New Scientist reports on an unusual perceptual quirk schizophrenia grants its victims – the ability to see through the tricky “hollow mask” optical illusion:
… Read the rest “Of schizophrenic sight and hollow faces.”Telling
BBC News reports on a new kind of observational satellite overhead. It’s not looking down at us – it’s feeling our weight:
… Read the rest “The satellite feels.”As Goce “bumps” through Earth’s
Washington University in St. Louis has been looking at depressed people’s brains – specifically the “default mode network,” a series of connections that link… Read the rest “Depressed brains are… depressed.”
The sober, respectable Financial Times isn’t really the publication one would expect to be covering OH EM GEE THE ROBOT THINKS IT THINKS! kind of breakthroughs, but that’s… Read the rest “AI baby step: Robot masters scientific method.”
Where Edison’s power came from. It’s a step up from what was called, no lie, an iron-clad machine.
Today, we use alternating current. (Go ahead, click that link. It lets you … Read the rest “Science Art: Bipolar direct-current generator, Webster’s New International”
New Scientist pulls back the veil from a team of Canadian biotech researchers who have built a yeast-based fuel cell that can run on blood:
… Read the rest “Vampire batteries for implants eternal!”Such fuel cells would be especially useful for devices,
From Chris Pirillo’s Lockergnome comes news of good cheer to those who can’t tear their gaze away from Left4Dead for more than a few seconds at a time. Researchers have concluded… Read the rest “First-person shooters in shades of gray.”
New Scientist, always on the raw, throbbing edge of behavioral science, reveals the heartwarming findings about the couple that spanks together:
… Read the rest “Spank for a happy relationship!”SPANKING is stressful at first, but it
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