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Popular “How it Works?”
- How Plants Make Cocaine
- Psychoactive Mushrooms Studied
- How Hemp Got High
- How Can Zombies Help Us Understand Society?
- How Magic Mushrooms Work
- How Marijuana Impairs Memory
- Epigenetics: How Vegetables Work in Cancer-Fighting Diet
How Skin is Wired for Touch
Compared to our other senses, scientists don’t know much about how our skin is wired for the sensation of touch. Now, research reported in the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication, provides the first picture of how specialized neurons feel light touches, like a brush of movement or a vibration, are organized in hairy skin.
How Green is Your Eco-Label?
A new report released today by the University of Victoria ranks eco-labels intended to distinguish seafood produced with less damage to the environment. It is the first study to evaluate how eco-labels for farmed marine fish compare to unlabeled options in the marketplace.
How Trees Clean the Air in London
Research by scientists at the University of Southampton has shown how London’s trees can improve air quality by filtering out pollution particulates, which are damaging to human health.
Psychoactive Mushrooms Studied
Scientists at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have zeroed in on the dose levels of the “sacred mushroom” chemical capable of yielding positive, life-changing experiences, while minimizing the chance of transient negative reactions in screened volunteers under supportive, carefully monitored conditions.
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How Hemp Got High
A team of Canadian researchers has sequenced the genome of Cannabis sativa, the plant that produces both industrial hemp and marijuana, and in the process revealed the genetic changes that led to the plant’s drug-producing properties.
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How Magic Mushrooms Work
Brain scans of people under the influence of the psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, have given scientists the most detailed picture to date of how psychedelic drugs work. The findings of two studies being published in scientific journals this week identify areas of the brain where activity is suppressed by psilocybin and suggest that it helps people to experience memories more vividly.
How Marijuana Impairs Memory
A major downside of the medical use of marijuana is the drug’s ill effects on working memory, the ability to transiently hold and process information for reasoning, comprehension and learning.
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How Brains Benefit from Meditation
Experienced meditators seem to be able switch off areas of the brain associated with daydreaming as well as psychiatric disorders such as autism and schizophrenia, according to a new brain imaging study by Yale researchers.
See also…How to Meditate
How Common Crop Pesticide Harms Bees
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Epigenetics: How Vegetables Work in Cancer-Fighting Diet
Mothers around the world now collectively can say, “I told you so.”
Your vegetables are good for you, says a research review published by scientists from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the journal Clinical Epigenetics.
How Can Zombies Help Us Understand Society?
The British appetite for zombies is becoming a growing trend. From computer games and films to organised zombie walks though Britain’s cities, the proliferation of zombies seems to be everywhere. Yet, this high interest in zombies enables researchers to link zombie-like behaviours to current models of public attitudes and actions.
How Many Lives Could a Soda Tax Save?
Every year, Americans drink 13.8 billion gallons of soda, fruit punch, sweet tea, sports drinks, and other sweetened beverages—a mass consumption of sugar that is fueling soaring obesity and diabetes rates in the United States.
