Your brain on pseudoscience
Call it what you want – neuroscientism, neurobabble – it’s evidence that quackery is on the rise. No matter what the question, it seems, brain research has the answer… more» Via Arts & Letters...
View ArticleCould the Internet ever become conscious?
In the world of sci-fi movie geekdom, Aug. 29, 1997, was a turning point for humanity: On that day, according to the Terminator films, the network of U.S. defense computers known as Skynet became...
View ArticleScience Images that Border on Art
So many images created in the name of science are brilliant works of art. Magnetic resonance imaging, for instance, produces beautiful reconstructions of the human brain, with all its neural tracts...
View ArticleQuiz: Are You Scientifically Literate?
Are you scientifically literate? Take the quiz You may have an opinion on climate change, evolution education, stem-cell research, and science funding. But do you have the facts to back up your...
View ArticleScience: Vintage Cover Art of the Day
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View Article[VIDEO] The Teenage Brain Explained
The narrator talks fast. I like that. Look for the phrase “Hormonal Rodeo”. Being a teenager is hard. Especially when hormones play their part in wreaking havoc on the teenage body and brain. In this...
View ArticleVintage Atomic Photo of the Day: How Isotopes Are Made
Click for full-sized image Filed under: Art & Culture, History, Science & Technology Tagged: 1950s, Atomic, Cold War, design, Illustration, Museum, Nuclear Energy, Photography, science,...
View Article[Photo] Vintage: Mad Scientist’s Laboratory
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View ArticleRare Photo of Pundit Planet Co-Founder
Our co-found and Editor-At-Large. Though this snapshot looks vintage, it was actually taken fairly recently, around 2007, back when he had a bit less gray hair, and long before he had a 3-D printer....
View ArticleA Map of Every Device in the World that’s Connected to the Internet
A map of every device in the world that’s connected to the internet http://t.co/fFoTSySwk9 pic.twitter.com/2QPMNv6ANm — Gizmodo (@Gizmodo) August 28, 2014Filed under: Mediasphere, Science &...
View Article[VIDEO] You Know What’s Fun? Swing is Fun. Jazz Violinist Nora Francesca Germain
“Swing is Fun” by Nora Germain from Album ‘Little Dipper’ available now. Copyright Nora Germain 2014. Download here. Nora Francesca Germain Nora Germain on twitter.Filed under: Art & Culture,...
View ArticleSettled Science: Jazz Periodic Table
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View ArticlePeriodic Table
Filed under: Entertainment, Humor, Think Tank Tagged: Periodic Table of Elements, Photography, Physics, science
View Article[VIDEO] London Dinner Party: Tim Minchin’s Must-See Animated Movie ‘Storm‘
In the confines of a London dinner party, comedian Tim Minchin argues with a hippy named Storm. While Storm herself may not be converted, audiences from London to LA have been won over by Tim’s...
View Article‘The Wonderland of Science’
Filed under: Art & Culture, Science & Technology Tagged: graphics, Illustration, science, vintage
View ArticleGroundbreaking Study Finds Gratification Can Be Deliberately Postponed
MEDFORD, MA—In a finding that upends longstanding assumptions about human mental capabilities, a Tufts University study published Monday has determined that gratification can actually be deliberately...
View Article[VIDEO] What Makes Spiders Scary
Scientists hope to learn whether arachnophobes’ perception of spiders as larger than actual size causes their fear—or whether it is the fearfulness itself that causes their visual misperception. Filed...
View Article[COMIC] ‘If Science Solved the Secrets of Gland Control’
Filed under: Comics, Entertainment, Humor Tagged: Cartoon, Comic book, Illustration, science, vintage
View ArticleScience: Vintage Cover Art of the Day
Source: RetrogasmFiled under: Art & Culture, Mediasphere, Science & Technology Tagged: Art, Comics, Library, poster, rockets, science, Space, vintage
View Article[VIDEO] The Teenage Brain Explained
The narrator talks fast. I like that. Look for the phrase “Hormonal Rodeo”. Being a teenager is hard. Especially when hormones play their part in wreaking havoc on the teenage body and brain. In this...
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