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Miniature atom smashers, the dangers of third-hand smoke, freebasing bees, the trouble with city life, the best of neuroscience from 2008...

• How the city hurts your brain
  Seed Editor-at-Large Jonah Lehrer explains how life in the big city can dull our minds and lower our self-control.
• Food Dance Gets New Life When Bees Get Cocaine
  Drugged-out bees may provide researchers with new insight into the treatment and prevention of drug use in humans.
• A very rough guide to the highlights of 2008
  A sometimes-educational and often-hilarious aggregation of neuroscience news and entertainment in 2008, including an article deemed "Most likely to hasten the coming robot war."
• The Nose Knows (Or Why Smoking Should Be Banned Everywhere)
  Research shows that long after cigarette smoke has dissipated, health risks still persist. The simple rule: if you can smell it, it's hurting you.
• Desktop atom smashers could replace LHC
  As the world tightens its belt in tough economic times, the future of expensive particle accelerators is anything but certain. A smaller, desktop-sized model could become a viable alternative.
  

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