A family in York, England, has spent $1500 on four operations and brain surgery to save the life of their pet rabbit. ***MARLAR: How lucky can a rabbit’s foot be if you have FOUR of them and still need brain surgery?

LeBron James says he hasn't ruled out signing a contract with the Knicks. And doctors have not ruled out brain lesions.

A joint French-U.S. study shows that pigeons have one of the best long-term memories in the animal kingdom.  ***MARLAR: And there you go – undeniable proof that they truly ARE targeting your car on purpose.

Doctors have always assumed that both human ears were basically the same. But a UCLA study of babies may change a lot of assumptions about the way the brain works, because it found that the right ear is better at picking up speech-like sounds, while the left ear is better at processing music. ***MARLAR: So one ear is for talking and one is for music...Which ear does rap go into?

It sounds like a Halloween story, and we’re skeptical, but they say this one is true.  A University of Florida scientist has grown a living "brain" - a group of 25,000 rat brain neurons - in a glass dish, and they are interacting via computer with an F-22 fighter jet flight simulator. It's already "learned" how to control the pitch and roll of the jet in conditions ranging from blue skies to hurricane force winds.  ***MARLAR: Be looking for “FrankenRat” to be piloting your flight on Southwest Airlines soon.

Scientists at the University of Richmond in Virginia, studying pregnant rats, say that hormones released during pregnancy and after birth cause long-lasting changes in the brains of female rats that increase their ability to remember and learn new tasks. Although the research was limited to laboratory animals, the researchers believe it could have the same implications for humans. ***MARLAR: They expect this time next year to be able to train a pregnant woman to go through a maze to find cheese.

Contrary to conventional parental beliefs about turning off loud music to study, psychologists at Glasgow Caledonian University in Scotland discovered that listening to rock music can boost brain power.  ***MARLAR: It did wonders for Ozzy Osbourne.

Wolf Blitzer substituting for Larry King, interviewed the Heene family the other day on CNN . Blitzer was heard saying after the show " Well young Falcon is certainly no Birdbrain . "  But his mom Mayumi, Oh what a Dingbat ! "   

Michelle Mack has turned medical thinking upside down. Born with only half a brain, Mack can speak normally, graduated from high school and has an uncanny knack for dates. At 27, doctors determined that the right side of her brain had essentially rewired itself to make up for function that was likely lost during a pre-birth stroke.   ***MARLAR: Jessica Simpson is said to be encouraged by the news.

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