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Recent Archives
Animal Research
Fish can feel hooks; chickens can regenerate hearing hair cells; adding the neurotransmitter GABA to old monkey’s brains made their neurons as efficient as a younger monkey’s
Drug Cravings
Drug cravings are triggered by dopamine released in the brain — similar to the high users get from drugs
Deep Universe
How far away can scientists see into the universe? (about 13 billion light years away)
Redheads and Pain
Redheaded women have a gene that helps some analgesics work better, and men and women process pain differently