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What Constitutes A Mind? Is There Sentience Within The Smallest Of Creatures?
Posted in Science on 18th Dec, 2022
by Alex Muller
While some may not be ready to ascribe sentience to something as "Simple" as a bee, the book "The Mind of a Bee" will prompt you to question why not.
MRI Reveals Never-Seen-Before Spaces In Brains Of Migraine Sufferers
Posted in Medicine, Science on 27th Nov, 2022
by Alex Muller
"In people with chronic migraine and episodic migraine without aura, there are significant changes in the perivascular spaces of a brain region called the centrum semiovale," said Xu. "These changes have never been reported before."
Vaccine shown to prolong life of patients with aggressive brain cancer
Posted in Medicine, Science on 21st Nov, 2022
by Alex Muller
Trial results suggest people with newly diagnosed glioblastoma could potentially be given extra years of life.
Our Conscious Experience Of The World Is A Memory, Says New Theory
Posted in Medicine, Science on 27th Oct, 2022
by Alex Muller
By reframing consciousness as part of memory, the team hopes the theory can help patients with neurological disorders.
Pong-playing brain cells can teach us about better medicine and AI
Posted in Medicine, Science on 27th Oct, 2022
by Alex Muller
"You can take samples from donors, grow genotypically similar neurons, which we can then use to test drugs, which will then hopefully have the same parameters as donor cells"