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That the effect of bogus treatments is real has long been known, but the mechanism behind them is still largely a scientific mystery. The standard explanation is that we are just fooling ourselves. In Latin, placebo means "I shall please," which suggests that the placebo effect is just a fleeting...
So what is the link between a mother's influenza and her child's cardiac health, physical stature or risk of mental illness? Well, we don't really know. What we do know is that it's probably not the flu virus itself. There is no known biochemical mechanism that...
Witty comments aside, Khazei provided those in attendance with an extensive overview of his campaign platform, a platform that he has come to refer to as “Big Citizenship.” Khazei noted that “for too many people, the American dream has become a...
“Right now, we’re trying to understand what is going on fundamentally,” said Ristenpart. “This is a very counterintuitive mechanism taking place. There’s other situations as well, like sometimes a smaller daughter droplet is emitted.?...
According to Selsby, FAS IT and the Law School have submitted requests to Gmail to white-list @college and @law accounts to prevent further mail from being classified as spam. “Unfortunately, Gmail’s white-listing mechanism is automated and the white-list requests have not...