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Half way round the sky

Tags: Space

The Planck spacecraft, which observes the cosmic microwave background at unprecedented detail, has now observed half the sky.

One Giant Leap seen again

Tags: Space

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter images the Apollo 11 landing site.

NASA finds reservoir of water ice on the Moon!

Preliminary analysis of the impact plume from LCROSS indicates significant amounts of water on the Moon.

Apollo 17 from 50 kilometers

Tags: Space

The Apollo 17 landing site as viewed from 50 kilometers above from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.

Cassini dances with Enceladus once again

Tags: Space

The Cassini spacecraft passed just a hair under 100 km (62 miles) from the surface of Enceladus, an icy moon of Saturn.

Lasers used to write false memories onto the fruit fly brain

Aversive memories in a fruit fly are dependent on a tiny cluster of neurons which can be manipulated using light.

Self-doubt turns bosses into bullies

Self-perceived incompetence could provoke a person in power to abuse their authority.

The placebo effect affects pain signalling in the spine

Tags: Medicine

Scanning backbones with fMRI confirms that decreased neuronal activity in the spine is involved with the placebo effect.

Guerrilla reading - what former revolutionaries tell us about the neuroscience of literacy

A comparison between adult ex-guerrillas that have just completed a literacy program in Spanish and those who have not started one reveals changes in the brain that are exclusive to reading.

Does Taking Birth Control Alter Women's Sexual Choices?

Tags: Medicine

Taking the birth control pill could affect a woman's choice of who she chooses to have sex with as well as her choice of a long-term partner.

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