September 2011
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Did You Know #93
That the influence of your genes on your IQ increases with age? A study by Plomin et al. showed that when during childhood approx. 44% of your intelligence is down to genetics, rising to 55% in adolescence and 66% when you’re a young adult.
So, if you do badly in a test, just blame your parents!
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T cells making brain chemicals may lead to better... →
sciencenote:
“The discovery that 2 percent of T cells can make acetylcholine under the control of nerves gives a new insight into how the nervous system regulates immunity,” said Kevin J. Tracey, MD, president and chief executive officer of The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, and principal investigator of the study. “The arrival of electrical signals from nerves activates these...
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At least the stupid ToK presentations are over!
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“The journey is what brings us happiness, not the destination.”
– Dan Millman, Way of the Peaceful Warrior. (via medicalstate)
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I love Phantom of the Opera
some of the best music I’ve heard =D No joke.
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Read this (my blog =]) →
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“Sometimes you just have to jump out the window and grow wings on the way down.”
– Ray Bradbury (via danceabletragedy)
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Did You Know #92
That Scientists have made a glow-in-the-dark dressing that shows when a wound is infected? The dressing uses a special gel that binds with bacteria and activates a dye, resulting in a luminescent pink glow when under UV light! The gel also helps stop the harmful bacteria growing on the wound in the first place - it can rid up to 80% of surface bacteria in 3 hours. A glowing discovery, don’t...
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3 fascinating facts about our brilliant brains →
mindfulwellness:
1. We’re notoriously poor observers of our environment.
But we have the false idea that we see things just as they are. Still, we can very easily miss stimuli that are right in front of our eyes if we’re not looking for them. Similarly, we don’t see just with our eyes. We see with our brains. The phenomenon of “change blindness” illustrates these points perfectly.
Consider...
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Painful presentations →
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Painful presentations (25/9/11)
I’m in pain :( well, a little pain. I have a lovely cold right now. Blocked sinuses, blocked nose, sore throat, cough, stuffy head and headache as well as an inability to sleep. But hey, I still managed to go to work today! I’ve also managed to finish a stupid script for a stupider presentation… So here’s the good stuff from my week: Friday I got to go to the care ...
I just cannot face doing this ToK presentation...
I’ll it tomorrow…along with revision…after work….
Fun fun fun.
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Did You Know #91
Sulphasalazine, a drug used to treat Crohn’s disease can halve the fits caused by brain cancer. Gliomas use transport machinary to uptake an amino acid, and in the process secret Glutamate, causing the surrounding neurons to fire like crazy. The drug inhibits the transport machinary, thus stopping some of the fits. Since it’s already approved for Crohn’s, it can be used straight away.
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“A lie can spread halfway around the world before the truth has time to get its...”
– Winston Churchill (via @johannal)
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“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.”
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– (via sciencenote)
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