HuffPost Science: The Internet & Your Brain; Drawing Skill Explained; Meteor Explosion Size

Thursday, April 26, 2012

WATCH: The Internet Affects Your Brain?

Is the Internet bad for our brains? Is it affecting our ability to remember things, form meaningful relationships, or make decisions? How is it beneficial? Isn't having so much information at our fingertips a good thing? Click the link above to learn more.

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BLOG POSTS

	Lyle J. Dennis, M.D.: Do Buckyballs Extend Lifespan? We humans, being self-aware, are keenly concerned about death. We have sought the so-called fountain of youth since time immemorial. As the pace of science accelerates we find ourselves at the threshold of an era where we just may start artificially lengthening human lifespan.
	Michael Brooks: Scientists Behaving Badly It might not be something to celebrate, but scientists who commit research fraud are following in a grand tradition.
	Wray Herbert: Do Anti-Tobacco Ads Work? Ask a 'Neural Focus Group' Wouldn't it be helpful to have a simple, objective assessment of anti-tobacco messages, one that predicts how large numbers of people will respond? Well, psychological scientists are working on just that, and indeed may have identified a neurological predictor of mass behavior change.
	Matthew D. Erlich, M.D.: Neuroethics: Whose Mind Is It Anyway? Reading a person's thoughts, implanting machinery into man, and augmenting our neural processing powers with cognitive enhancers are all matters of neuroethics. They bring us face to face with questions about who has access to powerful new technologies and for what purposes.
	Paul Yeager: NASA Expedition 30 Video: Earth Like You've Never Seen It Before