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London, Oct 5 (ANI): A 7-year-old blind boy has been given the nickname Batboy, for he has learnt how to “see” by using his ears.
Lucas Murray, who was born blind, is believed to be the first in Britain to use echoes to visualise his surroundings.
He clicks his tongue on the roof of his mouth, and discovers where objects are based on how the sound bounces back...... |
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Britain's oldest mother brought her baby home for the first time yesterday.
Elizabeth Adeney, 66, looked radiant as she lifted her son lovingly out of her car.
Doctors have been monitoring Mrs Adeney and her baby in hospital since she gave birth to the boy weighing 5lb 3oz by caesarean section a week ago after IVF treatment......
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Dubbed the "Dracula" fish, the creature is about 17mm (0.7 inches) long and has been found in only one Burmese stream.
The researchers, from London's Natural History Museum (NHM), believe the fish lost its teeth over evolutionary time, but later evolved the bone fangs.
Writing in the Royal Society's journal Proceedings B, they say the males use the fangs to jostle each other - but do not appear to draw blood......
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Molecular basis for learning
European scientists have
proved there is a shared molecular basis for mice's
ability to
learn, form memories and recall them.
A cellular molecule in the brain's hippocampus is
responsible, according to a group led by Liliana
Minichiello at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory
in Monterotondo, Italy, together with Agnès Gruart from
the Universidad Pablo de Olavide in Spain.
"Obviously, mental illnesses can better be cured when you
know what molecules are involved. Right now, these drugs
in existence, they do something, but very little. And I
think that is because of a lack of knowledge about the
molecular mechanism. It is not the first target to make a
drug, but (our discovery) definitely will aid the people
that do that work," said Minichiello.
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