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May 12, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Did Deadly Germ End Roman Empire? Plague may have helped finish off the Roman Empire, researchers now reveal. Plague is a fatal disease so infamous that it has become synonymous with any dangerous, widespread contagion. It was linked to one of the first known examples of biological warfare, when Mongols catapulted plague victims into cities. The bacterium that causes plague, Yersinia pestis, has been linked with at least two of the most devastating pandemics in recorded history.  Continue reading... Bubble Discovery May Boost Prosthetic Limb Research This Is What Cicadas Sound Like WATCH: Astronauts Take Emergency Spacewalk To Fix Leak Bizarre Anatomy Explains Woman's Painful Spasms, Doctors Say LOOK: Mars Like You've Never Seen Before Moon's Shadow Spotted During 'Ring Of Fire' Eclipse Neuroscientists On Twitter: 30 Names To Know What Earth REALLY Looked Like 6,000 Years Ago Facial Hair Study Reveals Look Women Like Most Bizarre Anatomy Explains Woman's Painful Spasms, Doctors Say Scientists All Wrong About Ancient Hanging Gardens, Researcher Says 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... RICHARD J. DAVIDSON What Does Science Teach Us About Well-Being? It is my fervent aspiration that our culture will pay more attention to well-being, will include strategies to promote well-being with our educational curricula and within the healthcare arena, and will include well-being within our definitions of health. 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