Friday, October 16, 2009 Consciousness and the brain - my response to you tube's "Quantum Phyics" welcome to the martrix Bill A Peoples October 16 at 4:08pm AFTER SPELL CHECK LOL--- Max Planck…

The “Om” from you tube is profoundly pleasant. I agree with the traditions, thoughts and expressions presented here. Obviously based on Sanskrit’s from Buddhism and Hinduism I still agree with the…

No one draws pictures of heads with little gears or hydraulics inside any more. The modern conceptualization of the brain is firmly computational. The brain may be wet, squooshy, and easy to serve…

What is the most important object physicists manipulate everyday? My answer with no hesitation is : the Lagrangian ! What is it? simply the object that contain everything one need to know about a…

"Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity" according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The Gallup…

No fact in the long history of the world is so startling as the wide and repeated extermination of its inhabitants. - Charles Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle Read the feed:

They laugh now, but within 10 years the city's entire criminal class will have quit to work on space research. See more excellence at xkcd.

The metric system rocks, right? And that's because it's an organic system of measure, derived directly from the circumference of the earth, right? And hasn't been subject to any malingering,…

Last May the CDF collaboration published their observation of the  baryon, a particle made by a very exotic "bss" quark triplet. The CDF result came almost one year after a similar measurement…

Despite widespread educational efforts aimed at helping the public make healthy choices, it's understood among experts that people often fail to comply with the advice offered by their doctors and…

A potentially dangerous level of carbon dioxide and methane gas haunts Lake Kivu, the freshwater lake system bordering Rwanda and the Republic of Congo. Scientists can't say for sure if the volatile…

Psychologists earlier this month confirmed what most parents likely already know about their  teenage children. The more they're involved in their kids' lives (Specifically, by knowing where…

Possibly I have found it: Species of Opisthoteuthis are the most compressed, in the anterior-posterior axis, of any cephalopod. Mmmm! Syrup, anyone?

People associate all kinds of physical features with good health; a slim waistline, full head of hair, and chiseled abs are all typical examples. Now researchers are suggesting that another feature…

If you don't think there's anything to learn by observing a bunch of drunk college students while they watch football and yell at the TV, you're missing out on a valuable cultural lesson. By…

Drug resistant infectious organisms pose a very serious threat to society, and are perhaps one of the biggest challenges that medical researchers face in their fight to keep people healthy. Despite…

RuBisCo Stars, Frank Drake and the "Riddle of Life" December 4, 2009. One of the great advantages of Scientific Blogging is the immediate feedback that is possible, and even a kind of conversation…

The siltstones, sandstones, mudstones and conglomerates of the Chuckanut Formation were laid down about 40-54 million years ago during the Eocene epoch, a time of luxuriant plant growth in the…

Agrtotechnology OF CROPS FOR BIOFUELS AND BIOENERGY Dr. Ashwani Kumar Professor of Botany Hon Director, Life Sciences Energy Plantation Demonstration Project Center, Department of Botany, University…

Beneficial Biofuels: The Food, Energy and Environment Trilemma. Dr. Ashwani Kumar Professor of Botany (Emeritus) Former Hon Director, Life Sciences and Head Department of Botany, University of…