A.E.Brain

As described in previous posts , I have never been a fan of Mark Latham. Tex over at Whacking Day has a picture that shows why. To quote St...

Now that I have your attention... from the Guardian , courtesy of Cumudgeons' Corner : A newly found poem by Sappho, acknowledged as o...

I got the chromosome analysis results back today, and they were absolutely astonishing. Perfectly normal 46,xy. Which means that the last po...

From Information Week : Online vigilantes are taking matters into their own hands, and defacing some phishing sites to warn off the naive, ...

In more ways than one. With the new hormone-induced changes to my brain structure (scary, but what can you do? lie back and accept it) I tho...

Also yet another one on Brains, and Sex. From the Sunday Times : They may look like lovable pets but Britain’s estimated 9m domestic cats a...

From WorldScience.net : Scientists say they may have found genes that help explain why a tiny percentage of men see themselves as women, cr...

I had a good look in the mirror, and it's now time to face the bleedin obvious. I'm in a situation not unlike that of Schroedinger...

Courtesy of Yet Another Weird SF fan , this article from the Virginia Commonwealth University about Brain Size and Intelligence : People wi...

I've recently been all wrapped up in my own little narcissistic world, considering my own medical problems, and reaching out for help to...

Every home should have at least one. The Animaris Rhinoceros Transport - though there doesn't appear to be any room in it for many rhin...

Opinion Dominion . For example, the post on the Popular Mechanics article on Robert Heinlein's House . 1950's functional architectu...

Updating a previous post , from the BBC : Last Thursday, staff found a Dalek plunger arm and a ransom note on a doorstep. The note read: ...

From Exoplanets.org : Arlington, Va.. Taking a major step forward in the search for Earth-like planets beyond our own solar system, a team ...

1. Your Jedi robe is a camouflage color. 2. You have used your light saber to open and cook a can of pork and beans. 3. You think the best u...

...and the Pepperpot gets it. From the BBC , via reader Sean :

From Hak Mao , I've been Book Memed. Number of books I own Judging from the volume they're taking up, approximately 1.5 tonnes, per...

I'll quote this verbatim. First, the Intro: I'm a geeky girl and my social circle is geeky boys and girls, as a result the 'bein...

From the New York Times : New love can look for all the world like mental illness, a blend of mania, dementia and obsession that cuts peopl...

From New Scientist : An effort to create the first computer simulation of the entire human brain, right down to the molecular level, was la...