Scientists are on the verge of building an artificial brain! How do I know? Terry Sejnowski of the Salk Institute said so right here on ScientificAmerican.com. He wrote that the goal of reverse-engineering the brain—which the National Academy of Engineering recently posed as one of its “grand challenges”—is “becoming increasingly plausible.” Scientists are learning more and more about the…
Nature – Antisense oligonucleotides effectively decrease the inclusion of exon 8A of CACNA1C in human cells both in vitro and in rodents transplanted with human brain…
Nature – BARseq interrogates the expression of 104 cell-type marker genes in 10.3 million cells over nine mouse forebrain hemispheres to reveal the role of…
Nobody was holding a gun to your head when you started reading this. You made a choice. Surely it felt that way, at least. A…
From S06E09 – A Clockwork Origin. Season 5 on Netflix for some reason.
“Freewill” from ‘Permanent Waves (40th Anniversary)’. Get yours now: https://lnk.to/PermanentWaves40YD.Subscribe and ring the bell to never miss an update: h…
Much is being made about the erosion of public trust in science. Surveys show a modest decline in the United States from a very high…
Much is being made about the erosion of public trust in science. Surveys show a modest decline in the United States from a very high…
Science and Engineering Ethics – Research Integrity (RI) is high on the agenda of both institutions and science policy. The European Union as well as…
The Cerebellum – The cerebellum is involved in many motor, autonomic and cognitive functions, and new tasks that have a cerebellar contribution are discovered on…
Not long ago, growth mindset was described as life-changing. Now it’s just a minor factor that might–or might not–help your kids’ education. And that’s okay
