Collaborate Disseminate
An experiment involving 40 drugged alligators reveals how dinosaurs might have located sounds in their environment. Continue reading Scientists Gave Alligators Ketamine and Headphones to Understand Dinosaur Hearing
Humans clearly have advanced mental abilities compared to other animals on Earth. Laurie Santos wants to know what makes us special. Continue reading What Monkeys and ‘Dognition’ Can Teach Us About the Human Brain
Anil Seth, a neuroscientist and director of the Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science at the University of Sussex, researches the biological basis of the otherwise ethereal topic of consciousness. Continue reading Reality Is Just a Bunch of Hallucinations We Collectively Agree On
We are swimming in radio transmissions from all around, and if you live above the ground floor, they are coming at you from below as well. Humans do not have a sensory organ for recognizing radio signals, but we have lots of hardware which can make sense of it. The chances are good that you are looking at one such device right now. [Frank Swain] has leaped from merely accepting the omnipresent signals from WiFi routers and portable devices to listening in on them. The audio signals are mere soundwaves, so he is not listening to every tweet and email …read more
By giving bees visual math quizzes, scientists discovered that these insects know a null set when they see one. Continue reading Honey Bees Are the First Insect Known to Grasp the Concept of Zero
A group of researchers used optogenetics and brain implants to make mice ignore sex and food. Continue reading Watch a Human Mind-Control a Cyborg Mouse
New research finds a marked increase in dementia among those living by busy roadways. Continue reading Spending Time Around Traffic Is Literally Destroying Your Brain
Neuroscientists isolate the neural circuitry behind ‘anti-hunger.’ Continue reading The Neurons That Would Starve You
By tweaking neural calcium levels, it’s possible to crank up and down touch sensations. Continue reading Neuroscientists Hack Sense of Touch
There’s some truth to the adage that happiness equals reality minus expectations. Continue reading A Scientific Explanation for Why Everyone Hates New Year’s Eve