Snooze your way to high test scores

newscientist.com
heh the title sounds like spam huh?Now I know when i was napping during lectures I was merely trying to remember the maths formulas better!

"If you are trying to commit something to memory, take a nap. Even a short daytime snooze could help you learn.

A good night's sleep is known to improve people's ability to learn actions such as mirror writing. REM sleep, when most dreaming occurs, is thought to be particularly important."

Cats and dogs protect kids from stomach bugs

http://www.newscientist.com/
showed it to my mom but she disbelieves it .....
Pets are good for you!

Scientists discover molecule behind birds' magnetic sense

http://cordis.europa.eu/fetch?CALLER=EN_NEWS&ACTION=D&SESSION=&RCN=26320

cryptochromes are proteins that sense blue light are also sensitive to
magnetic field!

Proteosome can reshuffle peptide sequences of proteins!

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn10027&feedId=online-news_rss20
wow I guess now there's even more diversity  for the same gene sequence!

Proved monkey see monkey do

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn9916&feedId=online-news_rss20

Older dads boost risk of autistic children

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn9998&feedId=online-news_rss20

wow