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Newly discovered RNA steers brain development (Harvard Medical School study)

Posted on January 21, 2011 by SCIENCE pickings

“FINDINGS: A newly discovered class of RNA molecules helps elucidate the long-standing scientific question of how a person’s external experiences turn on the genes that over time help shape the connections among cells that make up the human brain. Called … Continue reading →

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Gut feeling and intuition

Posted on January 5, 2011 by SCIENCE pickings

“…finds that the trustworthiness of our intuition is really influenced by what is happening physically in our bodies. […] Dunn and his co-authors found this link between gut feelings and intuitive decision making to be stronger in people who were … Continue reading →

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Old school’s no good for grades

Posted on December 29, 2010 by SCIENCE pickings

“We found that students attending schools with lower building quality and those attending schools with high student mobility had lower test scores,” says Evans. They also found that when these two risk factors were combined, it was particularly damaging to … Continue reading →

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