Category: Existence
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Pigeons, Ithaka, weird tales...
The mystery of the "Bermuda Triangle" of the homing pigeon world may have been solved. For years, scientists have been baffled as to why the usually excellent navigators get lost when released from a particular site in New York State. The puzzle of the vanishing pigeons began in the 1960s. Professor Bill Keeton from Cornell…
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Sleep & memories - A funny connection...
The connection between poor sleep, memory loss and brain deterioration as we grow older has been elusive. But for the first time, scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have found a link. A study shows that poor sleep in old age prevents the brain from storing memories. [1] Funny. The part of our lifes…
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Beetles, astrology, Milky Way, Unity...
They may be small and down in the dirt, but it seems that dung beetles also have their eyes on the stars. Scientists have shown how these insects will use the Milky Way to orientate themselves as they roll their balls of muck along the ground. The study by Marie Dacke is reported in the journal Current…
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Bacteria, Alchemy, humans...
Infectious bacteria have for the first time been caught performing "biological alchemy" to transform parts of a host body into those more suited to their purposes, by a team in Edinburgh. The study, in the journal Cell, showed leprosy-causing bacteria turning nerves into stem cells and muscle. [1] Change is part of the world. And those…
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Light, Dark, Eyes...
A study, published in the journal Nature, showed that mice spending pregnancy in complete darkness had babies with altered eye development. It indicated tiny quantities of light were needed to control blood vessel growth in the eye. The researchers showed that the retina development requires light that is going through the body during pregnancy. From darkness we come,…
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