Like Civilization? Thank Tectonic Plates
Mesopotamia is Greek for “land between rivers” and indeed it sat between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, what is now basically modern Iraq.
Anthropology
VIEW ALL →
Archaeology
VIEW ALL →
Lady 56: A Swedish Grave Reveals A Famed Spanish Pilgrimage
If you see multiple graves in medieval graves, it is reasonable to assume children and adults were related, but a new study finds that was not the case.
Psychology
VIEW ALL →
Repressed Memories Nonsense Is Making A Comeback
Have you heard someone say online or in casual conversation, when responding to someone’s struggles, “well, the body keeps the score”? For many people, this phrase is a useful way to name the...
Science Education & Policy
VIEW ALL →
The Endangered Species Act Attempted To Define 'Habitat' And Controversy Ensued
It wouldn’t make much sense to prohibit people from shooting a threatened woodpecker while allowing its forest to be cut down, or to bar killing endangered salmon while allowing a dam to dry out...
Science History
VIEW ALL →
The Scorched Cherry Twig And Other Christmas Miracles Get A Science Look
Bleeding hosts and stigmatizations are the best-known medieval miracles but less known ones, like a scorched cherry twig miraculously sprouting, a diseased swamp becoming fertile land, and healing...
Philosophy & Ethics
VIEW ALL →
Editorial: This Week’s LA Non-riots
A Facebook friend opined that Los Angeles protesters could “turn LA into another Portland.” I expand for you my rejoinder to his post:
Females Plus Alcohol Abuse Equals More Brain Damage
Alcoholism has traditionally been considered a male disease because there are many more alcoholic males than females.
But a new study by researchers at Oregon Health & Science University and the…
Visualizing Memory - Scientists See Changes In Brain Cell Connections
A century-old dream of neuroscientists to visualize a memory has been fulfilled, as University of California, Irvine researchers, using newly developing microscopic techniques, have captured first-…
Accumulater Neurons In The Parietal Cortex
As any child knows, to answer the question “how many,” one must start by adding up individual objects in a group. This cognitive ability is shared by animals as diverse as humans and birds.…
Sparrows Use Steroids, Not Songs, To Increase Brain Power
Birds use songs to attract mates and mark their territory but according to University of Washington researchers, it's a naturally occurring steroid that improves their brains and not practice.…
Is Writer's Cramp Caused By A Brain Abnormality?
People with serious cases of writer’s cramp have brain abnormalities, according to a study published in the July 24, 2007, issue of Neurology®.
People with writer’s cramp had less brain tissue than…
Study Links Manic Depression With Brain Tissue Loss
People with bipolar disorder – or manic depression – suffer from an accelerated shrinking of their brain, researchers at the University of Edinburgh have found.
The study shows for the first time…
The Mystery Of The Man With The Tiny Brain
You don't need a big brain, or a high IQ, to have a comfortable life and a good family.
Witness the case of this French civil servant, written about by Dr. Lionel Fuillet in The Lancet. At age six…
Restless Leg Syndrome Is Genetic, Says Study
A team of scientists from the Institute of Human Genetics of the GSF Research Center, the Technical University of Munich and the Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry have now identified risk factors…
Biomechanism For Memory Storage And Addictive Behavior
Our experiences –the things we see, hear, or do—can trigger long-term changes in the strength of the connections between nerve cells in our brain, and these persistent changes are how the brain…
Females More Prone To Brain Damage From Alcohol Abuse
Alcoholism has traditionally been considered a male disease because there are many more alcoholic males than females.
But a new study by researchers at Oregon Health & Science University and the…
