31. Passages in the Void
(Workshop/Stuff by Members)

... had done, She gave her father forty-one." "What's that? It sounds gruesome." "I suppose it is. It's something that may have happened before I was born -- the first time, over ...

32. Physiological methods - Epigenetics - Hacking the genome
(Neurohacking/Methods & Technology)

... give a toss what 'traits' get left behind. The genome is mindless, its mechanical interactions proceeding like the reproduction of crystals; because certain signals are there. Traits like fatness, brute ...

33. Understanding nutrition - Sugars
(Neurohacking/Lifestyle & Nutrition)

... vitamins & minerals and fat are the others); carbohydrates are more readily used for energy production than are fats and proteins. Carbs can be classified as either a simple carbohydrate or a complex ...

34. Alternatives to work
(Homeworld/School & Work Alternatives)

... be better off living as an Indian than as a Venezuelan and came to Arepuchi where Pepe lived. For five years Cesar lived with Pepe's family, marrying a pretty Tauripan woman and becoming the father of ...

35. The Dawn Era Calendar
(FAQs/General Issues)

... children of rogue asteroïds who came from outer space travelling for millions and millions of years (grand-pas), the children of the warmth of our sun (the father), and the children of the buoyantly blooming ...

36. Introduction to bushcraft
(Homeworld/Bushcraft & Alternative Lifestyles)

... possibilities: Pain, illness or injury Extreme cold or heat Hunger & thirst Fatigue or sleep deprivation Anxiety/fear Boredom, loneliness & isolation Wide open or tightly enclosed ...

37. Cognitive science - Formal Reasoning & Truth-Detection -The Basics
(Neurohacking/Basics)

... GENERAL FULLASHITE (once they understood that their families would be shot otherwise) 8 OUT OF 10 PEOPLE BELIEVE... (8 out of 10 people who did this survey claimed to believe) LOW IN FAT (and ...

38. Epigenetics - Human Epigenome Project
(Neurohacking/Theory & Research)

... whether they should be active or inactive’. For individual cells, this code on top of a code helps to determine whether a cell is a blood cell, a fat cell, or something else. And in the case of monozygotic ...

39. Epigenetics - Exploring the Genome Project
(Neurohacking/Theory & Research)

... range from chromatin modification to cell fate and disease and address some of the “big questions” in epigenetic research. The second aim is to integrate young researchers into the network ...

40. Anatomy & Physiology - Chandelier Cells
(Neurohacking/Theory & Research)

... have long compared the human brain to that of other species, leading them to develop two distinct theories. Santiago Ramón y Cajal, the father of neuroanatomy, argued that the cortex of “higher” ...

41. Methods & Technology Intro - Part II: Technology
(Neurohacking/Methods & Technology)

... radiation can penetrate several millimeters of tissue with low water content (e.g. fatty tissue) and reflect back. Terahertz radiation can also detect differences in water content and density of a tissue. ...

42. diabetes, metabolic syndrome - Obesity - What Makes Mice Fat
(Neurohacking/Disorders & Problems)

  What Makes Mice Fat? How the Brain Controls Energy Balance   Citation: (2005) What Makes Mice Fat? How the Brain Controls Energy Balance. PLoS Biol 3(12): e438. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0030438 ...

43. Physiological methods - Longevity and Epigenetic Modification (Intermediate Level NH)
(Neurohacking/Methods & Technology)

... opposed the alteration of 144 out of 153 gene pathways changed by a high-fat diet. Insulin and glucose levels on the high-fat+resveratrol diet were close to those on standard diet. Quality of health was ...

44. Disorders & Problems - Introduction to This Section
(Neurohacking/Disorders & Problems)

  Introduction to Disorders and Problems When things go wrong with the brain they tend to go wrong with the mind. Even a headache or fatigue will reduce ...

45. Tobacco & Nicotine - nicotine as therapy
(Neurohacking/Drugs & Chemicals)

... behavior controlled by the hypothalamus. In the weight study, nicotine-treated rats not only lost weight, they lost about 20% of their body fat compared to saline-treated controls. The researchers suggest ...

46. Drugs & Chemicals Intro - Part 3: Natural Introduced Chemicals
(Neurohacking/Drugs & Chemicals)

... is an Adenosine receptor antagonist (see caffeine, above), a cardiac stimulant, and has anti-asthmatic effects. It can reach toxic levels when taken with fatty meals, an effect called dose dumping.  ...

47. Cyberland
(Section)

... So, in order to avoid sharing the fate of humanity in this particular movie (The Matrix), the main risk being ignorance, we believe it's important to offer to the widest audience solid basics about computer ...