today i learned (til)
The Pot That Keeps on Giving: Perpetual Stew
Image adapted from "Perpetual stew laughing" taken by Annie Rauwerda is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Would you eat stew from a pot that’s been cooking for...
BC.(I): A Neurotechnological Timeline of Innervating Interfaces
References
Hebb, D. O. (1949). The organization of behavior: A neuropsychological theory. New York: Wiley.
Hochberg, L. R., Serruya, M. D., Friehs, G. M., Mukand, J....
Neural Links: The Road to Real-Life Telepathy
Pssst... you... yes you... Can you hear me?
You hear someone speak to you, but nobody is around. What if that was your reality? Being...
Mind Over Matter: How Brain Implants Are Making Telekinesis Real
Imagine a world where you can move objects and complete tasks simply by thinking about them. Sounds like a pretty relaxing and too-good-to-be-true idea,...
Overcoming Depression at the Level of the Brain
Depression is a common but serious mood disorder that causes persistent feelings of sadness. Many people, ranging from young to old, suffer from depression....
A History of Bias: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment
We’ve come a very long way in the way we perceive medicine and how we use it. We’ve grown from studying the humors of...
Health Shot: Vitamin Overdose
Too much of a good thing is even better? Right? Wrong. Turns out with vitamins, this is not the case. The Vitamin market is...
Psychedelics
Introduction:
Microdosing is the use of micro amounts of psychedelic substances on a consistent basis (Anderson). Psychedelics, such as LSD and psilocybin (street names acid...
Nicotine is Dope: a poem on vaping and addiction
What nice etiquette
Not to be burning a cigarette.
With flavors like Diet Coke
Instead of plain old smoke.
Youth claim to thrive
On something that resembles a flash...
Should We Be Worried About Zombie Pathogens?
In the summer of 2016, Arctic regions such as Siberia and Greenland were hit with an unusual heat wave. As plants grew and water...