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Why do dogs and cats run around in random bursts of speed?
Live Science - 13 Mar 2021 16:00
What prompts this lightning-like energy in pets?
Living Near Water Can Be Beneficial to Your Mental Health
Neuroscience News - 13 Mar 2021 03:13
Living in areas with access to water, or "blue space", has a positive impact on mental and physical health.
Being Born Small Doesn't Tend to Disadvantage IVF Babies' Cognitive Development
Neuroscience News - 14 Mar 2021 00:41
Lower birth weight in medically assisted reproduction babies does not appear to hamper cognitive development to the same degree that it does in naturally conceived children with lower weight at birth.
Exhaustion linked with increased risk of heart attack in men
Science Daily - 14 Mar 2021 00:19
Men experiencing vital exhaustion are more likely to have a heart attack, according to new research.
MRI Scans More Precisely Define and Detect Some Abnormalities in Unborn Babies
Neuroscience News - 14 Mar 2021 00:12
MRI imaging is more adept at detecting fetal abnormalities than conventional ultrasound imaging.
This Week's Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through March 13)
Singularity Hub - 13 Mar 2021 19:00
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE This Chip for AI Works Using Light, Not Electrons Will Knight | Wired “As demand for artificial intelligence grows, so does hunger for the computer power needed to keep AI running. Lightmatter, ...
Poem: States of Matter
Scientific American - 13 Mar 2021 18:00
Science in meter and verse --
Scientists unlock the 'Cosmos' on the Antikythera Mechanism, the world's first computer
Live Science - 13 Mar 2021 17:16
Scientists may have finally made a complete digital model for the Cosmos panel of a 2,000-year-old mechanical device called the Antikythera mechanism that's believed to be the world's first computer.
Damascus Steel: A Premier in Material Science and Nanoengineering
Physics Buzz - 13 Mar 2021 16:00
By Allison Kubo Hutchison Reproduced Wootz Damascus blade showing both a ladder and rose pattern made by Alfred Pendray. Photo by JD Verhoeven, AH Pendray and WE Dauksh. Material science and nanoengineering are emerging ...
Release of Serotonin From Mast Cells Contribute to Airway Hyperresposivness in Asthma
Neuroscience News - 13 Mar 2021 02:49
Airway hyperresponsiveness in asthma induced by methacholine is partly due to mast cells, a new study reports.
Ouch! Needle-Phobic People Scarred by So Many Images of COVID Shots
Neuroscience News - 13 Mar 2021 02:24
Constant exposure to images of syringes and people getting the COVID-19 vaccine on TV and social media may discourage those with phobias of needles from getting their shots, researchers report.
The Role of Sleep in Healing Traumatic Brain Injuries
Neuroscience News - 13 Mar 2021 02:13
In veterans who suffered a TBI, lack of sleep was associated with enlarged perivascular spaces and an increase in post-concussive symptoms.