Dopamine — the most talked-about human neurotransmitter — isn't a "love drug", or a "lust drug", or an "addiction drug", writes Bethany Brookshire in a smarter-than-average neuroscience story at Slate. It's actually a lot more complicated than that, and if you keep trying to pigeonhole and oversimplify what it does, you're going to completely misunderstand how your brain works.
What is dopamine?
What would happen if you swiped your hand underneath an extremely powerful water jet? Spoiler: Don't.
See what happens when a dummy hand is swept underneath the stream of an extremely powerful water jet. If you woke up today planning to stick your hand underneath a… READ THE REST
Incredible video of orangutan building a hammock
This amazing video was linked to by "Elmer" in the Comments section to my post about pre-Homo sapiens building a wooden structure, noting, "The 'specialness' of Homo sapiens continually becomes… READ THE REST
Watch a mushroom turn from beige to blue as it gets sliced
Watch a mushroom known as a Caloboletus rubripes aka the red-stripe bolete get sliced and turn from beige to blue. This mushroom isn't psychoactive (and it's inedible), but it's still… READ THE REST
Got Apple fever? You can get this refurbished MacBook Air for under $350 through September 30!
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Upgrade your computer setup with a $380 Dell Optiplex 3020 Desktop that comes with Microsoft Office
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Get this refurb MacBook Air for a deeply discounted price of $369.99
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