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Mummies of the World Edited by Alfried Wieczorek and Wilfried Rosendahl. Prestel, 2010

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Ancient Egypt – Mummies – Social Sciences – Archaeology – World

Mummies of the World Edited by Alfried Wieczorek and Wilfried Rosendahl. Prestel, 2010

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Ancient Egypt – Mummies – Social Sciences – Archaeology – World

Michael Merzenich is a pioneer in the exploration of neuroplasticity, the exploration of the brain’s intrinsic changeability, even in adulthood. In recent years Merzenich has brought neuroplasticity to the masses by forming a company, Posit Science, that uses the findings of his research to provide games that enhance visual and auditory skills.

Michael Merzenich is a pioneer in the exploration of neuroplasticity, the exploration of the brain’s intrinsic changeability, even in adulthood. In recent years Merzenich has brought neuroplasticity to the masses by forming a company, Posit Science, that uses the findings of his research to provide games that enhance visual and auditory skills.

Editor’s Note: This is an expanded version of the Q&A that will appear in the November 2010 issue of Scientific American.

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Greg Graffin – BadReligion – Punk rock – Punk – Shopping

Editor’s Note: This is an expanded version of the Q&A that will appear in the November 2010 issue of Scientific American.

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Greg Graffin – BadReligion – Punk rock – Punk – Shopping

Diabetic children that enter the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, Italy, are often full of apprehension about their disease, their diet and the possibility of giving themselves injections. Hospitals have tried introducing pets to calm young patients down. "Pets don’t mind being at hospitals, can reduce patient hospital stays, but are expensive to train and keep, and are not very hygienic," says Tony Belpaeme of the University of Plymouth in England. Belpaeme is the coordinator of ALIZ-E, a European Union consortium of schools and institutions that is trying to develop a robot that will take the place of a pet, and that eventually may serve in the capacity of an older companion who can not only bond with the younger patient but offer counsel about diet and health matters. [More]

Diabetic children that enter the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, Italy, are often full of apprehension about their disease, their diet and the possibility of giving themselves injections. Hospitals have tried introducing pets to calm young patients down. "Pets don’t mind being at hospitals, can reduce patient hospital stays, but are expensive to train and keep, and are not very hygienic," says Tony Belpaeme of the University of Plymouth in England. Belpaeme is the coordinator of ALIZ-E, a European Union consortium of schools and institutions that is trying to develop a robot that will take the place of a pet, and that eventually may serve in the capacity of an older companion who can not only bond with the younger patient but offer counsel about diet and health matters. [More]

Do we have free will? Is there meaning to life? A slew of new books provide some insights into how scientists are supplementing Plato with PET scans, hoping to answer these questions.

In My Brain Made Me Do It: The Rise of Neuroscience and the Threat to Moral Responsibility (Prometheus Books, 2010), Eliezer J. Sternberg examines studies that pinpoint areas of the brain associated with exercising free will and suggests that our ability to decide makes us largely responsible for our actions.

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Philosophy – Moral responsibility – Brain – Free will – Positron emission tomography

Do we have free will? Is there meaning to life? A slew of new books provide some insights into how scientists are supplementing Plato with PET scans, hoping to answer these questions.

In My Brain Made Me Do It: The Rise of Neuroscience and the Threat to Moral Responsibility (Prometheus Books, 2010), Eliezer J. Sternberg examines studies that pinpoint areas of the brain associated with exercising free will and suggests that our ability to decide makes us largely responsible for our actions.

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Philosophy – Moral responsibility – Brain – Free will – Positron emission tomography

Despite frequent reports that regular exercise benefits the adult brain, when it comes to schoolchildren, the concept of the dumb jock persists. The star quarterback stands in stark contrast to the math-team champion. After all, the two types require seemingly disparate talents: physical prowess versus intellect. Letting kids run around or throw a ball seems, at best, tangential to the real work of learning and, at worst, a distraction from it.

Despite frequent reports that regular exercise benefits the adult brain, when it comes to schoolchildren, the concept of the dumb jock persists. The star quarterback stands in stark contrast to the math-team champion. After all, the two types require seemingly disparate talents: physical prowess versus intellect. Letting kids run around or throw a ball seems, at best, tangential to the real work of learning and, at worst, a distraction from it.

Always finding excuses to skip the gym? Congrats–you might be able to blame your genes. Because the mere desire to exercise may be inherited, at least in mice. So says a study in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B . [Theodore Garland Jr. et al., http://bit.ly/crWNGd ] [More]

Gene – Proceedings of the Royal Society – Royal Society B – Science in Society – Human

Always finding excuses to skip the gym? Congrats–you might be able to blame your genes. Because the mere desire to exercise may be inherited, at least in mice. So says a study in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B . [Theodore Garland Jr. et al., http://bit.ly/crWNGd ] [More]

Gene – Proceedings of the Royal Society – Royal Society B – Science in Society – Human

The Age of Digital Entanglement By Danny Hillis

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Hosting – Free – Web Design and Development – Sports Related – Business

The Age of Digital Entanglement By Danny Hillis

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Hosting – Free – Web Design and Development – Sports Related – Business

By a simple food-in/energy-out model, a run on the treadmill or swim in the pool should make you want to eat more. But recent findings have suggested that exercise can actually help to slow overeating. And a new study presents evidence that the body’s physiologic response to exercise can help retune the nervous system’s cues and make the body feel less hungry, rather than more so. [More]

Treadmill – Sports – Shopping – Nervous system – Fitness

By a simple food-in/energy-out model, a run on the treadmill or swim in the pool should make you want to eat more. But recent findings have suggested that exercise can actually help to slow overeating. And a new study presents evidence that the body’s physiologic response to exercise can help retune the nervous system’s cues and make the body feel less hungry, rather than more so. [More]

Treadmill – Sports – Shopping – Nervous system – Fitness

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20 We often refer to a strong sexual attraction as animal magnetism, but arousal involves more than just base instinct. At the Mind Science lecture series , psychologist Stephanie Ortigue will describe how desire depends on complex mental processing. Her talk, “The Consciousness of Desire,” will reveal the brain regions associated with longing and how they are influenced by mirror neurons–brain cells that fire when we either perform or observe an action. [More]

Brain – Neuron – Mind – Philosophy – Philosophy of Mind

SEPTEMBER

20 We often refer to a strong sexual attraction as animal magnetism, but arousal involves more than just base instinct. At the Mind Science lecture series , psychologist Stephanie Ortigue will describe how desire depends on complex mental processing. Her talk, “The Consciousness of Desire,” will reveal the brain regions associated with longing and how they are influenced by mirror neurons–brain cells that fire when we either perform or observe an action. [More]

Brain – Neuron – Mind – Philosophy – Philosophy of Mind