Researchers have uncovered a destructive mechanism at the molecular level that causes a well-known phenomenon associated with obesity: leptin resistance. They found that mice fed a high-fat diet produce an …read more Source:: Science
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Neuroscientists get at the roots of pessimism
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•Neuroscientists have shown that stimulating the caudate nucleus can generate negative moods that lead to irrational decision-making. Stimulating the caudate nucleus causes animals to give far more weight to the …read more Source:: Science
Even a shark’s electrical ‘sixth sense’ may be tuned to attack
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•Imagine having superhuman hearing. You’re at a noisy, cocktail party and yet your ears can detect normally inaudible sounds. But, unlike normal hearing, each of these sounds causes your ears …read more Source:: Science
Experimental therapy restores nerve insulation damaged by disease
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•When the body attacks its own healthy tissues in an autoimmune disease, peripheral nerve damage handicaps people and causes persistent neuropathic pain when insulation on healing nerves doesn’t fully regenerate. …read more Source:: Science
Botulinum-type toxins jump to a new kind of bacteria
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•A toxin much like the one that causes botulism has unexpectedly turned up in a completely different type of bacteria – Enterococcus. Where it came from is unclear, but the …read more Source:: Science
Agricultural parasite takes control of host plant’s genes
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•Dodder, a parasitic plant that causes major damage to crops in the US and worldwide every year, can silence the expression of genes in the host plants from which it …read more Source:: Science
Lightning, with a chance of antimatter
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•Researchers find that lightning strikes causes photonuclear reactions in the atmosphere, creating antimatter. …read more Source:: Science
How fever in early pregnancy causes heart, facial birth defects
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•Researchers have known for decades that fevers in the first trimester of pregnancy increase risk for some heart defects and facial deformities such as cleft lip or palate. Exactly how …read more Source:: Science
Donate here! 9 better causes than Wikimedia
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•By Andrew C. Oliver It’s that time of year where Wikipedia activates those obnoxious ads. They’re even more obnoxious on mobile. They tell you that without your contribution, Wikipedia will go off the ‘net. Last …read more Source:: OpenSource
Zika infection causes reduced fertility, low testosterone in male mice
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•Zika targets the male reproductive system, at least in mice, say researchers. Three weeks after Zika infection, male mice had shrunken testicles, low levels of sex hormones and reduced fertility. …read more Source:: Science