Whats the best way to learn a new skill, such as playing the guitar? Multiple hours spent doing the same task over and over is thought to be the optimal strategy practice makes perfect, as many would say. However, a new study in Current Biology has revealed that varying your training regime, and not making…
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New Research Suggests Cocaine Can Make Brain Cells Eat Themselves
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Cocaine might give users a buzz, but it could also be making brain cells eat themselves, according to new research. While normally an important survival mechanism for the cell, at high enough doses the drug seems to make this process go into overdrive, causing cells to digest their innards to such an extent that they…
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This Mom Had Headaches For Nine Months Straight…Then She Found Out Why
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Headaches are never fun. Even if it’s just an ice cream headache that only lasts for a minute, that minute is excruciating. Migraines are even worse, since they can leave you feeling helpless and debilitated until they pass. For most of us, though, terrible headaches only bother us a few times a year. But can…
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How To Make A Zombie: The Science Behind The Undead
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Hollywood and gory novels have made us totally obsessed with zombies. Among all the movies and fancy dress outfits, theres a Zombie Squad, Zombie Research Society and even a zombie apocalypse emergency plan at the Pentagon. Needless to say, the fear is very real among some ofus, but is the threat? As its Halloween, lets…
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Brain images reveal how we distinguish real and fake laughter
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It was Victor Borge, the famous Danish comedian, to whom we can attribute the quote: “Laughter is the shortest distance between two people”. And he was right, laughter is universal in human cultures and plays a very important social function. A form of laughter is also seen in other social species such as chimpanzees and…