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The Illegal Trade of Twine

This is an installment in the On My Shelf series reviews about books demonstrating anthropology in practice. Book details follow the post

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Brain Seeks THE Voice Among Many Speakers

It’s tough to pick a familiar face out of a crowd--but focusing on a known voice in a noisy room is easy. And a new study scanned volunteers’ brains to look at how we solve the so-called cocktail party problem.

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Brain Freeze Might Help Solve Migraine Mysteries

Image courtesy of iStockphoto/Neurostockimages Eager eaters know that gulping a Slurpee or inhaling a sundae can cause that brief seizing sensation known in the not-so-technical literature as “brain freeze” or “ ice cream headache .” [More]

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MRSA Gene that Enhances Superbug’s Virulence Is On the Rise

By Amy Maxmen of Nature magazine Researchers have identified a gene that makes some strains of an antibiotic-resistant bacterium more virulent, and have found that the gene is becoming more prevalent. Epidemics of infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) come in waves. [More]

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Step One: A Medical School Pivot Point

The morning of my Board exams, my mother packed me a lunch comprising of seedless grapes, two Greek yogurts, a cheese sandwich, a bag of pistachio nuts, two cappuccinos, a diet coke, chocolate-covered coffee beans and a pouch of pretzels. Mum, this isn t the Hunger Games, I joked

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