This is a interesting Science Daily post on how many of our problematic brain problems are related to "survival" brain functions in insects.
Human-like Brain Disturbances In Insects: Locusts Shed Light On Migraines, Stroke And Epilepsy
ScienceDaily (July 3, 2009) — A similarity in brain disturbance between insects and people suffering from migraines, stroke and epilepsy points the way toward new drug therapies to address these conditions.
Queen's University biologists studying the locust have…
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http://discovermagazine.com/2009/may/07-inspiring-boom-in-super-earths/article_print
Print this pageThe Inspiring Boom in "Super-Earths"
05.07.2009
At last we are finding rocky planets like our own. But some are pretty weird: The smallest may have a mineral-
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Can Living And Non-living Follow Same Rules? Unifying The Animate And Inanimate Designs Of Nature
ScienceDaily (Apr. 30, 2009) — Living beings and inanimate phenomena may have more in common than previously thought.
At least that is the view of…
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Ants really are random wanderers
Seemingly blind search can make sense in practical and mathematical terms
By Jeremy Hsu
LiveScience
updated 2:04 p.m. ET, Mon., March. 30, 2009
Ants don't march in predictable patterns to…
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