By Stephen J. Morse The Neuroethics Blog The discovery of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in 1991, which permits non-invasive imaging of brain function, and the wide availability of scanners for research […]
By James Vlahos Wired It’s 1982, and I’m 11 years old, sitting at a Commodore PET computer terminal in the atrium of a science museum near my house. Whenever I come […]
By Andreas Kuersten TheThresh.com The drafting of a book is an intense undertaking, requiring a significant devotion of time and effort. Accordingly, book reviewers have an obligation to apply themselves […]
By Tay Wiles High Country News In the early days of ranching in the West, few laws existed, and those that did were hard to enforce. Beginning in 1873, county […]
By Gareth Cook Scientific American “The Thinker,” Auguste Rodin’s bronze sculpture, has become a visual cliché, a common representation of deep thought — a figure, gazing down, chin on hand, […]
By Richard Sapolsky Nautilus It’s been said, “There are two kinds of people in the world: those who divide the world into two kinds of people and those who don’t.” […]
By Francie Diep Pacific Standard Despite what procedural dramas might lead you to believe, the DNA that police collect at crime scenes can’t tell you anything about the characteristics of […]
