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Scientists at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) have identified a naturally occurring bacterium from the intestines of Japanese tree frogs (Dryophytes japonicus) that demonstrated remarkable anticancer activity in mice. The findings, published in Gut Microbes, introduce a new approach to cancer treatment that uses living bacteria to directly target tumors rather than simply altering the gut microbiome.

In 1983 Benjamin Libet found that brain activity predicts your movements before you are aware of deciding to move. The result has been reproduced many times, and it has been used ever since to argue that free will is an illusion. Three new papers say the measurements were fine but the interpretation was not. Let's take a look.

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Action fluency and conscious intention: being aware of what we are about to do

https://www.base-search.net/Search/Results?type=all&lookfor=Action+Fluency+and+conscious+intention&ling=1&oaboost=1&name=&thes=&refid=dcresen&newsearch=1%C3%B9

Undermining Free Will Belief Increases Forgiveness of Self and Others

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