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NeuroSCIence in FIction: Kill Decision
From the Sleights of Mind archives. [More]
- Jag Bhalla - The Cognitive Science of Star Trek [More]
Anti-Psychiatry Prejudice? A response to Dr. Lieberman
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High Price: A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know about Drugs and Society [More]
The Cognitive Science of Star Trek
Star Trek needs more advanced cognitive science. The work of Kahneman can augment one of its central philosophical themes. We now have less warped models of intuition, logic, and morality.Take one small but telling example from the latest Star Trek m...
Girls Who Are Sexually Abused More Likely to Start Using Substances before Age 10
Many studies have confirmed the link between childhood sexual abuse and substance-related problems in adulthood. But a new investigation finds that being raped or molested at a young age also makes young girls far more likely to start drinking or doi...
Mary Roach Takes A Trip Down the Alimentary Canal
Groucho Marx said, “Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.” With this wisdom available for decades, the question arises: Why did author Mary Roach stick her arm inside a living cow&...
The Oklahoma tornado disaster was chilling in terms of sheer power and devastation caused. In this week's picks, I highlight two articles about tornadoes. The first one, by Douglas Main , examines the underlying causes of such destructive tornadoes...
[caption id="attachment_1481" align="alignleft" width="295" caption="The color of chemical compounds can often serve as an intuitive device for predicting their properties (Image: MarineBio)"] [/caption]Recently I read a comment by a leading chemis...
3-D Printed Windpipe Gives Infant Breath of Life
Kaiba Gionfriddo was six weeks old when he suddenly stopped breathing and turned blue at a restaurant. Kaiba’s parents quickly rushed him to the hospital where they learned that his left bronchial tube had collapsed because of a previously unde...
From the Sleights of Mind archives. When I was 11 or 12, my geography teacher in Spain announced that every student needed to learn the capital of each country in the world, in addition to all the major geographical features of every continent:...
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Video of the Week #93, May 23th, 2013: [More]
Studies Cast Doubt on Cancer Drug as Alzheimer's Treatment
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An Itch Is Not a Low-Level Form of Pain
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Protist-y art continued: the protist zodiac
One night, when I was definitely completely sober in every way possible (of course!), it struck me that while both the European and Chinese zodiacs (ones I'm familiar with) display a nice variety of animals with and without backbones (I happen to be...
Marine Protected Areas and Catalina Island: Conserve, Maintain and Enrich
By Rachel Roenfeldt [caption id="attachment_3997" align="alignright" width="353" caption="This is the logo for the US National System of Marine Protected Areas. Image courtesy of NOAA (http://www.noaa.gov/features/resources_0109/)."] [/caption] [Mo...
Once Upon A Time, The Catholic Church Decided That Beavers Were Fish
From time to time, politicians and other rulers-of-men like to categorize the natural world not according to biology, but rather for convenience or monetary gain. Take, for example, the tomato. The progenitor of ketchup is a seed-bearing structure th...
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A Brief History of Mental Illness in Art
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="466" caption="Saint Bartholomew Exorcising, circa 1440-1470 (Google Art Project, via Wikimedia Commons)"] [/caption]"Historically, many cases of demonic possession have masked major psychiatric disorder[s]."-...
Brain's Glial Cells Spark Seizures
When neurons fire together uncontrollably, epileptic seizures ensue. Yet what sparks the cells to go haywire in the first place? In January scientists found an unexpected answer. When glial cells in the cortex of fruit flies cannot properly control t...
Illusion of the week: It Kind Of Looks Like a Building
The New York Daily News sums up this story better than I can: Apparently, after thinking long and hard, the mouthpiece for China's Communist Party was cocksure that the erection of a new headquarters would be warmly received -- but they blew it. &n...
- David Rothenberg - Discover the Secret of the 17-Year Cicada, But It Won't Get You Tenure [More]
Fluoride Loosens Bacterial Enamel Grip
Fluoride helps fight cavities. That’s why it’s in our drinking water and toothpaste. But how this mineral works its dental magic is still somewhat mysterious. Now, researchers offer an incisive solution. They find that fluoride treatmen...
Infant Tooth Reveals Neandertal Breastfeeding Habits
The changing ratios of calcium and barium in the teeth of modern humans and macaques chronicle the transition from mother’s milk to solid food -- and may provide clues about the weaning habits of Neandertals, a new study suggests. [More]
