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Tungsten
“If one figures out how to create energy from the vacuum or transmit information faster than light, it’ll surely be done by applying the theory in new and unexpected ways, rather than by using specific experimental r...
brain science
We never know what we are talking about
Bertrand Russell said it. But when we try to talk about some things in neuroscience including consciousness science, mathematics creeps in on little cat feet. One of those things is patterns. Cook up a big ol’ heap o’ data,...
MBSci
Mind, meet brain? Howwayya?
I live in a little room called my mind, a warm and homey place. Sure it gets a little messy now and then, and I feel like cleaning out the mess, but then it’s my mind, and don’t you criticize what you can’t u...
Why Con
Ignorance: How It Drives Science
Firestein (a neurobiologist at Columbia University) takes us outside of the lab meetings, popular-science books, journal papers, and public talks where scientists promote what they already know and invites us into the bars and ...
Why Con
Brain Info
BrainInfo helps one identify structures in the brain. One can either search by a structure name or locate the structure in a brain atlas and get information such as its location in the classical brain hierarchy, images of the s...
MBSci
Breakthrough: A brain measure of consciousness?
Effective connectivity refers to a causal link between two or more brain areas, as if signal traffic can now flow over a highway system.
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Brain Awareness Week is Coming
From The Dana Foundation: March 14-20, 2011 is Brain Awareness Week. Join the global campaign to increase public awareness of the progress and benefits of brain research. Become a partner and plan an event or find an event in y...
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“Erasing” Traumatic Memories Moving from Science Fiction to Scientific Reality
From: TheGlobeandMail.com The brain has a remarkable capacity for keeping track of our past experiences. But detailed memories can sometimes seem more a curse than a blessing. This is especially true for those who’ve suffered...
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Bobby McFerrin Hacks Your Brain with Music
Enjoy this short, amusing video on the power of our human brain with regard to music. From: Ted.com Interesting comments: Jeff Weir Dec 4 2010: I think beyond the “predictive” nature of the human brain, there lies t...
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No Implants Needed: Movement-Generating Brain Waves Detected and Decoded Outside the Head
From: ScientificAmerican.com New research holds promise for a noninvasive brain-computer interface that allows mental control over computers and prosthetics. Our bodies are wired to move, and damaged wiring is often impossible ...