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What actually happens in your brain when you change your mind?

What actually happens in your brain when you change your mind?

Melbourne, Sep 5 (The Conversation) Imagine a game show where the host asks the contestant to randomly pick one option out of three: A, B or C. After the contestant chooses, say, option B, the host reveals one of the remaining choices (say C) does not contain the prize. In the final step, the contestant is asked whether they want to change their mind and select the remaining option A or stick with their original choice, B. Dubbed the Monty Hall problem after an American game show host, this famous puzzle has entertained mathematicians for decades. But it can also

How environmental RNA can give us a real-time picture of freshwater biodiversity

How environmental RNA can give us a real-time picture of freshwater biodiversity

Montreal, Sep 5 (The Conversation) As climate change and human activity threaten freshwater ecosystems like lakes and rivers, it’s more important than ever to know how the species who inhabit them are being impacted. But traditional methods of monitoring species, such as catching animals, are challenging to implement and can miss rapid changes. What if we could track life without capturing or directly observing individual animals? It turns out we can, by reading the DNA and RNA they leave behind in the water. Every living thing leaves tiny traces in their environment — skin cells, waste or microscopic fragments we

BJP unleashed thuggery from all over the world in Bihar Bandh protests: Tejashwi Yadav

BJP unleashed thuggery from all over the world in Bihar Bandh protests: Tejashwi Yadav

Patna (Bihar) [India], September 5 (ANI): Leader of Opposition in the Bihar Assembly and Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav on Friday launched a scathing attack on BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) for holding the Bihar Bandh protests yesterday, saying that the world’s largest party, BJP, “unleashed thuggery from all over the world” in Bihar. In a post shared on X, Yadav said, “For the Bihar bandh, they could have hired people just like for the rally. Just as they pressure the police and administration in rallies, for the bandh, they could have told the police themselves to stop the traffic.

Rahul Gandhi writes to railway minister, seeks halt at Rae Bareli for Rajdhani Express

Rahul Gandhi writes to railway minister, seeks halt at Rae Bareli for Rajdhani Express

Rae Bareli, Sep 5 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has written to Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, seeking a halt for the Dibrugarh-New Delhi Rajdhani Express at Rae Bareli junction. In his letter, Gandhi pointed out that while the train already passes through Rae Bareli, passengers from his constituency have long been requesting a halt at the station to ease their travel, especially towards the national capital. He urged the railway minister to consider the demand for halts of train numbers 20503/20504 and 20505/20506 at Rae Bareli junction. “The people of my parliamentary constituency have repeatedly requested for a brief halt,

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