Nature online (2008-06-16 doi:10.1038/news.2008.892) reports that atomists have discovered 11 facial muscles that some people have, some don’t, and some people only have on one side. Read more »
Nature online (2008-06-16 doi:10.1038/news.2008.892) reports that atomists have discovered 11 facial muscles that some people have, some don’t, and some people only have on one side. Read more »
Two new papers from the Nature publishing group (in British Journal of Pharmacology), a special issue on drugs in sport, are freely available (although I don’t know for how long). One is an overview of anabolic steroids (doi:10.1038/bjp.2008.165 as html or pdf). Read more »
A recent paper detailing how cognitive ability drops in the powerless, keeping the downtrodden in their place by diminishing their abilities, has been getting a lot of attention recently, including "Cognitive disenhancement: From he that hath not" (The Economist, 2008-05-22). Read more »
I realized the US science teachers are pressured to teach "creationism" in science classes in glowing terms, but I didn’t realize just how many actually believe it. Read more »
Just when alcopops and alcohol harm reduction are in the public eye comes a very useful insight into the subject of addiction generally… Read more »
The hype about the tiny Australian study reporting memory problems for chronic cannabis users is interesting for reasons of what was NOT discussed, including parts from the same paper that show how normal law-abiding citizens can benefit from chronic cannabis use by others. Read more »
If you are in Australia or New Zealand, and wish to be a volunteer for clinical trials, consider signing up here.
There’s even a small chance of winning a $200 Myer voucher for registering - not that you should need such incentives! Read more »
I’m no fan of the view that "low-level" electromagnetic radiation, such as that from mobile phones, is harmless because the heat from absorbed energy in the brain is so low.
In my view, it’s not the heat that can be the problem, but the activity of enzymes that may have slightly altered conformations, with different frequencies having different effects. Read more »
There’s been a breakthrough in "Jurassic Park" technology, not for dinosaurs, but for the thylacine (Stripypseudocanis taswegicus). Read more »
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