HuffPost Science: Mona To Moon; 'Doomsday Clock'; Crabs Feel Pain?

January 18, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Why NASA Sent Mona To The Moon Call it the ultimate in high art: Using a well-timed laser, NASA scientists have beamed a picture of Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece, the Mona Lisa, to a powerful spacecraft orbiting the moon, marking a first in laser communication. Continue reading... 'Doomsday Clock' Set For 2013 Scientists Wrong About Crabs, New Study Suggests Ancient Animal Had Its Mouth WHERE? Skeleton Exposed By Storms In Scotland's Shetland Islands Tied To Iron Age Burial Violent Video Games, Blamed For Promoting Violence, May Benefit Brain Russia Moon Probe, Unmanned 'Luna-Glob' Spacecraft, Expected To Launch In 2015 Solar Activity Affects Earth's Climate In Surprisingly Complex Ways, Scientists Say Asteroid Impact & Deflection Assessment Project Planned To Save Earth From Space Rocks Crabs Feel Pain After All, New Study Suggests Inca Mummy: 'Maiden' Had Lung Infection When Sacrificed, Study Suggests Religious People Less Driven By Compassion Than Are Atheists And Agnostics, Study Says RACHELE M. POJEDNIC, ED.M, M.S. Chemical Foods and the Science That Will Save Us Michael Pollan, esteemed writer and noble defender of the dinner table, has been a leading crusader for real food. He is undeniably right, but we should be wary of demonizing all science surrounding nutrition in the publics' eye. Continue reading... WRAY HERBERT Who Am I? The Heroes of Our Minds Reality TV dominates small-screen viewing these days. Viewers have literally hundreds of choices in vicarious viewing every day, 24 hours a day. And so what if they're not exactly real. What explains this trend? Continue reading... BEN THOMAS Rolling Dice and Flashing Lights: How Your Brain Gets Addicted to Risk It's not just movies that lie at the root of our fascination with casinos. For some of us, it's the promise of striking it rich with that one lucky poker hand or dice roll. And as a matter of fact, in neurological terms, gambling is its own sort of drug. Continue reading... JALEES REHMAN, M.D. Radical Tails: Antioxidants Can Prevent Regeneration We need get rid of the common "oxidants are bad guys and antioxidants are good guys" myth. Oxidants can be harmful in some contexts, but they can also serve as important regenerative signals. Indiscriminate use of antioxidants can impair these important endogenous signals. Continue reading... SHANZEH KHURRAM God, Science and Feminism As a radical feminist, it's hard for me to reconcile my religion with my feminist beliefs. Islam, while granting women many rights, still reinforces traditional gender roles, which I find hard to accept. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here Unsubscribe here.