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Electron spin changes as a general mechanism for general anesthesia?phys.org
(Phys.org) —How does consciousness work? Few questions if any could be more profound. One thing we do know about it, jokes biophysicist Luca Turin, is that it is soluble in chloroform. When you put the brain into chloroform, the lipids that form nerve ... -
Plants may use language to communicate with each other, Virginia Tech researcher finds | Virginia Tech News | Virginia Techvtnews.vt.edu
The finding by Jim Westwood, a professor of plant pathology, physiology, and weed science in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, throws open the door to a new arena of science that explores how plants communicate with each other on a molecula... -
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GIF YouTube | Make Animated GIFs from Youtubegifyoutube.com
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Yubari, Japan: a city learns how to dietheguardian.com
Known in its heyday as the capital of coal, Yubari has lost 90% of its population in 50 years. With deer roaming freely, are there lessons for rustbelt cities around the world? -
It Takes a New Kind of Worker to Make "Instant" Happenrecode.net
Part two in Re/code's special series on the instant gratification economy. -
Inside The Making Of The New "Dungeons & Dragons"fastcodesign.com
A 40-year tradition of fantasy gaming wants to claim back its throne. -
This 1874 New York Herald Feature Sent Manhattanites Running for Their Livesslate.com
Excerpted from In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette by Hampton Sides, out Aug. 5 from Doubleday. Close to midnight on the evening of Sunday, Nov. 8, 1874, as the early edition of the next day’s New York Herald... -
3D Printed Sugar | the sugar labthe-sugar-lab.com
The Sugar Lab is a micro-design firm for custom 3D printed sugar. With our background in architecture and our penchant for complex geometry, we are bringing 3D printing technology to the genre of mega-cool cakes. -
What If A Smartphone Could Fight Blindness?ozy.com
There's an app that can turn your phone into an optical clinic. -
U.S. firm helped the spyware industry build a potent digital weapon for sale overseaswashingtonpost.com
U.S. firm’s work helped develop “network injection appliances” that are sold to foreign security services. -
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Compared Care helps patients price-shop for medical procedurestechnical.ly
The price-transparency startup, which entered beta in June, allows patients to search medical costs before going under the knife. -
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Reading Literature on Screen: A Price for Convenience?nytimes.com
A forthcoming paper by researchers in France and Norway suggests that there may be some cognitive drawbacks to reading even short works of literature on a screen. -
What divisive ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ cover says about books and readerswashingtonpost.com
Controversy over a new “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” cover says a lot about the book industry and readers