You can't read a book like the excellent Conversations on Consciousness (interviews with experts in the field of consciousness), by Susan Blackmore (not pictured above), without having…

Can we get three cheers for psychology?  The bulk of the quality researchers in the field have consistently been under fire because of researchers like Satoshi Kanazawa and Marc Hauser but have…

Unfortunate subsets of some militant environmental groups believe that anyone who uses the land, including quite responsibly, is an enemy.    That isn't the case.  Science advancements…

Jumping genes, or more technically, transposons (see figure 1), are sequences of DNA that can move around the genome and find themselves a new place. In eukaryotic DNA, these jumping genes can…

I was meandering around the internet during the holiday weekend, catching up on RSS feeds and the like, and found this comic by David Coverly: It reminded me of something from a few weeks ago - …

I know I keep talking about the incredible unpredictability of squids, but it's an endlessly fascinating topic! Every time you think you've got them figured out, they surprise you--and I'd say that…

In football, if you are a lineman, you are going to give and take a lot of hits - but running backs really get punished.   Concussions and other head injuries have become a source of elevated…

"Can neuroscience provide evidence for a liberal and conservative thinking style? It may seem like a stretch to say that one could predict whether you lean left or right by looking at a brain scan—no…

Whenever a popular television health claim makes its way into the media, some skepticism is in order.  A decade-long war on "trans fats", including outright bans in some areas, was not based on…

Yesterday, I enjoyed a stimulating tea that has been enjoyed all over the northern hemisphere for thousands of years. We prepared (see pictures below) and consumed early in the morning together with…