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		<title>Internet: The fastest teacher?</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2009/internet-the-fastest-teacher/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:51:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MRI scans of older people show major differences between searchers and non-searchers. After seven hours of Internet experience, those differences disappear. Honest? Could changing the brain be this easy?]]></description>
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		<title>Driving while blabbing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whyfiles.org/?p=2812</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How many dead? Research and real-life experience prove that people die when drivers pick up the cellphone. Even worse: texting on the road!]]></description>
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		<title>Brain battle</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2009/brain-battle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whyfiles.org/?p=1886</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As the day wears on, both sleep pressure and the brain's alerting signal rise, until sleep pressure triumphs. [Nod]. New brain study explains why night owls don't get as sleepy during the day.]]></description>
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		<title>Discussing disgust</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2009/discussing-disgust/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whyfiles.org/?p=1566</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Disgust caused by filthy food, feces, and an unfair deal all trigger the same facial expression.  So is our moral disgust the same as the primitive disgust caused by toxic food?]]></description>
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		<title>Warm hand = warm heart?</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2008/warm-hand-warm-heart/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:47:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>schulte</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whyfiles.org/?p=1070</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[New study finds that holding a warm cup of coffee for a few seconds can make us see other people as warmer, more outgoing. How come?]]></description>
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		<title>Reading the brain; controlling the muscles</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>schulte</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whyfiles.org/?p=1068</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A single neuron in the brain may deliver enough information to control a muscle. These results could eventually help bypass the spinal cord, allowing paralyzed people to control their own muscles.]]></description>
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		<title>Small is beautiful: Nanotech meets biology!</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2008/small-is-beautiful-nanotech-meets-biology/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:26:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>schulte</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whyfiles.org/?p=1065</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Biology operates on the nanometer scale, and now ultra-small technology is producing monster benefits for genetic analysis, cell biologists, and the treatment of blinding glaucoma.]]></description>
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		<title>Alcohol: Molecule curbs drinking among rats; are humans next?</title>
		<link>http://whyfiles.org/2008/alcohol-molecule-curbs-drinking-among-rats-are-humans-next/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:36:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Injecting a protein in the brain stifles the drive to drink among lab rats; one dose lasts three hours or more. Does GDNF offer a new angle on alcoholism?]]></description>
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		<title>Overcoming paralysis</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 19:06:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brain electrodes allow monkeys to move robot arm and feed themselves. Experiment proves it's possible to bypass spinal cord to create simple motion.]]></description>
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		<title>Mechanical mouth makes debut</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 02:38:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To measure the molecules that give food taste, you need a standardized eating machine. One has finally arrived, courtesy of food technologists in France (of all places!). Meet the mechanical masticator!]]></description>
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