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The mice had to be placed in a painful situation in order to trigger a placebo effect. With humans, it is often just a matter of communicating orally. Source

04Jul 2024 by Post

Research: Our Brains Float Between Two Phases, Dodging Disorder

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The good news, according to recent research, is that unsteadiness is the normal state of the human brain. Source

17May 2024 by Post

The Wildly Varying Intelligence of T. Rex

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After centuries with the “stupid” label, the big, bad extinct dino was found in one 2023 study to be as smart as a primate. But then… Source

15Feb 2024 by Post

Fruit Fly Eyes and More Surprises for Darwin

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Don’t swat too quickly! There’s more awe in that little fly than might be apparent from a cursory glance. Source

24Jan 2024 by Post

Brain as a Quantum System: Theory Gets New Traction

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Hameroff and Penrose’s Orch Or Theory sees consciousness as the outcome of a quantum collapse of a wave function. Source

31Aug 2023 by Post

Introducing the Unknome, Biology’s Black Box

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Biology is becoming overwhelmed by new vistas of dynamic complexity. Attempts to get a handle on this complexity has ushered in the era of Omics. Source

18Jan 2023 by Post

Intelligent Design in Animal Self-Location and Navigation

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A question is whether such mechanisms exist in more ancient brain regions of other animals. A new study has identified a self-location mechanism in zebrafish. Source

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