A new study says alcohol changes how the brain creates memories

Fruit flies are commonly used in experiments as they provide many advantages over more complex animals. In this case, they have small brains, only 100,000 cells, which can be more easily monitored than a larger animal and a genome that is well known and can be manipulated with few hidden variables.

A new study says alcohol changes how the brain creates memories

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Holotron: A Robotic Exosuit for Virtual Reality | Digital Trends

There was once a time, in the early 1990s to be precise, when the biggest impediment to achieving high-end virtual reality was the fact that the images were too fuzzy and slow-moving. Today, we’ve moved way beyond these early teething challenges. Holotron: A Robotic Exosuit for Virtual Reality | Digital Trends

Ironman 2017 - Maastricht

After I had read the Wikipedia page about the Ironman triathlon, my mind went from "insane" to "let's do that before I'm 40". I started running in September 2011, gradually increasing the mileage. In the process switching from regular running shoes to Vibram barefoot shoes. As the big 4-O came closer, it was time to up the game and get serious. Here was not something I was able to accomplish by myself. Exactly two years to the date of the IM I send an email to AVtriathlon, the tri club in my hometown requesting if I could give the running training a whirl. And whirl it was, thanks, Bert, Gert, Wouter and Joop for teaching me to run and having the patience to cope with my very sub-par motor skills. After six months things got better, I could finally do all of the running drills; learned a lot about heart rate, running technique, and pacing. Training for the swim started the same month as the running training. Twice a week, at 6 am, on Mondays and Fridays....

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