Scientific American

 

psychedelics as antidepressants

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The treatments of the future may arise from a long-stigmatized class of drugs

U.S. News and World Report

The dangers of daylight saving time

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It’s time to do away with a time adjustment that’s been tied to dire health consequences.

Helix Magazine

FACE BLINDNESS IN A NUTSHELL: PUTTING A HUMAN FACE ON PROSOPAGNOSIA

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In severe cases, you wouldn’t even recognize your own reflection.

CHANGING YOUR MIND: THE SCIENCE OF TRANSPLANTING A HUMAN HEAD

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The most difficult challenge may be reattaching the recipient head to the donor body.

STARTING FROM SCRATCH: HOW THE BRAIN PROCESSES ITCH

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When the skin receives some sort of stimulation, neurons at the skin send signals to our CNS using a complex set of neurotransmitters.

Science Unsealed

THE RHYTHM OF MOVEMENT

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Our bodies are built to have an inherent, subconscious sense of rhythm. From an early age, we unknowingly develop a rhythm in the way we move.

THE STRANGE HISTORY OF ANTIDEPRESSANTS

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When rocket fuel derivatives and failed tuberculosis drugs became the first antidepressants.

EATING BUGS: A DIET THAT’S HARD TO SWALLOW

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According to a common piece of folklore, you swallowed eight spiders in your sleep last year.

BEEING LIKE A MAGNET

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Like ancient mariners relying on a compass to guide them home, the honeybee uses the Earth’s magnetic forces to help them chart their path back to the hive.

THE MAILLARD REACTION: A TASTE OF FOOD CHEMISTRY

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Some of these chemicals contribute to the golden-brown color of cooked foods. Others add mouth-watering aromas with a range of flavor descriptors: roasty, toasty, cereal, sweet or caramel.