What a worm’s brain looks like fired up
These aren't Christmas lights, but the actual neural activity of Caenorhabditis Elegans, a parasitic nematode. The brain imaging was done ...
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Worm ‘brain’ controls LEGO robot – what this means for the human brain
One of the most interesting projects in science today are the BRAIN Initiative in the US and the Human Brain ...
Males may be Wired to choose Sex over Food
Men are from Mars and women are from Venus, or so the old adage goes, but how different are men ...
Mutant worm that doesn’t get drunk could help end alcoholism
Scientists have grown mutated worms that don't get drunk. mage courtesy of Jon Pierce-Shimomura of The University of Texas at ...
Strict diet doubles lifespan of worms
Taking food away from C. elegans in larval stages suspends their development; while they still wiggle around and look for food, they are ...
Of mind control: scientists manipulate worm and take control of its behavior
In a remarkable feat of science, scientists at Harvard University have surpassed seemingly insurmountable technological challenges have managed to take ...
Worms show that Mars colonization is possible
There are numerous challenges that come with outer Earth colonization of distant planets like Mars, or our neighboring moon, and one of ...
Aging, a simple error of evolution??
Everybody pondered at least once in their lives the possibility of being immortal, and this idea sparkled in the ...
Bloodless Worm Sheds Light on Human Blood
University of Maryland researchers have managed to shed some light in an important matter which puzzled medical scientists and not ...