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Tag: new discovery

  • Drug found to have opposing effects on the minds of male & female mice

    Drug found to have opposing effects on the minds of male & female mice

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    Tommy O’Regan tells the story of how, for the first time in medical history, a drug has been found to have completely opposing effects on the memories of mice depending on their sex. A team of researchers investigating the molecular mechanisms underlying fear memories at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (INc-UAB) has discovered something striking…

  • A New Piece in the Puzzle of Human Evolution

    A New Piece in the Puzzle of Human Evolution

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    Sophie Teall writes about how the discovery of an archaic human population in Israel suggests a more complex evolutionary history than previously thought. As modern humans (Homo sapiens), we are the only members of the group Homo still walking the earth. It is easy to forget that several human lineages have called this planet home.…