<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.congoo.com/css/rss.css" type="text/css" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Human-sciences News - Congoo</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=43&amp;catid=270</link><description>News Feed for - Human-sciences</description><item><title>Book review: Reading in the Brain by Stanislas Dehaene</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96516760&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=270</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T00:54:00</pubDate><description>Viking. 388 pp. $27.95 About 5,000 years ago, societies in ancient Sumeria, China and South America invented writing, and in the millennia since, the ability to read has propelled human intellectual and </description><source>Washington Post</source></item><item><title>Deep Blue Marine, Inc. and Its Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Deep Blue Treasures, Launch </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96419854&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=270</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T01:41:00</pubDate><description>Deep Blue Marine, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: DPBE) made business news headlines today in Utah as Allan Baird, President of Deep Blue Treasures, unveiled his dynamic marketing plan for gold buying. Today the news </description><source>Individual.com</source></item><item><title>Bone regulators moonlight in the brain as fever inducers</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96514222&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=270</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T00:26:00</pubDate><description>Beauty may be only skin deep, but hot goes to the bone. Proteins involved in breaking down bones are also part of the bodys thermostat, a new study shows. The proteins  a receptor called RANK and the </description><source>Science News Online</source></item><item><title>3-D Renderings Bring Ancient Hominids to Life</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96490271&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=270</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T19:21:00</pubDate><description>For decades, paleoartists have told the story of human evolution through sculpture and drawing. Now their tools have evolved, too.    Computers allow a level of detail and control that isnâ??t possible </description><source>Wired News</source></item><item><title>Editors' Picks for the Wired.com Sleep Photo Contest</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96432143&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=270</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T01:20:00</pubDate><description>:  Though Wired.com readers selected 10 excellent photos in our sleep photo contest , we here at the photo department like to fight for the underdog. Here are our 10 favorite submissions that we think </description><source>Wired News</source></item><item><title>Natural killer T cells: Switching on human NKT cells</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96395038&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=270</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T13:01:00</pubDate><description>Nature Reviews Immunology 9, 820 (2009). doi:10.1038/nri2681     Author: Kirsty Minton    The identification of lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC) as a self antigen for human natural killer T (NKT) cells indicates </description><source>Nature</source></item><item><title>Automated high-throughput mapping of promoter-enhancer interactions in zebrafish </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96466452&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=270</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T12:26:00</pubDate><description>Nature Methods 6, 911 (2009). doi:10.1038/nmeth.1396     Authors: Jochen Gehrig, Markus Reischl, Ă?va KalmĂˇr, Marco Ferg, Yavor Hadzhiev, Andreas Zaucker, Chengyi Song, Simone Schindler, Urban Liebel </description><source>Nature Nanotechnology</source></item><item><title>Enlightened neuroscience</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96466374&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=270</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T12:26:00</pubDate><description>Nature Methods 6, 857 (2009). doi:10.1038/nmeth1209-857     Neuroscience methods are undergoing a dramatic change owing to improvements in optical probes, but standardized evaluation procedures would </description><source>Nature Nanotechnology</source></item><item><title>Neural reorganization following sensory loss: the opportunity of change</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96466015&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=270</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T12:21:00</pubDate><description>Nature Reviews Neuroscience. doi:10.1038/nrn2758     Authors: Lotfi B. Merabet &amp; Alvaro Pascual-Leone</description><source>Nature</source></item><item><title>Erbil Eyes Archaeological Tourism</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96426408&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=270</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T00:30:00</pubDate><description>Government plans to renovate ancient citadel in Kurdistanâ??s capital. Iraqi Kurdistan governmentâ??s bid to link its rich archeological heritage to economic development got a boost this week with a string </description><source>IWPR</source></item><item><title>Archaeology starts in the kitchen</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96408827&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=270</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T00:33:00</pubDate><description>I AM under siege, surrounded on all fronts. Why? Because no one can resist dumping everything on the kitchen bench and expecting it to stay there. It's not fair because I get the blame when minutes, days, </description><source>WA Today.com.au</source></item><item><title>Auditory illusion: How our brains can fill in the gaps to create continuous sound</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96503857&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=270</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T22:48:00</pubDate><description>It is relatively common for listeners to "hear" sounds that are not really there. In fact, it is the brain's ability to reconstruct fragmented sounds that allows us to successfully carry on a conversation </description><source>Science Daily</source></item><item><title>Courtroom First: Brain Scan Used in Murder Sentencing</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96369537&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=270</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T04:15:00</pubDate><description>A defendantâ??s fMRI brain scan has been used in court for what is believed to be the first time.    