Archive for the 'science' Category
Follow-up on Crayon Physics
Monday, April 21st, 2008While we’re still waiting for Crayon Physics, addictinggames.com has picked up a plagiarized version called MaginPen.
(Warning: It really is addicting.)
Scientists Are Intelligence Doping
Thursday, April 10th, 2008Poll: Scientists Use Brain-Boosting Drugs
One in five Nature readers — mostly scientists — say they up their mental performance with drugs such as Ritalin, Provigil, and Inderal.
MIT OpenCourseWare Lecture videos
Friday, March 14th, 2008Identical Twins
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008The Claim: Identical Twins Have Identical DNA - New York Times
It is a basic tenet of human biology, taught in grade schools everywhere: Identical twins come from the same fertilized egg and, thus, share identical genetic profiles. But according to new research, though identical twins share very similar genes, identical they are not.
correlation vs. causation, part 374
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008smoker exhibit poor judgement in areas othen than smoking: Brain scans reveal smokers’ clouded judgment
Boys And Girls Are Different
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008Boys And Girls Brains Are Different: Gender Differences In Language Appear Biological
Although researchers have long agreed that girls have superior language abilities than boys, until now no one has clearly provided a biological basis that may account for their differences.
For the first time — and in unambiguous findings — researchers from Northwestern University and the University of Haifa show both that areas of the brain associated with language work harder in girls than in boys during language tasks, and that boys and girls rely on different parts of the brain when performing these tasks.
See, girls aren’t really better at language, they just work harder.
[Ed. Can we really trust an article (esp. about language skills) that has grammatical mistakes in the title? Should be “Boys’ and Girls’ Brains.” Probably was written by a girl…]