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Neuroscience dogma holds that neurons communicate to each other for electrical signals. However, one team of scientists believe that they may pass “notes” made of RNA to their neighbors, as well. Their findings could impact the way we think about how the brain creates and stores memories.
Read MoreWould you ever voluntarily give up one of your senses? Turns out, the answer for an ever-increasing number of people is yes (albeit only temporarily). Novelty concepts such as dining in the dark have risen in popularity over the past decade; restaurant-goers frequently give up their sense of sight as a way to have a “heightened” mealtime experience. Most of these diners believe that their temporary blindness intensifies their other sensations - but how would a more permanent loss of sensation affect the ways we perceive our world?
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