Unhurtful Thoughts: A Preoccupied Brain Produces Pain-Killing Compounds
2012-05-17 16:00:00
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Most Users Are App Freeloaders
2012-05-17 14:52:08
When's the last time you treated yourself to a new mobile app? Okay, when's the last time you actually paid for an app? If you're like me, the answer was never. At least not until a few nights ago, when I sprang for an app called "Cholesterol Food Reference.” It lists different foods and their cholesterol content. Free apps are okay for following sports or movies, but this is a little more serious and, to me, worth the asking price. [More]
Mice Meal Times Influence Weight Gain
2012-05-17 13:50:08
Turns out you’re not just what you eat. You’re when you eat. Because a new study in mice suggests that, in the battle of the bulge, the timing of meals influences the piling on of pounds. [More]
Coyotes Are the New Top Dogs
2012-05-17 11:30:00
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Down with Double Data Fees!
2012-05-16 08:00:00
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Lifestyle, establish Fairness, ensure blood pressure Tranquility, provide for the common Text Messager, promote less Outrage and secure Cell phone Service that’s anywhere near as good as it is in Other Countries, do ordain and establish this Cellular Bill of Rights. [More]
The Football Concussion Crisis Part 1
2012-05-15 20:15:08
NFL Hall of Famer Harry Carson joins former NBC anchor Stone Phillips and pathologist Bennet Omalu for a discussion of chronic traumatic encephalopathy among football players. [More]
The Football Concussion Crisis, Part 1
2012-05-15 20:15:08
NFL Hall of Famer Harry Carson joins former NBC anchor Stone Phillips and pathologist Bennet Omalu for a discussion of chronic traumatic encephalopathy among football players. [More]
Car Commutes Can Counter Conditioning
2012-05-15 16:19:08
The average American car commuter spends a total of about 50 minutes each day getting to and from work. Some spend hours stuck in heavy traffic. Others may enjoy clear roads, but long drives from suburbs to the city. [More]
How Bacteria in Our Bodies Protect Our Health (preview)
2012-05-15 11:25:00
Biologists once thought that human beings were physiological islands, entirely capable of regulating their own internal workings. Our bodies made all the enzymes needed for breaking down food and using its nutrients to power and repair our tissues and organs. Signals from our own tissues dictated body states such as hunger or satiety. The specialized cells of our immune system taught themselves how to recognize and attack dangerous microbes--pathogens--while at the same time sparing our own tissues. [More]
Older Adults Prize Accuracy More Than Speed
2012-05-14 08:30:00
Older adults often take longer to make a decision than young adults do. But that does not mean they are any less sharp. According to research at Ohio State University, the slower response time of older adults has more to do with prizing accuracy over speed. [More]
Why Polio Isn't Going Away (preview)
2012-05-14 08:05:00
The shadows lengthen in a guesthouse cafeteria on the sprawling campus of christian Medical College, Vellore, in India. Wrapped up as he is in an issue that has possessed him for years, T. Jacob John notices neither the dying light nor the gathering mosquitoes. He is talking about the oral polio vaccine. [More]
Understanding How Animals Create Dazzling Colors Could Lead to Brilliant New Nanotechnologies (preview)
2012-05-13 13:00:00
The changing hues of a peacock’s splendid tail feathers have always captivated curious minds. Seventeenth-century English scientist Robert Hooke called them “fantastical,” in part because wetting the feathers caused the colors to disappear. Hooke used the recently invented microscope to investigate the feathers and saw that they were covered with tiny ridges, which he figured might produce the brilliant yellows, greens and blues. [More]
Food Deserts Leave Many Americans High and Dry
2012-05-13 08:30:00
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Imagining the Future Invokes Your Memory
2012-05-12 08:30:00
I remember my retirement like it was yesterday. As I recall, I am still working, though not as hard as I did when I was younger. My wife and I still live in the city, where we bicycle a fair amount and stay fit. We have a favorite coffee shop where we read the morning papers and say hello to the other regulars. We don’t play golf. [More]
MIND Reviews: Memoirs of an Addicted Brain
2012-05-11 13:00:00
Memoirs of an Addicted Brain: A Neuroscientist Examines His Former Life on Drugs [More]