Dec. 5th, 2005

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Mystery mammal discovered in Borneo’s forests
A mysterious red furry creature, captured on film in the dense forests of Borneo, could be a new species of carnivore.

The mammal, which is slightly larger than a domestic cat, has dark red fur and a long, bushy tail. It was snapped twice at night by a camera trap set up by researchers from the conservation group WWF.
[...]
“New species are always exciting, and new species of cuddly things are exciting,” says Nick Isaac, a research fellow at the Zoological Society of London, UK.


He's right, you know. New species are exciting. And I admit to my fondness for the cute and cuddly.

Dopamine blockers lead faithful voles astray
The secret to everlasting love may lie in a specific region of the brain activated by the brain chemical dopamine, say researchers studying prairie voles.

The rodents usually form lifelong monogamous pair-bonds with their mating partners, but the researchers found that by manipulating certain dopamine receptors in specific regions of their brains, they could disrupt these relationships and even cause them to become unfaithful.


"You've correctly triggered my dopamine receptors, darling." Just doesn't have quite the same ring to it, does it?

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