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Rael-Science is a selection of links, videos and comments on the latest scientific news. Most of the items have been selected by Rael. (see www.rael.org)

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Darwin Double-Crossed: The Design of the Human Nervous System evolutionnews.org/2019/06/da… evolutionnews.org/2019/06/da…

Doctor’s Diary: The Design of the Human Nervous System

Our skin and our insides are laced with an invisible, highly sophisticated, selective, neurological netting.

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Synthetic bacterial memory circuits enable microbial diagnostics for sensing biomolecules in the gut phys.org/news/2019-06-synthe… phys.org/news/2019-06-synthe…

Synthetic bacterial memory circuits enable microbial diagnostics for sensing biomolecules in the gut

Millions of people take capsules of probiotics with the goal of improving their digestion, but what if those bacteria were also able to detect diseases in the gut and indicate when something is awry?...

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Translating proteins into music, and back sciencedaily.com/releases/20… sciencedaily.com/releases/20…

Translating proteins into music, and back

In a surprising marriage of science and art, researchers have developed a system for converting the molecular structures of proteins, the basic building blocks of all living beings, into audible...

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Functional hair follicles grown from stem cells sciencedaily.com/releases/20… sciencedaily.com/releases/20…

Functional hair follicles grown from stem cells

Scientists have created natural-looking hair that grows through the skin using human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), a major scientific achievement that could revolutionize the hair growth...

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'Mystical' psychedelic compound found in normal brains medicalxpress.com/news/2019-… medicalxpress.com/news/2019-…

'Mystical' psychedelic compound found in normal brains

In the past few years, thrill-seekers from Hollywood, Silicon Valley and beyond have been travelling to South America to take part in so-called Ayahuasca retreats. Their goal: to partake in a brewed...

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New property of light discovered phys.org/news/2019-06-proper… phys.org/news/2019-06-proper…

New property of light discovered

A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in Spain and the U.S. has announced that they have discovered a new property of light—self-torque. In their paper published in the journal...

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Researchers grow active mini-brain-networks medicalxpress.com/news/2019-… medicalxpress.com/news/2019-…

Researchers grow active mini-brain-networks

Cerebral organoids are artificially grown, 3-D tissue cultures that resemble the human brain. Now, researchers from Japan report functional neural networks derived from these organoids in a study...

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"Peter Pan" Neurons Stay Young Through Life technologynetworks.com/neuro… technologynetworks.com/neuro…

"Peter Pan" Neurons Stay Young Through Life

Researchers have discovered a mysterious group of neurons in the amygdala -- a key center for emotional processing in the brain -- that stay in an immature, prenatal developmental state throughout...

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A Totally New Type of Blood Vessel Has Been Discovered Hidden in Human Bones sciencealert.com/hidden-netw… sciencealert.com/hidden-netw…

A Totally New Type of Blood Vessel Has Been Discovered Hidden in Human Bones

It's time to rethink basic anatomy.

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A New Study Suggests There Could Have Been Intelligent Life on Earth Before Humans vice.com/en_us/article/mbxk4… vice.com/en_us/article/mbxk4…
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Scientists Have Developed a Chemical That Extracts Uranium From Irradiated Mice sciencealert.com/chinese-res… sciencealert.com/chinese-res…

Scientists Have Developed a Chemical That Extracts Uranium From Irradiated Mice

One day we might need this.

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Embryo experiments take ‘baby steps’ toward growing human organs in livestock sciencemag.org/news/2019/06/… sciencemag.org/news/2019/06/…
How people want to feel determines whether others can influence their emotions neurosciencenews.com/feeling… neurosciencenews.com/feeling…

How people want to feel determines whether others can influence their emotions - Neuroscience News

People have more control over how their emotions are influenced by others than previously thought. Researchers found people who wanted to stay calm when presented with upsetting stimuli remained...

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Why don’t Venus flytraps eat their pollinators? massivesci.com/articles/venu… massivesci.com/articles/venu…

Why don't Venus flytraps eat their pollinators?

The carnivorous plants are disappearing, so scientists need to understand their symbiosis with insects

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Performance-enhancing bacteria found in the microbiomes of elite athletes medicalxpress.com/news/2019-… medicalxpress.com/news/2019-…

Performance-enhancing bacteria found in the microbiomes of elite athletes

New research has identified a type of bacteria found in the microbiomes of elite athletes that contributes to improved capacity for exercise. These bacteria, members of the genus Veillonella, are not...

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Clouds and Rain Carry a Menagerie of Photosynthetic Microbes the-scientist.com/news-opini… the-scientist.com/news-opini…
How to fact check suspicious science stories for yourself popsci.com/fact-check-scienc… popsci.com/fact-check-scienc…

How to fact check suspicious science stories for yourself

Science headlines sound too good to be true? Here’s how to evaluate those studies.

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Natural selection can’t explain this bug’s bizarre horn popsci.com/natural-selection… popsci.com/natural-selection…

Natural selection can’t explain this bug’s bizarre horn

In his new book, "Good Enough: The Tolerance for Mediocrity in Nature and Society," Daniel S. Milo explores the world that Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection can't entirely account for.

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Couples who communicate more about sex tend to have better sex, study finds psypost.org/2019/06/couples-… psypost.org/2019/06/couples-…

Couples who communicate more about sex tend to have better sex, study finds

There appears to be an important link between talking about sex and having good sex -- especially for women. According to a new study in The Journal of

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Timed release of turmeric stops cancer cell growth medicalxpress.com/news/2019-… medicalxpress.com/news/2019-…

Timed release of turmeric stops cancer cell growth

A Washington State University research team has developed a drug delivery system using curcumin, the main ingredient in the spice turmeric, that successfully inhibits bone cancer cells while promot...

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