A recent Nature article reports that laughter can have the same affects as being high on cocaine.
The end of Moore’s Law?
CNet comments on a recent paper titled, Limits to Binary Logic Switch Scaling–A Gedanken Model – by Intel scientists, which suggests that by 2018 it will become extremely difficult for …
Irene Pepperberg on cognitive and communitive abilities of birds
There is also a great article by Irene Pepperberg on the cognitive and communicative abilities of animals. The article makes reference to a MIT project called, Rover@Home which was a …
Stuart Kaufman on Autonomous Agents
There is an really interesting article by Stuart Kaufman in Edge.org which looks at autonomous agents as being able to both reproduce itself and do at least one extra work …
Why are flamingos pink?
Ever wondered why flamingos are Pink? Well, New Scientist have posted an answer in The Last Word. Interestingly it’s all about diet.
Scientists map the Dog Genone
Well, it was only a matter of time, but the poodle has become the fourth mammal to have its genome mapped, joining the list of mammals including the rat, mouse …
China’s first manned space flight
New scientist reports that China will launch their first human space flight following week-long celebrations on 1 October. The Shenzhou spacecraft will carry a single Chinese astronaut into space and …
Galileo space probe mission end
The Galileo space probe, which launched October 18, 1989 onboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis will end its mission on the 21st of September, 2003 by plunging into Jupiter, the planet …
Cell transplant restores vision
BBC World reports on a stem cell transplant that has given vision back to a blind man. The operation transplanted corneal (part of the eye that covers the iris and …
The Insect Company photo gallery
If you dislike creepy crawlies and other nasty looking bugs, you might find this site somewhat frightening, but aside from the tips for starting your own bug collection and specimens, …
BBC Radio 4 – How we think?
A great 3-part science programme by BBC Radio 4 on How We Think. Presented by Ian Peacock, the series starts by looking at how children learn to think, a look …
Language, music, syntax and the brain
A really interesting high-level article by Aniruddh D. Patel and published in Nature Neuroscience which looks at the comparative study and cognitive theory of music and language and its representation …
The Gene Ontology Consortium
The Gene Ontology (GO) project is a collaborative effort to address the need for consistent descriptions of gene products in different databases. The Gene Ontology Consortium‘s aim is to produce …
MIT’s OpenCourseWare lectures notes in Cognitive Science
MIT OpenCourseWare lectures/courses on Brain and Cognitive Sciences
A microbe breaks heat living record
A microbe that lives in Water and near hydrothermal vents at the bottom of the ocean is the only living thing on Earth to survive up to temperatures above 121 …