AMERICANTHINKER - The paradox of peace and technology
The easier life gets, the more our intelligence atrophies
AMERICANGREATNESS (Lipton Matthews) - Book Review: ‘Inevitable Differences’ by John Staddon
John Staddon, professor emeritus of psychology and neuroscience at Duke University, brings unusual precision to a subject that has long been governed more by social […] Source
NPR (Jon Hamilton) - Is a transparent fish the future of brain science? This center is betting on it
One of the world's leading brain research centers is shifting away from fruit flies and toward a tiny, transparent fish. The goal: to understand how brains control the behavior of an animal or human.
One of the world's leading brain research centers is shifting away from fruit flies and toward a tiny, transparent fish. The goal: to understand how brains control the behavior of an animal or human.Open
NYTIMES (Carl Zimmer) - Neil Shubin on Trusted Science in a ‘Deeply Partisan Age’
An eminent fossil hunter takes the reins at the National Academy of Sciences in a turbulent moment for American researchers.
NYTIMES (Rachel Nuwer) - Nearly Everyone, Everywhere, Veers Left When Walking
Researchers are at a loss for why people across cultures and ages, regardless of their dominant hand, have a natural bias toward wandering in a counterclockwise direction.
NPR (Ari Daniel) - Bumblebees have tiny brains but they can solve problems like chimps and elephants
New research suggests the fuzzy insects may be capable of spontaneously solving problems the way animals with much larger brains do.
New research suggests the fuzzy insects may be capable of spontaneously solving problems the way animals with much larger brains do.Open
NYTIMES (John McWhorter) - The British Used to Sound Like We Did
When they left, they changed.
AMERICANTHINKER - From the alley to the Heaviside Layer: AI, redemption, and the human need for transcendence
With the dawn of AI breaking on the horizon, what might that intersection with humanity look like?
NYTIMES (Rachel Nuwer) - Pigeons and People Have Been Frenemies for Longer Than You Think
Bones discovered at an archaeological site in Cyprus suggest the birds have been strutting around human settlements since at least 1400 B.C.
NPR (Ari Daniel) - Some plants have a genetic superpower that may help them survive a cataclysm
Get ready for a biology lesson. Certain plants have extra sets of chromosomes. And it turns out, it's a useful trait for a species facing a dramatic event like climate change.
Get ready for a biology lesson. Certain plants have extra sets of chromosomes. And it turns out, it's a useful trait for a species facing a dramatic event like climate change.Open