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Day and Night

by ConroyA day/night map of the worldJust a few days ago, September 23rd to be precise, was the September equinox. The date when the sun passes the Equator on its southward... Read more

Paperblog Pick in Science

Computers SEE What Humans Are Thinking? Well, Maybe...

Scientists, for the first time ever, used brain imaging to determined what moving images a person is seeing. What enabled this breakthrough was a brain imaging technique called... Read more

LATEST ARTICLES BY PAPERBLOGGERS

Planet with Two Suns Discovered; Researchers Nickname It “Tatooine”

Scientists have announced the discovery of a new planet, Kepler 16-b, which has two suns. Is this a new Tatooine, Luke Skywalker's home planet in Star Wars? Or... Read more

The 16 September 2011 by Periscope
Astronomy, Current, Society
UARS Satellite Re-Enters the Atmosphere

UARS: coming to an Earth near you. Photocredit: Wikipedia Are we all doomed – again? This time it isn’t the financial crisis, it’s... Read more

The 23 September 2011 by Periscope
Current, Society
Is Shoplifting the Opiate of the Masses?

Another look at "behavioral addictions" and the DSM-V. The DSM-V, when it debuts it 2012, is set to replace the category of “Substance-Related Disorders” with ... Read more

The 01 September 2011 by Dirkh
Health, Psychology,
Day and Night

by ConroyA day/night map of the worldJust a few days ago, September 23rd to be precise, was the September equinox. The date when the sun passes the Equator on... Read more

The 28 September 2011 by Conroy
Astronomy,
Ventifacts

image credit Ventifacts are rocks that have been abraded, pitted, etched, grooved, or polished by wind-driven sand or ice crystals. Read more

The 06 September 2011 by Gerard
Outdoors,
The Biology of Stimulants, Or Why You Can’t Stay High Forever

An essay on the losing battle for perpetual reward. The amphetamine high, like the cocaine high, is a marvel of biochemical efficiency. Stimulants work... Read more

The 28 September 2011 by Dirkh
Health, Psychology,
The Quest For Perpetual Motion

image credit The expression perpetual motion arose historically in connection with the quest for a mechanism which, once set in motion, would continue to do... Read more

The 05 September 2011 by Gerard
Humor, Physics, Random,
The Strange and Secret Keeley Cure for Addiction

“Drunkenness is a disease and I can cure it.” In America in the late 1800s, curing alcoholism was a serious business—and for Dr. Leslie Keeley, a very lucrativ... Read more

The 12 September 2011 by Dirkh
Health, Psychology,
Can Neutrinos Travel Faster Than Light?

image credit The speed of light is the Universe's ultimate speed limit, and much of modern physics - as laid out in part by Albert Einstein in his special... Read more

The 23 September 2011 by Gerard
Current,
On Chemical Imbalances in the Brain

Maybe it’s not such a bad a theory after all. The brain, as always, bats last. It compensates, reregulates, and adjusts. One of the major ways it accomplishes... Read more

The 07 September 2011 by Dirkh
Health, Psychology,