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Even though in fairy tales -and in Hollywood movies- it seems love’s forever and monogamy is what’s natural, some time ago prairie voles showed us that in fact it depends, at least partly, of a variant in the vasopressin gene, this is a hormone that can act as a neuropeptide as well, and that way…
That humans are social creatures is nothing new. That’s one of the few things in which both at philosophy and biology class they agreed. Among other things because it is with us all through evolution , ever since our cousins the primates; what seemed impossible up to now was to extend this social capacities beyond…
Creative protocol 1.0 Code name: NEURON.E.R.D 1)Take a lightbulb holder from an old Ikea lamp -previously broken- accidentally or not. 2)Get cloth, a needle, and some thread -no need to use a sterile one- to make a base to support the lightbulb holder. To provide some weight, fill it up with pebbles or sand -if…
When I was at school they used to tell us that with the neurons you were born they would bury you, well maybe a few less, depending on how life treated you…(for boxers more than a few less, actually they get to resemble Alzheimer’s patient but in younger ages). They also told us that women…
Forewarning: the following images might kill your appetite for an undetermined period of time or…worse even, you might discover the Hannibal Lecter inside of you and join the brain eating experience. In any case, here it goes. This idea came from the brain of an italian artist Sara Asnaghi, who made several copies of human brains…
I’ve always found funny the whole ritual of wine tasting: smell, move, try, savor, taste…all to extract the maximum from the sensations experienced by our tastebuds and be able to recognise all the nuances the label describes. Of course, so much so the more expensive the bottle. It is not that I doubt of the…