Archive for December, 2006

What do rats dream of…?

Memory experts show that sleeping rats may have visual dreams… Memories of our life stories may be reinforced while we sleep, MIT researchers report Dec. 17 in the advance online edition of Nature Neuroscience. Matthew A. Wilson, professor of brain and cognitive sciences at MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, and postdoctoral associate Daoyun […]

“Only Christians have a place in heaven”

KEARNY, N.J. — Before David Paszkiewicz got to teach his accelerated 11th-grade history class about the United States Constitution this fall, he was accused of violating it. Shortly after school began in September, the teacher told his sixth-period students at Kearny High School that evolution and the Big Bang were not scientific, that dinosaurs were […]

Recovering Alcoholics: Brain tissue regenerates surprisingly fast

We all know that alcoholism destroys the brain and the damage is, in most cases, irreversible. However…. A new study shows that the brains of alcoholics who give up alcohol start to show signs of tissue regrowth and recovery within the first two months of abstinence. The study is published in the online neurology journal […]

World’s largest ever physics experiment to start next year

A team of over 2,000 scientists is preparing for the world’s largest ever physics experiment next year at CERN near Geneva, Switzerland, which will aim to find new particles, detect mini black holes and solve some of the mysteries of the universe.