by Tom | Aug 10, 2011 | Personal, Science
Minds like sieves looks at some new research on how the human brain is adjusting to the common availability of information (mostly on the world wide web). It suggests we are remembering less actual information and more about how to find information. This may or may...
by Tom | Aug 9, 2011 | Science
And some more positive news. If the theory behind these streaks on a crater in Mars is right, there is water close to the surface and that could harbour life as we know it. Or nearly. APOD: 2011 August 8 – Seasonal Dark Streaks on Mars.
by Tom | Aug 8, 2011 | Science
To Err Is Primate talks of some great experiments with monkeys using a monetary system that show them acting according to reference dependence and loss aversion. Maybe these flawed strategies are more hard-wired into us than we might have thought. A bit like aversion...
by Tom | Jul 21, 2011 | Personal, Science
Shame to see the space shuttle touch down for the last time. I was privileged enough to see one piggybacking on the back of a Jumbo at Stansted airport towards the beginning of the 30-year program. Let’s hope the Wired article is right and this will really drive...
by Tom | Jul 21, 2011 | Science
The Priest-Physicist Who Would Marry Science to Religion. is in Discover magazine, so slight pinch of salt, etc. That said, I have a great deal of respect for Polkinghorne’s quest to find out where and how Godly action might take place using science rather than...
by Tom | Jul 6, 2011 | Science
Fabulous shot of a vast dust cloud – 400 times larger than the distance from the earth to the sun. If my memory serves me right, this means that a photon would take nearly an hour to cross it. APOD: 2011 June 28 – Stardust and Betelgeuse.
