Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have, for the first time, identified a specific group of cells in the brainstem whose activation during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep is critical for the regulation of emotional memory processing. The findings, published in the Journal...
There are several things that cause extinction, but ultimately it is always the same: The last individual (or small number of individuals) of a species die. That may sound like a trivial explanation for extinction but consider what happens when you work backwards from that tragic moment in...
I personally think it's good. I think sex is immoral for a ton of reasons, but we're not talking about that right now. Extinction by old age= end of suffering for humanity/ end of planet's destruction/end of deaths. Producing new children = treating humans like objects since they will inevitably...
If Humans were to become 'extinct' or die out over time, what animal do you think would become as or more Intelligent than us given time.
and thoughts?
Atlantic Blue Fin Tuna is allowed, by Spain & France, to be fished to extinction.?
The worlds fisheries authority has proposed a cut in the amount of Blue Fin Tuna caught. This is to give the species time to recover from faced extinction. Both Spain & France have rejected the proposal and...
When Life Nearly Died: The Greatest Mass Extinction of All Time is a book by Michael Benton on the Permian Extinction now out in paperback. From the press release:
Today it is common knowledge that the dinosaurs were wiped out by a meteorite impact sixty-five million years ago, which killed...
Many years ago, a sudden event occurred that changed everything. Or at least, that is what we think now. But in truth, the event took longer than many today believe, and many of the specific details, the exact order of events, the actual meaning of each detail, are not fully understood...
There is a market for hunting Whales for food.
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/oceans/whaling
With that in mind, should hunting them for food be allowed?
There is a market for hunting Whales for food.
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/oceans/whaling
With that in mind, should hunting them for food be allowed?
OLED displays are already something beautiful, but this unnamed Japanese company, spied at CES, has taken the technology and turned it into some truly awe-inspiring artwork.
The individual panels seen in the video actually line up to form a flowing scene. The effect is kind of cool, popping...
A crew member walks passed a horde of robotic dinosaurs, the stars of Walking with Dinosaurs, a show playing at the O2 Arena in London this month. And they look hungry. (Click image for pop-out) [CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images]
Someone just asked a question similar to this and I really wanted to answer it, but it got deleted. So I'm gonna ask it my way.
So why do people think that? I've heard that SO many times! "Homosexuality and gay marriage would lead the world to extinction because if everyone in the world was...
stay around? I know this question sounds stupid, initially, but its logical thinking in relation to the paranormal.
With millions of species already being dead, and not seeing any of their creepy ghosts, why do we think our species is special and that we can somehow live after were dead?
But...