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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,...
Toxic Birds
Introduction:
To consider something toxic, it must produce “an adverse biological effect” to humans or other animals (“Basic Terminology”). For birds, several species have adverse...
Are All-Nighters in College Actually Beneficial?
In college, it’s hard to balance sleep and studying. Many students sacrifice sleep in the hopes that that time spent studying instead will positively...
Painting With all the Colors of the Wind Part Two
PART TWO: WHY DOES SYNESTHESIA HAPPEN?
So, we know a bit about what synesthesia is. But what actually causes these remarkable perceptions?
Well the truth is,...
Painting With all the Colors of the Wind Part One
PART ONE: WHAT IS SYNESTHESIA?
Read this sentence.
Now stop. Go back, and read it again, but this time, listen to that sentence as well. No,...
Painting With all the Colors of the Wind Part Three
If you’ve already read this far, you hopefully have a pretty good picture of what synesthesia is, seen some scientific data that supports its...
Mayday, Mayday, Are We Syncing?
There is something funny, maybe even enjoyable, about the camaraderie many people seem to feel with their “period-buddies”. After all, we all know the...