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Reading the criminal mind

acahen wrote 5 days ago: Besides its surprisingly good action cinematography, ‘Minority Report’ owes its huge success to the … more →

Tags: Viewpoint, Brain imaging, deception, Determinism, fMRI, Freedom, Harry Frankfurt, Hume, Lying

Scientific Perspective on Healthcare Reform

Fetu wrote 3 weeks ago: If you take out the passion, obsession, and fear mongering out of the healthcare reform debate, you … more →

Tags: pieces of information, Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care, Healthcare Reform, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, science and technology

Blame quantum amnesia for lack of time travel

davidkirkpatrick wrote 3 months ago: Via KurzweilAI.net — And if quantum amnesia is a real phenomena without a solution time travel … more →

Tags: Science, Etal, technology, MIT, KurzweilAI.net, quantum mechanics, quantum-mechanical amnesi, Time Travel

Looking into the first eleven dimensions

davidkirkpatrick wrote 3 months ago: Via KurzweilAI.net — Multidimensional research is always fun. Beyond space and time: Fractals, … more →

Tags: Science, KurzweilAI.net, fractals, multidimensional, string theory, Hyperspace

Where is my mind?1 comment

acahen wrote 4 months ago: Kasparov's mind When is a thing or process a part of a person’s body or bodily process? It seems … more →

Tags: Viewpoint, Mind, Psychology, Memory, technology, extended mind, Externalism, mental process, Mentality

Heaven's Fury -- Modelling the Exploding Star2 comments

cthulhu wrote 4 months ago: This Argonne supercomputer visualisation shows the mechanism behind the violent death of a short-liv … more →

Tags: zeitgeist und weltanschauung, Explosion, Star, Supernova, gallery, supercomputer, Physics, Chicago, Argonne National Laboratory

Study of Primates Indicates Grammar is Linked to Memory

adamtree wrote 5 months ago: According to NewScientist, a study employing 14 cotton-top tamarins and nonsense words broadcast ove … more →

Tags: language, Learning, Grammar, Cotton Top Tamarins, Ansgar Endress, Harvard University, Memory

Noteworthy: Cellphones tap the wisdom of crowds in Kenya

AZRATEK Staff wrote 5 months ago: NewScientist — A Masai herdsman from Kisumu in Kenya, answers a call on his cellphone. After listeni … more →

Tags: Business, social networking, crowd sourcing, Kenya, Masai, Wisdom of Crowds

Carbon Nanotube Lamp

Fetu wrote 7 months ago: It was only a matter of time before we saw this development. NewScientist resports (World’s ti … more →

Tags: the grand energy challenge, science and technology, pieces of information, carbon nanotubes, LAMP, incadescence, filament, Chris Regan, University of California

Swine Flu (H1N1) Outbreak: Recombination and Media Responsibility

Stephen wrote 7 months ago: Students in my class take part in this discussion here. Comments on this post have been disabled. As … more →

Tags: recombination, Evolution, Disease, health, Genetics, swine flu, CDC, RNA, Virus

Messages to ET & SETI musings.

jukeboxparables wrote 7 months ago: NewScientist is running a story with the lead; “Why we shouldn’t hide our problems from … more →

Tags: Science, Music, the beatles, SETI, ET, Messages, Space, Golden Record, Douglas Vakoch

Why money messes with your mind

pdalbury wrote 8 months ago: [newscientist.com - Mark Buchanan] Many of us have fraught relationships with our cash: now psycholo … more →

Tags: health & science

Developed Disbelievers: How Science Creates Excuses2 comments

Leslie Taylor wrote 10 months ago: NewScientist Article – Born Believers Ah, science.  The use of our intelligence to explain awa … more →

Tags: Jesus, Biblical Evidences, Christianity, Science, Evolution, Belief, God, Naturalism

Police In The U.S. Could Soon Have “Pain Ray” Guns 1 comment

dajunglechemist wrote 11 months ago: Imagine a world where police have the ability to fire pain ray guns at protesters that instantly cau … more →

Tags: Martial Law/Police State, nwo, active denial system, Martial Law, Non-lethal weapons, pain ray, Police State, Protests, ray gun

NanoTouch, lucid touchscreen navigation5 comments

Eliot Phillips wrote 12 months ago: The fine folks at Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs (MERL) are demoing a new touchscreen system that … more →

Tags: handhelds hacks, News, portable video hacks, Engadget, LucidTouch, Merl, Mitsubishi, nanotouch, New Scientist

Apple or Berry - here's the magic we need for our touch screen phone

tony serve wrote 1 year ago: NewScientist has some great news for anyone who’ struggled with touch screens and big fingers … more →

Tags: iPhone & other Geeky stuff, iPhone, Google, IT, iPhone Developers, technology, cell phone, Mobile Phone, Invention

"Those who managed to understand geometry were able to avoid things being thrown at them"

jebavarde wrote 1 year ago: A great quote from Marcus du Sautoy, speaking to New Scientist in this article. I think that our bra … more →

Tags: General, maths, Geometry, Marcus du Sautoy

Army seeks robotic search unit

davidkirkpatrick wrote 1 year ago: From KurzweilAI.net — Matt Yglesias, now blogging at Think Progress, occasionally opines/worri … more →

Tags: Science, Etal, technology, military, KurzweilAI.net, Matt Yglesias, united states army, Multi-Robot Pursuit System, Short Sharp Science

SAY NO TO COOKIES!1 comment

Houston wrote 1 year ago: I recently came across an article on NewScientist.com about the origins of willpower. While most of … more →

Tags: Science, the origins of willpower, Willpower, Self-Control, lemonade, Coping With Stress, Making Difficult Decisions, chasing goats, all-encompassing health drives


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