‘We’ve shown that the function of memory circuits can be modulated.’ A neurosurgeon testing deep brain electrical stimulation with implanted electrodes for other purposes was surprised to find normalization of memory function in a man with Alzheimer’s dementia. (Technology Review)
Daily Archives: 12 May 08
Shipwrecks & Sea Disasters
The World’s Spookiest Weapons
“Whether these masterpieces of destruction come from miles above Earth or millimeters below the skin, they have one thing in common: they’re spooky as hell.
Can turning animals into cyborgs ever end well? Should lasers really be strapped to planes? Is dispersing humans with the worst smell ever created a better alternative to doing it by burning their skin? You be the judge.” (Popular Science)
The Boy Who Couldn’t Sleep
(Literally): “‘We went to the doctor after he was born, and I kept telling him something was wrong. He didn’t sleep. They thought I was being kind of an anxious mom, and we went back and forth,’ Rhett’s mother, Shannon Lamb, said. ‘Finally, they [were] starting to realize now that he really doesn’t sleep at all. But we’ve had a lot of different diagnoses and nobody really knows.'” (ABC News)
‘Mad Pride’ Fights a Stigma
““Until now, the acceptance of mental illness has pretty much stopped at depression,” said Charles Barber, a lecturer in psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine. “But a newer generation, fueled by the Internet and other sophisticated delivery systems, is saying, ‘We deserve to be heard, too.’ ”” (New York Times)
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