold Key to Learning and Memory FeaturedNeuroscience November 27, 2024 Summary: A new study reveals how interneurons, brain cells that regulate the firing of other neurons, act as traffic controllers in the hippocampus, a region critical for learning … Continue reading →

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Astrocytes’ Role in Memory Storage and Recall Uncovered

Posted on November 10, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Astrocytes’ Role in Memory Storage and Recall Uncovered FeaturedNeuroscience November 6, 2024 Summary: Astrocytes, non-neuronal brain cells, have been shown to work alongside neurons to store and recall memories, reshaping our understanding of memory mechanisms. Researchers found that specific astrocytes express … Continue reading →

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Tortoise: Daily Sensemaker

Posted on October 11, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

5 of 27,769 Print all In new window The new Nobelity .The new Nobelity Google was celebrating its association with two pairs of Nobel prize winners yesterday, one in chemistry and one in physics. So what? Google isn’t a university or a government … Continue reading →

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Nature (this is just excerpt): Citizen Science could be the way forward especially with AI forging ahead. Comment: 1996/1997 Trinity Horizon Programme (search Trinity Horizon Programme canisgallicus.com), I was one of first 15 participants in research into re-integration into work for women with depression in a Study funded by Horizon, Trinity College Dublin, Dr Margret Fine-Davis and St Patrick’s Hospital, Dublin 8.

Posted on October 8, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Towards a cognitive citizen science Eva Van den Bussche, Kirsten A. Verhaegen, Gethin Hughes & Bert Reynvoet Psychology is slowly embracing citizen science, in which non-professional scientists are actively involved in research. This approach has great potential to inspire research … Continue reading →

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Princeton-led team of neuroscientis has built a complete roadmap through a fruit fly brain video; followed by article from Nature: Largest brain map ever reveals fruit fly’s neurons in exquisite detail

Posted on October 4, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

============ sement Largest brain map ever reveals fruit fly’s neurons in exquisite detail Wiring diagram lays out connections between nearly 140,000 neurons and reveals new types of nerve cell. A fruit fly might not be the smartest organism, but scientists … Continue reading →

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