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A study investigating recreational marijuana use in young adults has found that users had differences in two areas of the brain, the amygdala and the nucleus accumbens, when compared with non-users. The study has been published in The Journal of Neuroscience. Cannabis, or marijuana, is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States, but relatively few studies have investigated how

Science inhabitants of Atlantis was so advanced that they could afford to experiment with human genetic material. For example, the Atlanteans created a new “breed” of people with tremendous growth and other qualities – to participate in wars, or simply “the love of art.” It is believed that the finds in Egypt – it’s just the remains of people who were able to escape from the dest

Most people can probably recognise that our love of bread, potatoes and any other carbohydrate heavy foods will have had an effect on human evolution, but now scientists are beginning to understand how it could have shaped the evolution of dogs as well. It’s well known that dogs are the domesticated close relatives of wolves. It is generally considered that this must have occurred as wolv

Why do we yawn? Most animals that can respirate via their mouths can also yawn. We yawn, as well as most other mammals, birds, and fish. Even human fetuses have been observed yawning in the womb. Do animals yawn because they are bored or tired? Not necessarily. It is difficult to explain why other animals yawn; for some species, it may be a way to assert dominance or signal to others, while

Ants are cool. You may not think that when they are marching through your kitchen, but before you spray them into oblivion, just remember: ants are cool. Researchers studying an Asian weaver ant came upon two new and exciting abilities. The Asian weaver ant can not only stick to a surface while holding over 100 times its weight, it can also respond to the added weight in one milliseco