HuffPost Science: Body Hacking; DNA; Mars Explorers

March 25, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Body 'Hacks' For Superhuman Senses For thousands of years, people have been modifying their bodies. But have you ever thought about extending your senses beyond the limits of human nature? That's what body hackers do. Continue reading... Mysterious DNA Breaks Linked To Thinking, Learning, Memory Mars Spacecraft Will Be On Their Own For HOW Long? Moonwalker Denies Selling Space Stuff Asteroid NOT To Blame For Dinosaur Extinction, Scientists Say Mummy Myths Busted By Ghoulish New Research Historic DNA Letter Expected To Bring Big Bucks At Auction WATCH: 'Hacking' Bodies For Superhuman Senses Asteroid NOT To Blame For Dinosaur Extinction, Scientists Say Twin Study Confirms Surprising Cause Of Picky Eating Scientists Forecast Fiery Solar Comeback Asteroid NOT To Blame For Dinosaur Extinction, Scientists Say ALLEN FRANCES Are Your Physical Symptoms in Your Head? 'It is all in your head' is no more helpful an answer to the patient's puzzling and troubling question than were 'the spirits are angry' or 'the gods are punishing you' or 'your four humors are unbalanced.' Continue reading... WRAY HERBERT Can Our Beliefs About Exercise Make Us Fat? University of Michigan psychologist Brent McFerran has come to believe that our naïve theories of weight control are not entirely harmless, and indeed that they could undermine our own efforts to achieve a healthy weight. Continue reading... STEWART BRAND The Conservation Perspective on 'De-extinction' Death is still forever, but extinction may not be. A dead body can't be reanimated once it begins to rot, but the essence of a species -- its genome -- survives rot for centuries, even thousands of years. That DNA knows how to make living animals, once we figure out how to invite it to do so. Continue reading... DAVID PERLMUTTER, M.D. Becoming a Memory Champion? This past weekend I had the unique opportunity to participate in the annual USA Memory Championship. Continue reading... VICTOR STENGER Happy Birthday, Emmy Noether On March 23, 1882, a girl named Emmy Noether was born in Erlangen, Bavaria. The daughter of a mathematician, she would turn out to be a mathematical genius and make one of the most important contributions to physics in the twentieth century. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here.