Hearing Loss
Why is your hearing dull or muffled after a loud concert? (because there's some damage after …
Fair
Calorie Burning
How are daily calorie requirements calculated? (Using a formula or by measuring metabolic rate)
Learning English
Computerized speech can teach Japanese adults to distinguish Ôr' and Ôl'
Obesity and Dopamine
How overeating in obesity may be caused by insensitive dopamine receptors in the brain
False Memories
People may not be able to pick out what memories are real and which are imagined, but the brain …
Sponge Drug
A compound from a sea sponge that kills cancer cells has been synthesized in the lab for the first …
Musical Tastes
People with frontotemporal dementia can show unusual switches in musical taste.
Itch Pathway
Scientists have found a specific pathway of nerves for itching from the spinal cord to the brain.
Musical Illusion
How people perceive a musical illusion called the tritone paradox depends on the language they heard …