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Switching on the brain: human evolution
June 18th, 2009 | Author: Jess Hamzelou
The heat was unbearable. The land was barren. Early homo sapiens dragged his weary feet across the dusty African desert. It was around this time, ninety thousand years ago, that our ancestors experienced a change in fortune. Read the rest of this entry »
Building new brains at King’s
April 27th, 2009 | Author: Jess Hamzelou
Replacing damaged brain tissue with new neurons may have been science fiction just a decade ago. However, UK scientists have done just that by treating brain-damaged rats with neural stem cells. Read the rest of this entry »
Faces scanned like baked bean tins
April 27th, 2009 | Author: Jess Hamzelou
New research suggests that humans read faces in horizontal stripes, like a barcode. Read the rest of this entry »
Are the EDL just misunderstood?
- No, they're dangerous and have to be stopped. (72%)
- Yes. The media have just blown their true motivations out of proportion. (28%)
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