Amber Dance

Amber Dance

Amber Dance | Knowable Magazine

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Some go gently into the night. Others die less prettily in freak accidents or deadly invasions, or after a showy display.
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Studies claiming to reveal strategies for feeling happy get a second look.
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As cells divide, they must copy all of their chromosomes once and only once, or chaos would ensue. How do they do it? Key controls happen well before replication even starts.
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Boys are four times as likely as girls to develop autism. Girls are nearly twice as likely to experience depression. The immune system may be a player in these and other brain-health disparities.
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Neuroscientists think a cluster of cells in the brain that stimulate appetite could be a target for eating disorder therapies.
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Amyloid plaque can build up in body organs other than the brain. The resulting diseases — AL amyloidosis, ATTR amyloidosis and more — cause much suffering.
Viruses, it turns out, can block one another and take turns to dominate.