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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.
OmniBrain is now Of Two Minds!
Category: Health
The Super Bowl is all about chips and dip - so be careful. It could kill you if you're not! If you're a Seinfeld watcher you probably remember this scene: TIMMY: What are you doing? GEORGE: What? TIMMY: Did...did you just double-dip that chip? GEORGE: Excuse me? TIMMY: You double-dipped...
Posted by The Omnibrain at 1:03 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Video
Don't play any of the embedded videos if you've ever had a seizure. Now that we're done with the warning... We've all heard of the Pokemon incident in Japan where nearly 700 school aged children were admitted to the hospital with "convulsions, vomiting, irritated eyes and other symptoms" common to...
Posted by The Omnibrain at 1:55 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Video
"A thrilling documentary covering the origins and troubles surrounding the severe disease, Brain Freeze [a.k.a. Iceberger's Syndrome]." Link....
Posted by Sandra Kiume at 8:00 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Drugs
Fortune has announced the year's 101 Dumbest Moments in Business, including Prozac for dogs. "Thank God. We've been so worried since Lucky dyed his hair jet black and started listening to the Smiths." "Eli Lilly wins FDA approval to put Prozac into chewable, beef-flavored pills to treat separation anxiety...
Posted by Sandra Kiume at 8:00 AM • 9 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: Research
Clearly many problems with this study were missed in the peer review process.
Posted by The Omnibrain at 8:15 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Video
Anti-drug ad parody that's also an anti-drug ad itself. This is Your Brain on Heroin: Any Questions?....
Posted by Sandra Kiume at 8:00 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Humor
An effective new treatment for anxiety and depression: large sums of cash.
Posted by Sandra Kiume at 8:00 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Health
Remember... one conspiracy theory per crank.
Posted by The Omnibrain at 7:10 AM • 6 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
