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Shedding Light on Oxytocin, the Happiness Hormone Neuroscience News

Summary: A new fluorescent sensor is able to detect oxytocin in living animals. Source: Osaka University Twinkling lights make the city view even more beautiful at night and can evoke feelings of romance and happiness. But what do these feelings look like inside the brain? Recently, researchers in Japan demonstrated that the power of light …

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Discovery of a remarkable 380 million year old core - Shedding new light on evolution

Discovery of a remarkable 380 million year old core – Shedding new light on evolution

The Gogo fish fossil where the 380 million year old 3D preserved heart has been discovered by researchers. Photographed at the WA Museum. Credit: Yasmine Phillips, Curtin University Paleontologists have discovered a 380 million year old heart – the oldest ever found – alongside a separate fossilized liver, stomach and intestine in an ancient jawed …

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