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12,000-Year-Old Preserved Human Brains Defy Soft Tissue Decay Assumptions

The human brain, it turns out, can be surprisingly resistant to the ravages of time.

The human brain, it turns out, can be surprisingly resistant to the ravages of time. A new study has cataloged human brains that have been found on the archaeological record around the world and discovered that this remarkable organ resists decomposition far more than we thought – even when the rest of the body's soft tissues have completely melted away.

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Traditional European Christmas time monsters, photographer across the Europe by Charles Fréger.

This is a very old Islamic tradition, still alive in parts of Turkey. When a white blanket of snow covers everything - people go to the tops of mountains peaks and scatter seeds and food for the birds through the snowing season so as not to let the birds die of starvation. This deed was started by the Muslim caliph Umar bin Abdul Aziz and is narrated in various books of history and quoted as “Go and spread seeds on the tops of mountains - may the birds not die of starvation in a Muslim country.”

A Komi pagan shrine in a spruce forest, probably Abjaćoj village, 1960s

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Study of 6,000 Scans Reveals Brain-Wide Patterns Linked to ADHD Symptoms

A landmark study has identified specific patterns of connections across the brain associated with symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivit

A landmark study has identified specific patterns of connections across the brain associated with symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ( ADHD), highlighting the importace of considering diverse neurological functions in understanding the nature of the condition. While the study is far from unique in its attempts to identify physical characteristics of ADHD in the brain's wiring, its method does aim to improve on past efforts.

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Extremely good paragraph from an article exploring the concept of sentience in invertebrates

The almost perfectly preserved 9,000 year old bison mummy was found on the shore of a lake in northern Siberia. Credit: Dr. Gennady Boeskorov

The Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence River superimposed on a map of Europe

Vyacheslav Belov, Russia

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