HuffPost Science: Mars After Dark; Planet's Odd Orbit; Real-Life Tractor Beam?

January 26, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Rover's First Look At Mars After Dark The little rover that could has been working the graveyard shift. NASA's Curiosity rover has taken its first pics of Mars at night.  Continue reading... Planet's Odd 'Backward' Orbit Explained Scientists Create Scaled-Down 'Trek' Tractor Beam COUNTDOWN: Top Five Science Stories Of The Week 'Curiosity' Night PHOTOS: Mars Rover's First Images Of Martian Surface In Darkness Knee Scan Identification: MRIs May Be Better Way To ID Travelers, Study Suggests 'Fat-Shaming' Strategy Pushed By Bioethicist Daniel Callahan To Help Curb Obesity What Is Jet Lag? Circadian Rhythm Can Explain Cause & Cure (VIDEO) Strange Pulsar: Newly Discovered Spinning Star Baffles Astronomers 'Curiosity' Night PHOTOS: Mars Rover's First Images Of Martian Surface In Darkness Antibiotic-Resistant Disease Crisis May Bring 'Apocalyptic Scenario,' UK Health Officer Says 'Cute Aggression' Study Links Adorable Animal Photos, Aggressive Behavior MAX LITTLE How Math Could Improve Life for Nearly 6 Million With Parkinson's Current symptom tests are done in a clinic. They are expensive, time-consuming, and logistically difficult. Our technology could enable some radical breakthroughs, because voice-based tests can be administered remotely, and patients can do the tests themselves. Continue reading... BEN THOMAS How to Stick to Your Resolutions by Hacking Your Brain Whether you keep a "Win Journal" or just a photo album, your story will serve as a constant reminder of what you're capable of and inspire you to shoot even higher in the future. The more you reshape your expectations of yourself, the more you'll find yourself sticking to your goals. Continue reading... GENE GURKOFF Could Angry Birds Help Test Parkinson's Patients? As a mobile app developer myself, this has got me thinking of other ways we could use the other features of modern smart phones to efficiently crowdsource Parkinson's research. Here are some ideas -- some of which are already being explored. Continue reading... ALVARO FERNANDEZ Retooling Brain Care With Low-Cost, Data-Driven Technologies If we are to meet a massive and growing need, we'll need to disrupt today's status quo in which research is based on small and fragmented clinical trials, and where active brain care is often left for patients whose problems have grown until it is too difficult to manage them. Continue reading... PETER SILBURN Watching the Brain During DBS surgery, we now have the ability to watch individual neurons working alone and together in the awake human brains of people with a variety of neurological conditions. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here Unsubscribe here.