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January 13, 2007
1: Nat Neurosci. 2007 Jan;10(1):27-9. Epub 2006 Dec 17.
Mechanisms of scent-tracking in humans.
* Porter J,
* Craven B,
* Khan RM,
* Chang SJ,
* Kang I,
* Judkewicz B,
* Volpe J,
* Settles G,
* Sobel N.
299 Life Science…
January 12, 2007
For those of you who don't know, James Randi setup a million dollar prize for a psychic to prove that they are truly psychic. Here are the details:
Currently, claiming the money takes a few steps: An initiate first has to submit a notarized application, agree with the foundation on a test protocol…
January 11, 2007
Here's a working brain - mine. I took it out of my skull and recorded it.
Produced, Written, Filmed, Edited, and Directed by me! I should go into Hollywood! Isn't it the most amazing movie you've ever seen?!?!
January 11, 2007
Just because it should be posted at least once a year -
Pinky and the Brain go over the parts of the brain - in song!
January 11, 2007
you know... this brain is broken! it is supposed to open its mouth (which is pretty creepy and cool) at the end while it's growling - I'll post my improved brain after I make it into the office.
January 10, 2007
Ahhh modeling... gotta love it - especially when it models something like procrastination - or "Temporal Motivation Theory" as Dr. Piers Steel from the University of Calgary business school calls it.
He find these interesting things in his paper, "The Nature of Procrastination: A Meta-Analytic and…
January 9, 2007
Here are a bunch more - absolutely amazing.
I also ran across this today - here's some more examples of really really cool (and very expensive) furniture.
Ohhh yeah - if you'd like an omnibrain email address (run by gmail) shoot me an email and I'll set you up.
steve -at- omnibrain -…
January 9, 2007
We're always happy to link to (good) sites mentioning Omni Brain - but this one is better than usual :) Check out this interesting podcast from the blog Shrink Rap called My Three Shrinks. This
week covers topics like neuroeconomics, fMRI lie detection, and of course omnibrain ;) If you haven't…
January 9, 2007
Ohh boy...here we go. From the New Scientist Blog:
An ongoing US experiment to turn "homosexual" rams straight by altering their hormone levels has sparked the ire of both gay activists and animal rights groups. The work is reportedly being carried out at Oregon State University in the city of…
January 8, 2007
Check out this new pilot from PBS. You can watch the episode next Wednesday on TV or you can see it right now right here.
If you want this program to continue show your support by watching and sending your love to the website :)
Here is their press release:
22nd Century
"World Wide Mind"
Wednesday…
January 8, 2007
It seems that the New York Times may have some rampant speculation on their hands as to what parts of the brain make a hero ;)
When Mr. Autrey saw the stranger, Cameron Hollopeter, 20, tumble onto the tracks, his brain reacted just as anyone else's would. His thalamus, which absorbs sensory…
January 7, 2007
Hmm.... I don't know about this:
Schools should use episodes from Doctor Who to teach children about science rather than technical and "boring" textbooks, according to the new science minister.
Malcolm Wicks, who was appointed in November following the resignation of Lord Sainsbury, believes that…
January 6, 2007
I apologize for the previous post on sleeping positions and personality...that was clearly wrong, since this is obviously the correct way of determining someones personality type.
...you may want to listen to all that sneezing: A body language expert said that a sneeze can offer a revealing…
January 6, 2007
Ahh... more silliness from the old blog:
"Scientists believe the position in which a person goes to sleep provides an important clue about the kind of person they are."
I really enjoy the different position names:
The Foetus
Log
The yearner
Soldier
Freefall
Starfish…
January 5, 2007
This is a pretty darn cool study :)
To investigate, the researchers recruited 28 pooches and their owners. In each experimental session, the dog's owner or another familiar person positioned the dog about a meter away from a computer monitor hidden behind a screen. Then, the researchers played a…
January 5, 2007
As I'm sure many of you know, Colorado has been completely wrecked with snow - stranding thousands and thousands of cattle out in the fields leaving them to starve or wander off. One radio station, in an effort to help, called the most famous group for 'helping' animals in danger - PETA. Instead…
January 5, 2007
I ran across this entertaining site containing a bunch of science fair projects that should never happen.
Here's one of them:
January 4, 2007
Well there's Ask a ScienceBlogger... I think I want to institute "Help a ScienceBlogger."
Can anyone help me find sources about the development of religious beliefs in children?
December 30, 2006
After a previous post about mind control devices I received an interesting email from Catherine Heywood of the British Mind Control Network. It's a shame that "The British Mind Control Network (BMCN) is an online resource at present but hopes to become so within the next three years"
I'm sure…
December 30, 2006
Alan Turing - the father of computing - as a snowman.
Here's some more angles of the snowturing
Ohh and don't forget the statue (surely not as exciting as the snow sculpture!)
December 23, 2006
Hi everyone!
I've been a little lax in my posting as of late. I apologize and as soon as the holidays are over and I'm not sleeping on lots of couches in different places, I'll be more active again.
In the mean time here:
December 22, 2006
From the old blog:
I thought I would share an abstract I ran across while paging through some journals that I ordered from the stacks.
Human Ethology: The snack-bar security syndrome
By David P. Barash
From State University College (SUC?!), Oneonta, N.Y.
Psychological Reports, 1972, 31, 577-578.…
December 18, 2006
Something from the vaults:
Well...here it is: Dogs are not psychic. Ohh well I kinda thought they had a chance. Here's the originial report (scanned pdf) from the Army, it's pretty interesting actually. And here's a summary from the webpage:
In the early 1950s, Dr. Joseph Banks Rhine…
December 18, 2006
Got an hour or two? Check out the 2 part documentary, The God Delusion with Richard Dawkins
Part 2 is below the fold, as are the results of the Omni Brain user survey on religion (well it's really a single question).
Would you call yourself religious?
yes 13.6%
no 86.4%