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An exploration of the serious/fun/ridiculous - past/present/future of the brain and the science that loves it.
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.
OmniBrain is now Of Two Minds!
Category: Animals
Wow, their brains are small. It all makes sense now - all they want to do is eat shit and kill their competitors. Anyone want to translate the, what I'm assuming, is Japanese for me? -Via Neatorama-...
Posted by The Omnibrain at 1:39 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Biology
It seems that there is a new way to tell if someone is gay. Look at the top of their head. Yes that's right, have them bend over, get onto their knees.. or you could stand on a chair and look. If their hair is swirling a little funny they might (or more likely might not) be gay.
Posted by The Omnibrain at 2:59 PM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Biology
To reduce the severity of his seizures, Joe had the bridge between his left and right cerebral hemispheres (the corpus callosum) severed. As a result, his left and right brains no longer communicate through that pathway. Here's what happens as a result:...
Posted by The Omnibrain at 11:01 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Biology
The memory-evaluation study, headed by Dr. Franklin McCarroll of New York University's School of Psychology, revealed that approximately 47 percent of Jenkins' hippocampus is dedicated to storing notable video-game victories and frustrating last-minute defeats, while 32 percent of his amygdala contains embedded neurological scripts pertaining to game strategies, character back...
Posted by The Omnibrain at 10:50 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Neuroart
Since you've all been clamouring to see it, here's my new tattoo, and a video clip of the work in progress. It's an intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cell, my favourite type of neuron. The artist was Gordon at Brain Drops, highly recommended. :) Enjoy your holidays!...
Posted by Sandra Kiume at 8:00 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Art
I love science blogs but you know... I really get sick of the acronym filled science talk, the obnoxious politics, and of course the religion sometimes. I just discovered a great new blog that has all the natural curiosity of a science blog but non of the crap. It is...
Posted by The Omnibrain at 12:50 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Biology
I've always heard that a beard can keep you warmer during the winter months but how can you really know?! After all, if you start with a beard and then shave it off there might be some strange adaptation effect going on. And who knows the memory of cold might...
Posted by The Omnibrain at 10:17 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Biology
Just because animals doing human things are funny I give you an elephant throwing darts: -via Neatorama-...
Posted by The Omnibrain at 4:26 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Food
A video featuring the cartoon fetus eating Christopher Reeve as well as a serious video from CBS News. Learn as well as be offended all in the same post!
Posted by The Omnibrain at 9:43 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Biology
An entertaining posting on craigslist: Survival Of The Fittest Date: 2007-08-30, 2:03PM EDT Whenever I get a package of plain M&Ms, I make it my duty to continue the strength and robustness of the candy as a species. To this end, I hold M&M duels. Taking two candies between my...
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Highly Allochthonous 11.05.2009
Eruptions 11.05.2009
Not Exactly Rocket Science 11.05.2009
Corpus Callosum 11.05.2009
Starts With a Bang 11.04.2009
