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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: Popular Culture
I've previously explored Superman's X-Ray vision and its scientific basis. Now it seems that someone has FINALLY come up with a reasonable explanation of his flight. I'm pretty sure I could breed some Supermen now given the right lab space. Postdoc here I come! Anyway, here's the abstract: Since Time...
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Category: Technology
The answer is a resounding sorta. Scientists at Harvard have done that calculations and found that "the aerodynamics of a flexible, rippling sheet moving through a fluid" ... should make it "possible to make one that will stay aloft in air." However, No such carpet is going to ferry people...
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Category: Technology
I'm going to make a bold bold prediction right here on Omni Brain. With the announcement of wireless electricity there will soon be a group of crazed wackjobs protesting it (well.. that is if it ever actually makes it to the consumer level) because the electricity flowing through the air...
Posted by The Omnibrain at 9:40 AM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Webcomics
The wasteful and unnecessary sport utility brain.
Posted by Sandra Kiume at 8:00 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Philosophy of Science
Phil Plait of Bad Astronomy writes eloquently on debating pseudoscientists: Debunking fringe theories is usually not trivial. For example, Richard Hoagland has been making his (mistaken) claims about Mars for literally decades. The breadth and depth of his claims is astonishing! It would take forever to debunk everything he says,...
Posted by Sandra Kiume at 11:24 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Academia
What are the big nasty debates in your field?
Posted by The Omnibrain at 1:23 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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