Wednesday, February 4, 2015

How the Brain Sees Follow -Through


Follow-through is more important than you might think. The motion forms a part of a single motor memory in the brain.
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How to See Without Glasses - MinutePhysics - YouTube


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OydqR_7_DjI

Designing California Cities for a Long-Term Drought


Bull Creek, an L.A. River tributary, flows in the city’s Lake Balboa neighborhood. 
(Junkyardsparkle/Wikimedia Commons)

Why Do Many Reasonable People Doubt Science?


PHOTO: BETTMAN/CORBIS

Once Easily Recognized. Signs of Measles Now Elude Young Doctors


A decades-long effort to immunize American children managed to wipe out the last homegrown measles cases in 2000. (Justin Sullivan, Getty Images)

The Benefits of A Good Night's Sleep - TEDEd by Shai Marcu

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gedoSfZvBgE

Tar Pit Clues Provide Ice Age News


A mural by Mark Hallett in the Page Museum depicts hundreds of species whose fossils have been found in the La Brea Tar Pits
PAGE MUSEUM AT THE LA BREA TAR PITS


Nano Air Pollutants Strike A Blow to the Brain


Air pollution cloaks Mexico City in haze. Breathing in this pollution doesn't just harm the lungs; new studies show it also can damage the brain.
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Immunity: Environment Can Have Big Impact


Your immune system reacts when you get a flu shot - or a flu infection. How well your immune system protects you over time may be influenced more by the environment than by your genes, new data show.
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