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Saturday, March 10, 2012

ScienceDaily: Strange Science News

ScienceDaily: Strange Science News


Orientation of ants: Every cue counts

Posted: 09 Mar 2012 07:41 AM PST

Foraging desert ants always find their way back to the nest, even when it is only marked by a magnetic cue, vibration, or carbon dioxide.

Tracking pedestrians indoors using their smart phones

Posted: 09 Mar 2012 07:38 AM PST

The next generation of smart phone could combine the data from its gyroscopes with a built-in compass to allow you to track your movements when indoors even without GPS. Such a system could be useful for shopping mall managers, factory bosses for worker safety and security and office workers hoping to manage the flow of people through buildings. It could also be used to enable location based services and to help users navigate to specific meeting points or shops.

Revisiting LSD as a treatment for alcoholism

Posted: 08 Mar 2012 07:45 PM PST

Several decades ago, a number of clinics used LSD to treat alcoholism with some success. But until now, no research has pulled together the results of these trials to document exactly how effective LSD was. Now a new meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of the drug provides evidence for a clear and consistent beneficial effect of LSD for treating alcohol dependency.

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