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- Brain and Neuroscience (Chudler)
Provides articles and diagrams for students to learn about the brain, spinal cord, senses, and neuroscience. 5-00.
- Anatomy - Reference Guide (Bartleby.com - Gray's Human Anatomy)
Provides a comprehensive reference book on the basics of a human body, including skeletal system, circulatory system, muscles, senses, neurology, lymphatic system, respiratory system, digestive system, and more. "The Bartleby.com edition of Gray’s Anatomy of the Human Body features 1,247 vibrant engravings—many in color—from the classic 1918 publication, as well as a subject index with 13,000 entries ranging from the Antrum of Highmore to the Zonule of Zinn." 5-02
- -11-16-04 Study: Sleep More, Eat Less (CBS News)
" 'Maybe there's a window of opportunity for helping people sleep more, and maybe that would help their weight,' said Dr. Steven Heymsfield of Columbia University and St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital in New York."
"Sleep deprivation lowers leptin, a blood protein that suppresses appetite and seems to affect how the brain senses when the body has had enough food. Sleep deprivation also raises levels of grehlin, a substance that makes people want to eat." 11-04
- Hybrid Cars and Accidents (ABC News)
"Manufacturers such as Honda and Toyota say their hybrid vehicles have computer safety systems that are suppose to minimize the risk of accidental electrocution. Officials at Toyota, for example, say controls on-board its Prius will automatically shut-off the engine and disconnect power if the airbags deploy or it senses a sudden deacceleration indicative of a collision."
"What's more, high-voltage components in hybrids are marked by bright orange colors to alert rescuers of the potential danger. And while its hidden away from sight by normal owners, the location of these components are clearly marked in guides freely published and offered to any emergency agency that requests them." 3-05
- -07-25-05 Study: Cats Probably Can't Taste Sweets (Fox News)
"Researchers at the Monell Chemical Senses Center (search) in Philadelphia and their collaborators said Sunday they found a dysfunctional feline gene that probably prevents cats from tasting sweets, a sensation nearly every other mammal on the planet experiences to varying degrees." 7-05
- -04-24-06 Using the Tongue for Super Powers (ABC News)
"In their quest to create the super warrior of the future, some military researchers aren't focusing on organs like muscles or hearts. They're looking at tongues."
"By routing signals from helmet-mounted cameras, sonar and other equipment through the tongue to the brain, they hope to give elite soldiers superhuman senses similar to owls, snakes and fish." 04-06
- -04-24-06 Food Preferences May Be Established Before Birth (ABC News)
"If you don't have an appetite for certain kinds of food you may want to have a chat with your mother."
"Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia, a pioneering reseach center devoted to taste and smell, has found critical periods in the first seven months of life in which tastes are developed for certain types of food." 04-06
- Dead Athletes' Brains Show Damage from Concussions (CNN News)
"Until recently, the best medical definition for concussion was a jarring blow to the head that temporarily stunned the senses, occasionally leading to unconsciousness. It has been considered an invisible injury, impossible to test -- no MRI, no CT scan can detect it."
"But today, using tissue from retired NFL athletes culled posthumously, the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (CSTE), at the Boston University School of Medicine, is shedding light on what concussions look like in the brain. The findings are stunning. Far from innocuous, invisible injuries, concussions confer tremendous brain damage. That damage has a name: chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)." 03-09
- Flashlight - LED (ElectricalHardwareStore.com)
"The Sylvania Power Failure Light offers bright LED illumination during power failures. It is always charging while plugged in. When it senses a loss of power, the LED night light automatically comes on to light your way for up to 3 hours while still in the outlet. Or, take it out and use it as an LED flashlight. You'll never get left in the dark. This Sylvania Power Failure LED Light is one of many top quality items in our Rechargeable Flashlights department." Awesome Library does not endorse these products but lists them as examples. 11-02
- Why Survivors Survive (CNN News)
"Gonzales says at least 75 percent of people caught in a catastrophe either freeze or simply wander in a daze."
" 'The first thing people do when something bad happens is to be in denial,' Gonzales says. 'People who make good survivors tend to get through that phase quickly. They accept the evidence of their senses.' "
"Those who seemed best suited for survival -- the strongest or most skilled -- were often the first to die off in life-or-death struggles, he says. Experience and physical strength can lead to carelessness. The Rambo types, a Navy SEAL tells Gonzales, are often the first to go."
"They survive because they're humble, Gonzales says. They know when to rest, when they shouldn't try something beyond their capabilities, when it's wise to be afraid." 09-08
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