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...simply telling the truth from those who are resisting the temptation to lie. His findings, which are based on functional-magnetic-resonance-imaging (fMRI) data, shed light not only on the workings of the human mind but also on the controversy over using fMRI technology outside the lab in the detection of lies. (Check out a story about how to spot a liar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The fMRI Brain Scan: A Better Lie Detector? | 7/20/2009 | See Source »

...Guard also approached it by boat. The North Slope Borough, the local government for the vast and sparsely populated cap of Alaska, sent its own people out of the main village of Barrow to have a look. They scooped up jars of the stuff for analysis in a state lab in Anchorage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arctic Mystery: Identifying the Great Blob of Alaska | 7/18/2009 | See Source »

...appointed day, the study volunteers were once again brought into the NIMH lab. This time, researchers monitored the kids' brain activity using fMRI while showing them the same pictures. The participants were asked to guess which of the kids in the pictures (the same kids they had rated - and who, they believed, knew those ratings) would like to interact with them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Girls Have BFFs and Boys Hang Out in Packs | 7/17/2009 | See Source »

...Antonio and one of three lead authors of the study. But he and his colleagues were prompted to test the aging effects of rapamycin, which was discovered in Easter Island soil samples about 40 years ago, after noting that the compound appeared to affect cell growth in lab animals in much the same way as calorie-restricted diets, which also appear to extend life. (Watch TIME's video "Mapping New York City's Rats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Does Life-Extending Drug Mean for Humans? | 7/9/2009 | See Source »

...agents for extending life, other drugs may be further along in the pipeline - resveratrol, for one, which has also prolonged life in lab mice. But the new finding by Strong and his colleagues "more clearly identifies the [target of rapamycin] pathway as important across species." It may guide researchers to target different proteins in the same pathway. "If those proteins react the same way to extend lifespan, then we might be able to get rid of unwanted side effects," says Strong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Does Life-Extending Drug Mean for Humans? | 7/9/2009 | See Source »

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