http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=23&catid=270News Feed for - Human-scienceshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96339594&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=2702009-11-24T00:14:00NEW YORK, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- In a move designed to inject the agency's strategic and creative thinking with a shot of authenticity, insight and analysis, Adrenalina, a leading multicultural advertising Interest!ALERThttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96356820&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=2702009-11-24T01:14:00'Congressman Kennedy�??s position on abortion can be viewed as the confused fruit of the scandalous incoherence of his father�??s generation with regard to the faith and the sanctity of human life' [Kathryn National Reviewhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96311586&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=2702009-11-24T00:27:00How does the brain zero in on a single bit of information, out of the tens of thousands that it is bombarded with daily? Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have discovered Webindia123http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96357103&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=2702009-11-24T01:19:00Dede Koswara, an Indonesian man, had been nicknamed Treeman for a large portion of his life. At first glance, any hints of normal pairs of arms, hands, legs, and feet were nonexistent they had been covered Carnegie Mellon Tartanhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96095739&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=2702009-11-24T01:19:00Nov 2009, 9:07 AM MST By MIKE BRODY, Special Contributor Italian dictator Benito Mussolini's brain and blood were offered for sale on eBay, . Alessandra Mussolini, the far-right Italian politician and Fox 2 KASAhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96336289&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=2702009-11-23T23:13:00BOULDER, Colo. - Call it Operation: Plymouth Rock. A plan to send a crew of astronauts to an asteroid is gaining momentum, both within NASA and industry circles. Not only would the deep space sojourn MSNBChttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96342429&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=2702009-11-23T20:47:00Sorry! We can't seem to find the page you were looking for. Please visit the NPR Help Center to report this page as missing, or use the links below to continue your search. It's a shame that your page NPRhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96175324&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=2702009-11-23T13:55:00The Boxer/EPW chapter of the Senate climate legislation story ended abruptly this week. In the face of a Republican boycott over the absence of a new EPA analysis of the Kerry-Boxer bill, Chairman Boxer Mondaqhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96305850&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=2702009-11-23T12:50:00Nature Neuroscience 12, 1551 (2009). doi:10.1038/nn.2452 Authors: Trese Leinders-Zufall, Tomohiro Ishii, Peter Mombaerts, Frank Zufall & Thomas BoehmNature Neurosciencehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96305848&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=2702009-11-23T12:50:00Nature Neuroscience 12, 1534 (2009). doi:10.1038/nn.2446 Authors: Hsiao-Huei Wu, Elena Bellmunt, Jami L Scheib, Victor Venegas, Cornelia Burkert, Louis F Reichardt, Zheng Zhou, Isabel Fariñas & Bruce Nature Neurosciencehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96305826&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=2702009-11-23T12:50:00Nature Neuroscience 12, 1488 (2009). doi:10.1038/nn.2430 Authors: Silvia Marinelli, Simone Pacioni, Astrid Cannich, Giovanni Marsicano & Alberto Bacci Control of pyramidal neuron excitability is Nature Neurosciencehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96305824&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=2702009-11-23T12:50:00Nature Neuroscience 12, 1485 (2009). doi:10.1038/nn.2428 Authors: Judit K Makara, Attila Losonczy, Quan Wen & Jeffrey C Magee The excitability of individual dendritic branches is a plastic property Nature Neurosciencehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96305815&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=2702009-11-23T12:50:00Nature Neuroscience 12, 1479 (2009). doi:10.1038/nn1209-1479 Authors: Jeannette M Osterloh & Marc R Freeman The pruning of unneeded axons and dendrites is crucial for circuitry maturation, but Nature Neurosciencehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96296564&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=2702009-11-23T10:42:00Archeologists at the historic Newfoundland colony visited earlier this month by Prince Charles have made a tantalizing new find: the remnants of a stone wall, pictured, apparently built to defend Canada's National Posthttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96265791&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=2702009-11-23T02:16:00Homepage > Job search > Job description : Employer: Location: Posted: November 03, 2009 Expires: January 02, 2010 Requisition number: None Science jobs from : job description NEUROSCIENCE FACULTY POSITIONS Naturehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96024587&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=2702009-11-23T01:56:00By 2020, we'll all be characters in a William Gibson novel. Awesome. By 2020 we will all have chips inside our brains and not need a mouse or keyboard to control our computers, according to Intel. Intel Atomichttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96349313&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=2702009-11-23T23:31:00To find out how orchids exploit sex-crazed wasps for their own reproduction (and for lots of other marvels of coevolution), check out the November issue of Discover, which has an excerpt from my new book,Discover Magazinehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96267072&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=2702009-11-23T20:34:00Alzheimer's disease is thought to be caused by the build-up of a brain peptide called amyloid-beta. That's why eliminating the protein has been the focus of almost all drug research pursuing a cure for Science Dailyhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96331906&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=2702009-11-23T19:21:00The generation of new nerve cells in the brain is regulated by a peptide known as C3a, which directly affects the stem cells' maturation into nerve cells and is also important for the migration of new Red Orbithttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96307949&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=2702009-11-23T13:13:00Tunis Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi Monday received Mr. Jean Pierre Ezin, African Union (AU) Commissioner for Human Resources, Science and Technology. At the end of the meeting, Mr. Jean Pierre Ezin AllAfrica.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96185398&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=2702009-11-23T16:10:00add comment () 'The water is no longer fit for human consumption, with analysis and international studies showing that just 10 percent of water in the Gaza Strip is potable... threatening the lives of Turkish Weeklyhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96246731&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=2702009-11-23T15:29:00Under the patronage of His Excellency Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research and Chancellor of the Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT), Dubai Women�??s Eye of Dubaihttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96085755&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=2702009-11-23T14:56:00Research on a �??brain-eating tribe�?� may hold the key to understanding and even treating mad cow disease, according to The Daily Telegraph. A genetic study of the Fore tribe of Papua New Guinea has Nursing Timeshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96284608&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=2702009-11-23T07:24:00Scientists at the Brain Research Centre, a partnership of the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, have uncovered new information about the News-Medical.Nethttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96281532&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=2702009-11-23T06:57:00How does the developing pancreas in an embryo 'know' which cells are to produce insulin and which cells are to have other assignments? Researchers need to understand this if they want to be able to treat Science Daily