World Science: Your brain sees things you don't

* Study: Your brain sees things you don't:
The brain may process and understand visual input
that we never consciously perceive.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/131114_brain.htm


* Musical training found to change brain anatomy, 
function:
Thorough musical training affects the brain more
profoundly than previously thought, according to new
research.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/131113_music.htm


* "Freakish" asteroid resembles spinning sprinkler:
Astronomers have found a "weird and freakish object"
resembling a spinning lawn sprinkler in the asteroid belt.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/131108_asteroid.htm


* Torture permanently damages normal pain 
perception, study finds:
A study looked at soldiers who had suffered severe
beatings, burns, electric shocks, starvation, and
worse, 40 years later.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/131107_torture.htm


* 1 in 5 Sun-like stars may host habitable worlds:
A sun-like star with an Earth-size planet in its
"habitable zone" is probably close enough to be seen
by the naked eye, a study finds.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/131105_habitable.htm


ADDITIONAL NEWS


* Homing pigeons go by smell, study suggests:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/131111_homing.htm

* "Evolvability" may itself evolve:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/131118_evolvability.htm

* Just getting hungry may change your politics:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/131112_hungry.htm

* Russian meteor studied in detail:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/131105_chelyabinsk.htm

* "Earliest galaxy" offers surprises:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/131104_galaxy.htm

* Galaxy growth examined like tree rings:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/131104_galaxygrowth.htm


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