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·April 25, 2019·3 min read

Off with her head! Did Anne Boleyn really try to speak after being beheaded?

The common myth that Anne Boleyn tried to speak after her untimely demise at the hands of her executioner may have scientific evidence behind it. Researchers explore how consciousness may remain intact for a period of time after death, and what that may mean for medical sciences.

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·August 29, 2019·4 min read

Lack of oxygen doesn’t kill infant brain cells, as previously thought

A lack of oxygen as a result of preterm birth does not cause hippocampal neurons to die but does impair hippocampal development. Hypoxia causes hippocampal cells to fail to mature normally, causing a reduction in long-term potentiation and impaired learning.

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·February 9, 2021·5 min read

Nitrate in Maternal Drinking Water May Impair Fetal Growth

Pregnant women exposed to nitrates through household drinking water had, on average, babies that weighed ten grams less than women with no exposure to nitrates in drinking water. High levels of nitrate in tap water can cause infant methemoglobinemia, a fatal condition in newborns.

This shows the CSF in the brain during sleep

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·November 1, 2019·4 min read

Are we ‘brainwashed’ during sleep?

Study reveals as we sleep, cerebrospinal fluid pulses in the brain in rhythmic patterns.

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·May 25, 2016·4 min read

Mismatch of Vascular and Neural Responses Suggests Limits of FMRI

According to a new study, during sensory stimulation, increases of blood flow are not precisely tuned to local neural activity, and this can have implications for fMRI neuroimaging.