The discussion centers on understanding brain function, particularly in babies, and how it differs from adult brain processes. Participants express curiosity about the mechanisms of thought and processing within the brain. Neurons and their electrical impulses are highlighted as key components in brain function. The conversation suggests that the simplicity of a baby's brain may contribute to easier processing compared to adults. Overall, the thread emphasizes the complexity of brain function while acknowledging the unique aspects of infant cognition.
Chagas disease, long considered only a threat abroad, is established in California and the Southern U.S.
According to articles in the Los Angeles Times, "Chagas disease, long considered only a threat abroad, is established in California and the Southern U.S.", and "Kissing bugs bring deadly disease to California". LA Times requires a subscription.
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I just read about a pandemic of "sleeping sickness" aka Encephalitis lethargica from 1915 to 1926; cause unknown!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encephalitis_lethargica
Encephalitis lethargica is characterized by high fever, sore throat, headache, lethargy, double vision, delayed physical and mental response, sleep inversion and catatonia.
I am reading Nicholas Wade's book A Troublesome Inheritance. Please let's not make this thread a critique about the merits or demerits of the book. This thread is my attempt to understanding the evidence that Natural Selection in the human genome was recent and regional.
On Page 103 of A Troublesome Inheritance, Wade writes the following: "The regional nature of selection was first made evident in a genomewide scan undertaken by Jonathan Pritchard, a population geneticist at the...