Daily Archives: March 4, 2015

The neurobiology of how the warmest emotion blurs the boundaries by you and not-you. We kick-started the year with some of history’s most Source: http://www.brainpickings.org First and foremost, love is an emotion, a momentary state that arises to infuse your mind … Continue reading →

Researchers at ETH Zurich, in Switzerland, believe that fossilized DNA may hold the key to preserving huge amounts of data for millennia. Source: edition.cnn.com See on Scoop.it – iLife

The Islamic State has declared a new target in its war on the West — a co-founder of Twitter Source: http://www.usatoday.com See on Scoop.it – iLife

The Islamic State is no mere collection of psychopaths. It is a religious group with carefully considered beliefs, among them that it is a key agent of the coming apocalypse. Here’s what that means for its strategy—and for how to … Continue reading →

The gap is widening between visions of a brilliant future and one of deliberate Apocalyptic destruction. Source: http://www.thedailybeast.com See on Scoop.it – iLife

Scientists mapping monkeys’ brains during tasks that require complex social anticipation believe their discovery could lead to treatments for autism and similar problems. Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com See on Scoop.it – iLife

Deep in the heart of synthetic biology are the proteins that make it tick. Protein engineering is the crucial pulse of the booming, relatively new scientific discipline. Scientists grow, harvest, and reprogram proteins to become new drug therapeutics, environmentally friendly … Continue reading →