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Neuroscientists see a new way to manipulate minds
It might come down to the same network theory that rules computer science and economics. (Oct. 19, 2016)
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The Blood of the Young Might Really Be an Anti-Aging Elixir, Researchers Say
“Young Blood for Old Brains” lecture summarizes efforts to use the blood of young people to cure neurological diseases in the elderly. By Becky Ferreira.
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Experiment to raise the dead blocked in India
Controversial clinical trial would have tried to revive brain-dead accident victims. By Priyanka PullaNov.
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The Field of Synthetic Biology Runs on Speculative Fiction
Scientists who are working on bioengineering techniques must realize that their work speculates a future where their breakthroughs will be embraced by society. By Jason Koebler.
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Brain cell transplant helps fearful mice overcome anxiety
Post-traumatic stress disorder and related disorders are difficult to beat, because our fears can resurface. Could a transplant of young brain cells help? By Alice Klein. [Warning: Animal cruelty]
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Locked On The Psych Ward
Lock them in. Bill their insurer. Kick them out. How scores of employees and patients say America’s largest psychiatric chain turns patients into profits. By Rosalind Adams.
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How a great-grandmother’s body came to be used in an Army blast test
The story of how Doris Stauffer became part of a military experiment against family wish casts light on a growing but unregulated industry: human body brokers. By John Shiffman.
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Pig-Human Organ Farming Doesn’t Look Promising Yet
Effort to grow organs stirs debate over ethics of human-animal chimeras. By Antonio Regalado.
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Hooded, handcuffed, and ‘violated’
South Dakota’s use of forced catheterization. By Mark Walker.
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What This Here Compound Needs Is Some Hydrogen Peroxide
As an organic chemist, I am willing to deal with the occasional bang or kapow in the lab, as long as things don’t get too out of hand… By Derek Lowe. (Sept. 27, 2016)
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Zapping the Brain at Certain Times Improves Memory
When researchers delivered electrical stimulation stimulation to the brain at very specific times, the participants’ memory improved. By Agata Blaszczak-Boxe.
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Tuskegee syphilis study descendants speak about tragedy, seek healing
More than 80 years later, families of men in the notorious Tuskegee syphilis study detail a legacy of suffering, and seek healing. (May 10, 2017)
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Brain-Altering Science and the Search for a New Normal
“The long-term question is, ‘Will somebody learn something about the brain that will be of use later?’” he says. “And the answer is, ‘Of course.’” By Sarah Scoles.
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The Dirty Secret of the Korean War
The Korean War has been called “America’s forgotten war.” By Thomas Powell.
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How the transgenic petunia carnage of 2017 began
Growers destroy plants after biologist spots forgotten flowers. By By Kelly Servick. (May. 24, 2017)
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How to wipe out mosquitoes? A mutant fungus holds the answer
Scientists genetically modify fungus using poison from spiders and scorpions to reduce population of the disease-carrying insects. By Stephen Chen.
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Ten Amazing Things Scientists Just Did with CRISPR
A new tool called CRISPR is letting scientists cut and snip DNA in better ways, and has led to a slew of new research that touches on many human diseases. By Tracy Staedter.
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The EPA Quietly Approved Monsanto’s New Genetic-Engineering Technology
It’s the first time RNA interference will be used to kill insect pests. By Sarah Zhang.
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Where’s _why?
What happened when one of the world’s most unusual, and beloved, computer programmers disappeared. By Annie Lowrey.
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Human Forms in Nature: Ernst Haeckel’s Trip to South Asia and Its Aftermath
An early promoter and populariser of Darwin's evolutionary theory, the German biologist and artist Ernst Haeckel was a hugely influential figure of the late 19th century. Bernd Brunner looks at how a trip to Sri Lanka sowed the seeds for not only Haeckel's majestic illustrations from his Art Forms in Nature, for which he is perhaps best known today, but also his disturbing ideas on race and eugenics.
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