Neurotransmitter Linked to Post-Traumatic Stress -- norepinephrine activity within the locus coeruleus, a small region in the pons

Why we can "hear" our inner voice

ICU Delirium Affects Brain After Discharge -- "One year after discharge, 34% of patients had cognitive scores similar to those with moderate traumatic brain injury and 24% had the ( Read more... )

1 in 10 high school seniors are extreme binge drinking

Dry Towns Dampen Pot's Spread: Some Colorado cities, where residents voted in favor of marijuana legalization, are now banning recreational sale, opening a new front in the battle to change U.S. drug laws

The Difference Between the Numbers and the Effects of Cutting Food Stamp Funding | more ( Read more... )

Obama administration to allow recreational marijuana laws to stand

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'GTA 4' Death: 8-Year-Old Boy Kills Grandmother After Playing 'Grand Theft Auto 4', Cops Blame Game

Brothels in Nevada Suffer as Web Disrupts Oldest Trade -- Of course I was interested in this article.

Judge: Rape victim, 14, was older than her age, 'in control' | more | even more -- I'm sorry. What about "not able to consent" does this judge ( Read more... )

Fukushima leak is 'much worse than we were led to believe'

Report: NSA can see 75% of U.S. Web messages

Senator cites fried chicken as one reason blacks live in poverty

More: Sparks fly after Sen. Marble's 'chicken' comment in poverty hearing | Senator Vicki Marble's Ignorant Comments on Race and Diet

Uruguay's marijuana experiment: The Latin ( Read more... )

Gay marriage case argued before NJ judge

Great-grandmother accuses Mayor Bob Filner of sexual harassment -- This man has got to go.

Rep. Stockman invites Obama rodeo clown to perform in Texas -- But why? I guess bigots need to give each other cover.

Seattle cops' job at pot fest: Hand out Doritos | Seattle cops to deal Doritos and information ( Read more... )

Riley Cooper May Have Bigger Problems Ahead -- Philadelphia Eagles' player who said some of the most racially offensive stuff I've heard in at least the last three weeks

Blacks, Hispanics More Optimistic than Whites -- Economically speaking. Of course, minorities have less to lose & more to potentially gain than their Caucasian counterparts.

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Men who lack taste genes more prone to infertility

New fingerprint technology that means evidence can no longer be wiped away

Nano-Scale Tweezers Enable Precision Control of Enzymes -- Amazing.

Herbal stimulant khat to be banned in UK | more -- This is very surprising to me, as khat (or qat) is a traditional stimulant among certain ethnic groups ( Read more... )

So many news links I have not put up these many months. Hopefully, I am returning to my roots. For the moment, a hodgepodge.

Deaf man battling to join Army after auditing ROTC

Philip Glass Composes New Arts Festival

An Interracial Fix for Black Marriage

Genome of Marijuana Sequenced and Published

Less educated Americans turning their backs ( Read more... )

Steady relationships reduce amphetamine's rewarding effects: Animal study suggests having a lifelong mate leads to greater resistance to drug -- nucleus accumbens

US researchers a step closer to reading your mind -- "Using electrodes, the researchers found the area of the brain that is involved in creating the 40 or so sounds that form the English ( Read more... )