What articulation-relevant brain regions do when we listen

Brain regions that are involved in the articulation of language are also active in the perception of language. This finding of a team from the BrainLinks-BrainTools Cluster of Excellence of the University of Freiburg makes a significant contribution to clarifying a research question that has been hotly debated for decades. The scientists have published their results in the journal Scientific […]

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Surprise, Surprise: Harry And Meghan Are Tipped To Be Top Baby Names This Year

It’s barely the end of January, but already predictions are rolling in for the biggest baby names of 2018 – and unsurprisingly, everyone’s favourite newly engaged couple has made the cut. Mother & Baby UK has released their predictions for the top girls’ and boys’ names for the year ahead, Harper’s Bazaar UK reports. Both lists are heavy on classic and Latin-derived names […]

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Irrigation water likely cause of romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak

(HealthDay)—Tainted irrigation water is likely to blame for a 36-state Escherichia coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce that sickened 200 people and caused five deaths, U.S. health officials say. The illnesses were previously connected with romaine lettuce grown in Yuma, Ariz., which supplies most of the romaine sold in the United States during the winter, the Associated Press reported. Further […]

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Why You Should Ditch Positive Thinking In 2018

It seems like it’s the best possible thing you can do, right? “Positive thinking” is touted as a veritable cure-all when it comes to banishing bad moods and hitting your goals. But Dr Dain Heer, renowned speaker, bestselling author and co-creator of personal development organisation, Access Consciousness, disagrees. We chatted to him about why he advises against the popular solution and what we […]

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Computer algorithm maps cancer resistance to drugs, therapy

New methods of studying the evolution of treatment resistance in head and neck cancer are being developed by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. The scientists wanted to examine how cancers acquire resistance to treatment over time and whether those changes could be modeled computationally to determine patient-specific timelines of resistance. The research was published by Genome Medicine […]

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