It's Not Frankenstein, But It's A Start

It's Not Frankenstein, But It's A Start

Craig Venter says that in a few months, his team will have created the first genuine artificial life form. As you may recall, Venter's team did the first whole genome transplant a few years back,…
Morning Science Quote

Morning Science Quote

The perception of truth is almost as simple a feeling as the perception of beauty; and the genius of Newton, of Shakespeare, of Michael Angelo, and of Handel, are not very remote in character from…
The Neurobiology Of Pleasure

The Neurobiology Of Pleasure

A sense of pleasure generated by the brain’s hedonic neural systems is fundamental to daily life and it's been essential for evolution and the survival of humans and most animals, say Morten…
Are you smarter than 90% of the public?

Are you smarter than 90% of the public?

I assume so, given that you're on Scientific Blogging. But if you have any lingering doubts, take the Pew Research Center's Science Knowledge quiz. It's a quick 12-question quiz about basic…
Networks are Killing Science

Networks are Killing Science

Here's a little exercise in scientific thinking. What's wrong the approach to science described in the following passage? (This passage, about applying network analysis to counterterrorism, is taken…