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Tiny Water Flea Clocks In Record Number Of Genes

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Thu, 02/03/2011 - 11:00pm

It can grow a spear and a helmet when threatened, turn bright red when stressed, and has more genes than any animal studied so far.

But what can we really learn from the water flea?

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Brain's center for seeing 3-D is identified

UT - Office of Public Affairs  Tue, 07/21/2009 - 7:55am

Ducking a punch or a thrown spear calls for the power of the human brain to process 3-D motion, and to perceive an object (whether it's offensive or not) moving in three dimensions is critical to survival.

It also leads to a lot of fun at 3-D movies. Neuroscientists have now pinpointed where and how the [...]


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