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May 10, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Mars Like You've Never Seen It Before Astronomers often use "false-color" images to better understand deep space phenomena like supernova remnants or nebulae. But false color imagery is also used a bit closer to home -- as evidenced by stunning new photos of the surface of Mars taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Continue reading... Where Did Moon Get Its Water? Bizarre Anatomy Explains Woman's Painful Spasms, Doctors Say Surgeon Tells What Killed Confederate General How To Watch The 'Ring Of Fire' Eclipse Today International Space Station Leaking Ammonia PHOTOS: Solar Eclipse Crosses Australia, Pacific Creepy Procedure Turns Old Hearts Young, Scientists Say LOOK: Mars Like You've Never Seen Before Scientists All Wrong About Ancient Hanging Gardens, Researcher Says Facial Hair Study Reveals Look Women Like Most WATCH: Solar Eclipse Live Video ALLEN FRANCES NIMH vs DSM-5: No One Wins, Patients Lose The flat out rejection of DSM-5 by National Institute of Mental Health is a sad moment for mental health and an unsafe one for our patients. The APA and NIMH are both letting us down, failing to be safe custodians for the mental health needs of our country. Continue reading... JAMES M. GENTILE Congress and Peer Review of Science The peer review system, even with its innate imperfections, is an essential arbiter of scientific quality and integrity. Continue reading... LEE SMOLIN Do We Live in a Universe Hospitable to Our Aspirations? Our belief in the value of human aspirations has been often challenged by voices claiming that all these valued aspects of our humanity must be illusions. Can on construct a scientific conception of the world that permits a hopeful view of the human future? Continue reading... DAVID H. BAILEY The Colorful Life of the Four-color Theorem: A Tribute to Kenneth Appel Kenneth Appel, who along with Wolgang Haken, in 1976 gave the first proof of the four-color theorem, died on April 19, 2013, at the age of 80. Continue reading... KELLY BULKELEY, PH.D. Dream Recall: The Highs and the Lows It seems the mere act of encouraging people to remember more dreams leads to an increase in recall frequency. This isn't just a function of compliant participants trying to please their experimenters. It's an indication that dream recall depends to a large degree on a person's conscious attitude towards dreams. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003