Neuroscientists are searching for the ‘cellular substrate of loneliness’

To our human eyes, a mouse’s furred face doesn’t betray much emotion. But if you watch the body language of a mouse who’s reunited with one of her sisters after five days in a cage alone, you might suspect you know what she’s feeling.The formerly isolated mouse chatters in squeaks too high for a human to hear. She follows her sister, crawling beneath the other mouse’s body as if trying to get a hug. She looks like she’s feeling what you or I feel when meeting a long-lost friend or a family member — maybe with more sniffing.She looks like…

Do you really have to wash rice before you cook it?

If you’ve ever washed uncooked rice, you’ve seen the pale, milky-white water that rinses away. Billions of people across the world eat rice every day. So should everybody who cooks rice wash it beforehand?This question has been the subject of a number of scientific studies, which have looked at how…

Graham Platner once mocked teen’s suicide attempt in Reddit posts

Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner appeared to cruelly mock a teen’s suicide attempt in a newly resurfaced Reddit post. The May 2012 Reddit thread begins with a photo of a teenage girl hanging out of an upper-story window, with a young man gripping her arms in an apparent attempt…

Exclusive | Steve Hilton: ‘It’s now or never for California’ in election

Steve Hilton, the leading Republican candidate for California governor, told The California Post Monday he’s feeling confident, but not complacent, heading into Tuesday’s primary election. “It’s now or never for California — don’t let this chance for change slip away,” Hilton said, warning that an all-Democrat runoff is still within…

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