Category: Being
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Extraterrestrial life. Theology. Human suffering.
Some months ago top US astronomers gathered in front of congress to let them know that extraterrestrial life exists without question. Their main argument was the size of the universe, emphasizing that there are trillions of stars out there, with one in every five most likely harboring an Earth-like planet. It’s also important to keep in…
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Ghostly presences. False senses. Dasein.
Ghostly presences – the feeling of someone near you when there's no one there – could be down to your brain trying to make sense of conflicting information. For the first time, the brain regions involved in such hallucinations have been identified – and a ghost presence induced in healthy people. The work sheds light…
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Stable mind. Unstable mind. Learning. Being.
Mathematical model shows how brain remains stable during learning. Complex biochemical signals that coordinate fast and slow changes in neuronal networks keep the brain in balance during learning, according to an international team of scientists. Neuronal networks form a learning machine that allows the brain to extract and store new information from its surroundings via…
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Intestines in mice: The environment as Existence's matrix for Dasein...
Slimy chunks of human gut can now grow up and get to work inside of mice. Transplanted into rodents, tiny balls of tissue balloon into thumb-sized nuggets that look and act like real human intestines, researchers report October 19 in Nature Medicine. The work is the first time scientists have been able to transform adult…
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Killed by lightning. Ancient tribes. Being.
Eleven Wiwa Indians killed by lightning during a tribal ceremony in Colombia's Sierra Nevada mountains will be left unburied where they died according to their traditions, an official said Sunday. The community of about 60 families will abandon their remote village in the wake of Monday's tragedy, but it was not yet clear where they…
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