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The brain’s silent majority - 2009 FALL
When you have no clue, call it glue. “Glia,” the Greek word for glue, was the name the pathologist Rudolph Virchow gave, back in 1856, to the gelatinous substance that forms the bulk of the brain.
When Worlds Collide: Micro Versus Macro Although humans have long observed the devastating effects of infectious diseases, the microscope made it possible to see the pathogens.
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Biology That Makes Us Tick: Free Stanford Course by Robert Sapolsky
First thing you need to know: Before doing anything else, you should simply click “play” and start watching the video above. It doesn’t take long for Robert Sapolsky , one of Stanford’s finest teachers, to pull you right into his course. Better to watch him than listen to me. Second thing to know: Sapolsky is a MacArthur Fellow, a world renowned neurobiologist, and an adept science writer best known for his book, Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers . Much of his research focuses on the interplay between the mind and body (how biology affects the mind, and the mind, the body), and that relationship lies at the heart of this course called “Human Behavioral Biology.”
(With last update date) Cover Foreword (August 13, 2009) Part 1. Quantum theory and consciousness Preface to part 1 (April 12, 2000)
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Three New Planets and a Mystery Object Discovered Outside Our Solar System — Eberly College of Science
By the late 1920s, the automobile had firmly established itself as the newest and most popular method of road transport. T he rapidly growing automobile industry led by Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company produced new and better models every year for the insatiable public demand. Increased wages and lower cost vehicles through mass production made cars increasingly affordable, although 3 out of 4 cars were bought on installment plans.
1920's Automobiles
Peak Oil -- No Longer the Right Question A Shell Oil geologist named M.
Peak Everything -- Why Everything Costs More
DNA seen through the eyes of a coder or If you are a hammer, everything looks like a nail This is just some rambling by a computer programmer about DNA.
DNA seen through the eyes of a coder
Arms and Armor—Common Misconceptions and Frequently Asked Questions | Thematic Essay
The field of arms and armor is beset with romantic legends, gory myths, and widely held misconceptions. Their origins usually are to be found in a lack of knowledge of, and experience with, genuine objects and their historical background.
Lincoln and the Civil War | Connections | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Harold Holzer 1280 852 Abraham Lincoln | 1863, printed 1901 | Alexander Gardner (American) | Gelatin silver print | Warner Communications Inc. Purchase Fund, 1976 (1976.627.1) 856 1024 Abraham Lincoln | 1863, printed 1901 | Alexander Gardner (American) | Gelatin silver print | Warner Communications Inc. Purchase Fund, 1976 (1976.627.1) 1126 820 Life Mask of Abraham Lincoln | 1860, cast 1886 | Leonard Wells Volk (American) and Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American) | Bronze | Purchase, Jonathan L.Psychologists chase down sleep demons
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- What do Moby Dick, the Salem witch trials and alien abductions all have in common? They all circle back to sleep paralysis. Less than 8 percent of the general population experiences sleep paralysis, but it is more frequent in two groups -- students and psychiatric patients -- according to a new study by psychologists at Penn State and the University of Pennsylvania.Mental calisthenics bulk up some layers
Harvard Gazette: Meditation found to increase brain size
DURHAM, N.C., and SINGAPORE -- The powers that be in Las Vegas figured out something long before neuroscientists at two Duke University medical schools confirmed their ideas this week: Trying to make decisions while sleep-deprived can lead to a case of optimism. The scientists showed, using a functional MRI, that a night of sleep deprivation leads to increased brain activity in brain regions that assess positive outcomes, while at the same time this deprivation leads to decreased activation in the brain areas that process negative outcomes.
Sleep-deprived people make risky decisions based on too much optimism | Scie...
1. Floating Post Office in Michigan? Michigan is the only place in the world with a floating post office . The J. W.