Mice have been created whose brains are half human. As a result, the animals are smarter than their siblings.
Income Inequality Based On How You Feel Compared To Close Friends
People’s views on income inequality and wealth distribution may have little to do with how much money they have in the bank and a lot to do with how wealthy they feel in comparison to their friends and neighbors.
Teens Prescribed Anti-Anxiety or Sleep Medications More Likely to Abuse Drugs
Teens prescribed anti-anxiety or sleep medications may be up to 12 times more likely to abuse those drugs illegally than teens who have never received a prescription, often by obtaining additional pills from friends or family members, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association.
http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2014/11/anxiety-medications.aspx
E-Cigarettes Can Reduce Tobacco Cravings
Electronic cigarettes offer smokers a realistic way to kick their tobacco smoking addiction. In a new study published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, scientists at KU Leuven report that e-cigarettes successfully reduced cravings for tobacco cigarettes, with only minimal side effects.
http://www.kuleuven.be/english/news/e-cigarettes-significantly-reduce-tobacco-cravings
In 2005 Eli Lilly Conveniently Left Out Information that Patients on Prozac are 12x More Likely to Commit Suicide
An internal document purportedly from Eli Lilly and Co. made public Monday appears to show that the drug maker had data more than 15 years ago showing that patients on its antidepressant Prozac were far more likely to attempt suicide and show hostility than were patients on other antidepressants and that the company attempted to minimize public awareness of the side effects.
409 Pairs of Twins Give Strongest Indication that People Are Born Gay
A genetic analysis of 409 pairs of gay twins has provided the strongest evidence yet that gay people are born gay. The study clearly links sexual orientation in men with two regions of the human genome that have been implicated before, one on the X chromosome and one on chromosome 8.
How THC was Used to Shrink Aggressive Cancer "Glioma"
Tumor sizes on the final day of the study were significantly smaller in these subjects compared with any of the others.
Overhead Costs & Giving to Charity
In a new study, Gneezy, his wife, Ayelet Gneezy, and colleague Elizabeth A. Keenan found that a charity could greatly increase donations if potential donors were assured that a previous donor had paid the overhead, so all their money would go toward the cause.
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/nov/10/gneezy-charity-overhead-rady/
Heavy Marijuana Use Shrinks Your Brain But Compensates By Making More Connections
The first comprehensive investigation into the effects of long-term marijuana use has revealed that while the drug appears to shrink a certain part of the brain in heavy users, their brains will actively compensate for it by increasing connectivity - especially if they started using it young.
"Call Of Duty" Type Video Games Help Us Learn Faster
Over the past decade, study after study has shown that fast-paced video games bequeath a shocking range of small but measurable cognitive and perceptual benefits to gamers.