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    A creative scientist sees new ways to record and stimulate brain activity

    For my PhD at MIT, I worked on quantum-dot LEDs, and having zero biological experience, I chose to spend two years in Karl Deisseroth’s neuroscience lab at Stanford. When I saw that they were developing methods to control the brain ...
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    Testing Modafinil on a Virgin Brain

    Jesse finds a human guinea-pig with a “virgin brain” and gives him 200mg of the anti-narcolepsy drug Modafinil – which has found a second life and far more popularity as a wakefulness-promoting agent for people ranging from jet fighter pilots ...
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    Molly Crockett: “The Neuroscience of Moral Decision Making”

    Imagine we could develop a precise drug that amplifies people’s aversion to harming others; on this drug you won’t hurt a fly, everyone taking it becomes like Buddhist monks. Who should take this drug? Only convicted criminals—people who have committed ...
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    Cannabis helps heal broken bones

    Israeli researchers find non-psychotropic compound in marijuana is good therapy for fractures. Add another page to the constantly growing body of evidence supporting the use of medical marijuana to treat pain and a variety of other conditions including diabetes, Parkinson’s ...
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    Aerial Shower aerates the water to make the shower experience much more enjoyable

    http://gb.toto.com/uploads/tx_techcatalog/aerial_shower_Eng_04.mp4 Aerial Shower aerates the water to make the shower experience much more enjoyable. You feel as though you’re standing below a particularly full stream without any increase in the amount of water being used. Aerating the water is also ...
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    This reinvented shower head uses 70% less water

    Prototypes are being tested at Apple, Google, and Stanford University. When you think about it, there’s not a whole lot separating one shower head from another. Sure, they can vary in flow from high pressure – which feels like painful, ...
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    ‘Waze’ for the sleep-deprived

    Sleep ASAP gathers data on ‘sleep strugglers’ and offers meetups and webinars introducing non-narcotic techniques for a good night’s sleep. Are you a sleep struggler? If so, you’re in good company. It’s estimated that about 45 percent of the world’s ...
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    Who needs sunscreen when you have chocolate?

    Tired of slathering on sunscreen every time you want to spend some time outside? Try eating chocolate instead! Chocolate naturally contains very high levels of antioxidants (flavanols), but these are mostly lost during conventional chocolate processing. In this study, the ...
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    A new method for growing human brain cells could unlock the mysteries of dementia, mental illness, and other neurological disorders.

    Brain Organoids Breakthrough Three-dimensional clusters of living neurons that can be grown in a lab from human stem cells. Why It Matters Researchers need new ways of understanding brain disorders and testing possible treatments. Key Players Madeline Lancaster and Jürgen ...