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The Omnibrain is a psychology graduate student at an online university. He hopes that the three weeks and $29.95 that he is spending on his Ph.D. will get him a job at a Tier 1 research university. Do online universities have postdocs? Ok...just kidding, The Omnibrain is a real graduate student at a real school somewhere in the continental United States - or maybe Europe.
September 28, 2007
Category: Drugs
Mind Hacks has alerted us to some amazing engineering from Harvard University: A team from Harvard Medical School are interested in how smoked marijuana affects the brain, but have come to the inevitable conclusion that it's actually quite hard smoking a joint when you're lying on your back being brain...
Posted by The Omnibrain at 10:22 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Neuroscience
Ok... maybe not for real reals but there are some brain eating amoebas taking over the world. Ok maybe they're not taking over the world but they really (for real this time!) have killed a few people. According to the AP: A killer amoeba living in lakes enters the body...
Posted by The Omnibrain at 10:14 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Video
Parodies of an infamous ad for HeadOn, a topical analgesic for headaches applied to the forehead. "It works through the nerves," claims its homeopathic maker.
Posted by Sandra Kiume at 8:00 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 25, 2007
Category: Books
From the official website: Hypochondriacs have long had to satisfy their needs for self-diagnosis with medical reference materials written for the masses, but this revolutionary book is dedicated entirely to the hypochondriac's unique perspective on health. The world's worst maladies, conveniently organized by symptom (real or imagined), will ignite...
Posted by The Omnibrain at 9:10 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
This counts as culture wars...right?!
Posted by The Omnibrain at 8:54 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 24, 2007
Category: Psychology
Can you solve this problem? Given a human being with an inoperable stomach tumor, and lasers which destroy organic tissue at sufficient intensity, how can one cure the person with these lasers and, at the same time, avoid harming the healthy tissue that surrounds the tumor? For the solution...
Posted by The Omnibrain at 10:11 AM • 14 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 21, 2007
Category: Video
Linguist Steven Pinker visits the Colbert Report....
Posted by Sandra Kiume at 8:00 AM • 2 Comments •
September 20, 2007
Category: Food
MMmmmm..... Brains! Mixed chocolate human mini brains treats with cherries is a set of twelve anatomically correct mini Chocolate Brains. Each brain is 1x1.25x.75" -via Neatorama-...
Posted by The Omnibrain at 11:52 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 19, 2007
Category: Health
Fewer people are washing their hands after using the toilet than only a couple years ago.
Posted by The Omnibrain at 10:24 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 18, 2007
Category: Vision
The Best Visual Illusion of the Year Contest is now accepting submissions for its 2008 prizes. The Neural Correlate Society hosts this fun and popular event now entering its fourth year. Last year's winning illusion will be tough to top! New this year are the three winners' trophies, designed...
Posted by Sandra Kiume at 8:00 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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