Scientists may soon be able to erase fear and trauma from your mind
Scientists have developed a way to erase specific memories in mice while leaving others intact and not damaging the brain.
By manipulating levels of an important protein in the brain, certain memories can be selectively deleted, researchers led by neurobiologist Joe Tsien of the Medical College of Georgia reported in the journal Neuron.
While some experts have suggested there could be value in erasing certain memories in people such as wartime traumas, Dr Tsien doubted this could be done as it was in mice. Dr Tsien also questioned the wisdom of wiping out a person's memories.
keep reading
Cow carnage as lightning bolt from blue kills 52
LIGHTNING struck only once - but 52 cows are dead at a Uruguayan farm.
The cows had pressed against a wire fence during a storm when the lightning bolt struck in the northern state of San Jose, the newspaper El Pais reports.
This photograph released by the San Jose police department shows the black and brown cows lying dead in a long row. Veterinarians told the newspaper that cows often crowd around fences to seek protection during storms.
Meteorologist Fernando Torena told the newspaper he wasn't surprised that a single lightning bolt killed so many cows. But he conceded it was "very bad luck".
Quicktionary
“The Quicktionary is a helpful hand-held scanning translator featuring an icon-based touchscreen menu and the capability to “scan a word or a full line of text and provide immediate word-by-word translation, including idioms and phrases.”
Giant spider eating a bird caught on camera
Photographs of a giant spider eating a bird in an Australian garden have stunned wildlife experts.
The pictures show the spider with its long black legs wrapped around the body of a dead bird suspended in its web. The images were reportedly taken in Atheron, close to Queensland's tropical north.
Joel Shakespeare, head spider keeper at the Australian Reptile Park, said the spider was a Golden Orb Weaver.
"Normally they prey on large insects … it's unusual to see one eating a bird," he told said.
Mr Shakepeare said he had seen Golden Orb Weaver spiders as big as a human hand but the northern species in tropical areas were known to grow larger.
Mr Shakespeare said the bird must have flown into the spider web and become stuck. "It wouldn't eat the whole bird," he said. "It uses its venom to break down the bird for eating and what it leaves is a food parcel".
Most Relaxing Room In The World?
Scientists claim they have created the most relaxing room in the world - and say it can calm even the most stressed-out of minds.
Sky's Gareth Deighan went to the University of Hertfordshire to see what all the fuss is about...
link
reptile therapy
It's a massage that is sure to make most people's skin crawl, but one woman has got herself in a twist with her latest massage technique.
Ara Barak claims her pet snakes make the ideal masseurs as their slithering causes a massage sensation when placed on a person's skin.
Ms Barak said she discovered her pet's 'therapeutic value' after noticing her friends became more relaxed after holding them.
more
French woman dies after self-immolation protest
A French woman died after setting herself ablaze in a desperate protest to stop her immigrant lover from being deported.
Dozens of people looked on as Josiane Nardi, 60, doused herself in alcohol and set herself alight outside a detention centre in Le Mans, where her boyfriend was being held.
Armenian Henrik Orujyan, 31, is serving two years in jail for theft and is due to be deported next month.
The Sea Lions Who Learned How To Paint
“A pair of sea lions were causing a splash in the art world after they became the first in the world to learn to paint. The two male seals - Morgan and Aero - hold paint brushes in their mouths to create colourful oil paintings on white canvas. Morgan, six, and Aero, three, produce their artwork by dabbing their brushes into an easel with several colours of non-toxic paint. The sea lions, whose favorite colors are red and orange, have proved to be so prolific they have been given their own display at an art gallery.
Horse gets head stuck in tree
Gracie the horse got a nasty surprise when curiosity got the better of her and she decided to check out a gap in a tree trunk:
The horse, called Gracie, was unable to free itself and could have been in danger were it not for a passer-by who was able to come to the rescue after he heard the horse whinnying .
Jason Harschbarger, a neighbour in the town of Pullman, West Virginia, USA, arrived at the scene which resembled the image of Winnie the Pooh getting stuck in the honey tree.
Mr Harschbarger collected his tools and was able to carefully set the horse free by using a chainsaw to slowly cut the wood around its neck.
However, before he did so, he was able to take a few photographs.
They Were Always Sisters
“Two women who have known each other 30 years were stunned to discover they are sisters. Deborah Day was adopted at two months old – separating her from big sister Marilyn Morris. They met again as teenagers working in a supermarket and became friends – but had no idea they were related.”
You cannot sue God... he has no known address
An American politician's attempt to sue God has been thrown out of court after a judge ruled the suit could not be served because the Almighty has an unlisted address.
Ernie Chambers, a Nebraska state senator, sought a "permanent injunction" that ordered God to stop causing "widespread death, destruction and terrorisation of millions upon millions of the Earth's inhabitants".
The suit listed examples of God's wrath including "fearsome floods, horrendous hurricanes, earthquakes, plagues, famine, genocidal wars, birth defects, terrifying tornadoes and the like".
link
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