Brain scan evidence that the defense claimed shows the defendantâ??s brain was psychopathic was allowed </description><source>Wired News</source></item><item><title>Walk the store: Anthropologiewomenswear walk the store18.11.09</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96499140&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=270</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T20:42:00</pubDate><description>Javascript is disabled you cannot access this site. Your IP address 209.73.254.119 has been logged. Sharing your login with third parties may result in access being denied. By entering this site you agree </description><source>WGSN</source></item><item><title>Scientists identify two molecules that affect brain plasticity in mice</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96497481&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=270</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T20:25:00</pubDate><description>You wouldn't want a car with no brakes. It turns out that the developing brain needs them, too. Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have identified a set of molecular brakes that </description><source>Science Daily</source></item><item><title>Brain's fear center is equipped with built-in suffocation sensor</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96497452&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=270</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T20:25:00</pubDate><description>The portion of our brains that is responsible for registering fear and even panic has a built-in chemical sensor that is triggered by a primordial terror -- suffocation. A report in the November 25th </description><source>Science Daily</source></item><item><title>On-call radiology residents accurately interpret off-hours neuro CT exams, study </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96463968&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=270</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T20:25:00</pubDate><description>On-call radiology residents generally provide accurate preliminary interpretation of emergency neuroradiology CT scans after hours when attending neuroradiologist unavailable, according to results of </description><source>Science Daily</source></item><item><title>ASU archaeologist represents university at Royal Society meeting on water &amp; society</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96491601&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=270</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T19:31:00</pubDate><description>Arizona State University archaeologist C. Michael Barton has gained a reputation for learning about human-environment interaction by applying a long-term perspective, as well as the latest technology, </description><source>Arizona State University</source></item><item><title>Suspects sought in thefts at 4 Kennewick churches</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96490841&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=270</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T04:53:00</pubDate><description>You Call the ShotThe week in photos Local photos Photo blog Prep sports photos Sports photos Historical photos Wedding photos Your travel photos Tri-City Tattoos Your Pets Graduation photos National photos </description><source>Tri-City Herald Online</source></item><item><title>Johnson &amp; Johnson award goes to research of the cause of brain cell damage in Parkinson's</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96479808&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=270</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T15:51:00</pubDate><description>Dr. Sarit Larisch, Head of the Cell Death Research Laboratory in the 's Department of Biology, has been awarded the prestigious Johnson &amp; Johnson Focused Funding grant for her research exploring the cause </description><source>Genetic Engineering News</source></item><item><title>ISU psychologists offer parental advice on promoting kids' healthy video game play</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96466445&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=270</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T12:59:00</pubDate><description>Iowa State psychology professors Craig Anderson (right) Doug Gentile (left) are leading experts on the effects of video games on young people and two of the authors (with Katherine Buckley) of the book </description><source>PhysOrg.com</source></item><item><title>Psychologists use video game Rock Band to study work flow</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96332074&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=270</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T07:23:00</pubDate><description>Psychology professors have used the video game Rock Band to study how people can achieve flow while at work or while performing skilled tasks.    Professor Clive Fullagar, and associate professor Patrick </description><source>FreshNews.in</source></item><item><title>BRIEF: Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash., column: Better living through green chemistry</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96434822&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=270</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T01:42:00</pubDate><description>The state Department of Ecology has a new blog up about Americans' growing concerns with the way chemicals are regulated for consumer use in the U.S. There's a new resource guide on green chemistry available </description><source>Individual.com</source></item><item><title>Virtual Brain Surgery</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96431952&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=270</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T01:21:00</pubDate><description>BALTIMORE, Md., Nov. 24, ' As a Johns Hopkins electrical engineer, has spent years tinkering with and , studying what happens when light strikes matter. Now, hes taking on a new challenge: brain surgery. </description><source>Photonics</source></item><item><title>Bigger Brains Not Always Smarter</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96404340&amp;Channel_ID=43&amp;Category_ID=270</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T00:11:00</pubDate><description>Weighing in at an average of 2.7 pounds (1,200 grams), the human brain packs a whopping 100 billion neurons More brains doesn't necessarily equal more smarts, a new comparison of animal noggins reveals. </description><source>FOXNews.com</source></item></channel></rss>