Saturday, January 28, 2012
Chimpanzee's should not be treated like a book in a library
Reference:http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/animal-emotions/201201/chimpanzees-should-not-be-treated-books-in-library
Making Memories Last
Summary: Memories in our brains are maintained by connections between neurons called "synapses". But how do these synapses stay strong and keep memories alive for decades? Neuroscientists at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research have discovered a major clue from a study in fruit flies: Hardy, self-copying clusters or oligomers of a synapse protein are an essential ingredient for the formation of long-term memory.
Critic: Lets hope it works!
Impact: People might have better long-term memory
Reference: http://www.biologynews.net/archives/2012/01/27/making_memories_last.html
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Dyslexia: How to Spot it Before Starting School
Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120123152510.htm
Crime & Genes: Do They Correlate?
Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120125151841.htm
Depression
Depression is consuming the souls of people. The face of this masked killer can appear different within adolescents and teens, women, and men. We all have our up and downs, but depression without help with almost rarely go away on its own. However, there are symptoms that people can catch and help halt the problem. It can be reversed with help and support; you could have some of a happy life back.
There are common signs and symptoms to depression. Depressions are silent and masked, but let’s try to de-mask it. Hopelessness and helplessness are feelings felt while depressed enlaced with a bleak outlook. Daily activities soon start to lose interest to the depressed soul. Then sleep gets put into over or under drive and the hours of sleep you receive are changed. Anger, irritability, increase use/need of violence, one of depression’s best friends. Slowly your energy drains. Loath, loathing, towards oneself. Reckless behavior and concentration problems will appear more noticeable. Another common sign would be unexplainable aches and pains.
The above was some of the most common and explained signs for anyone who has depression. Someone who has depression normally needs help and should get their hold on some help. When you see a person depressed, don’t just ignore them or ignore their problem, because if you’re not apart of the solution you are part of the problem. Knowing some of the usual sure signs of depression from this article can impact our world by the way that we can save people from themselves and their depression that could lead them to suicide or homicidal violence.
I think this article was well written and quite informative to the public about a disorder that is growing in America.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Mice preforming jail breaks
Now the ontainers have metal plating below the lids so escape is now an even harder task, but eventually they might figure out a way out of that too.
this was a surprising turn of effents in the science class as it shows humans aren't the only ones who can come up with an escape plan.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Yawning
Something everyone does almost every day, which is yawn. We process yawns socially and take them as someone is tired or bored, but according to research there is more to the story. First, a new theory on yawning is that a yawn helps cool the brain. Subjects in a study yawned more when their brains were warmer.
Next, most people have recognized that yawns are contagious. An evolutionary theory suggests that we are biologically predisposed to yawn when someone else does either because we are helping each other stay alert to dangers. Actually it helps us stay awake or that it is some anxiety. It is fascinating to me that such a basic behavior is still so mysterious. It also might make us all think twice before taking a yawn during a social interaction as some sort of insult or indication that a conversation is boring.