Electricity and the Nervous System

As we mentioned in Chapter 31, the nervous system (brain, neurons, etc.) generates electricity in order to work correctly, here is an interesting article on electricity and the brain:

http://www.wired.com/2014/05/what-happens-if-you-apply-electricity-to-the-brain-of-a-corpse/?mbid=social_fb

Antibiotic resistance is becoming more widespread

Material we discussed in chapter 19 is making headlines again, thanks for the overuse of antibiotics in the recent years we have forced natural selection and selected for antibiotic resistant bacteria . . .

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/antibiotic-resistance-is-now-rife-across-the-globe/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ScientificAmerican-News+%28Content%3A+News%29