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Marijuana
Mm. Pot, grass, reefer, tea. The good, the bad, the beautiful and the ugly about Cannabis sativa - particularly, but not exclusively about the suggestion that it might affect children in the womb.
:: STARTED BY grant
:: 91 REPLIES, LAST AT 00:36 17.08.07
Java Programming Tips Corner
HOW TO?
:: STARTED BY lille christina
:: 4 REPLIES, LAST AT 16:25 13.08.07
Homeopathy gets scientific boost
Scientific evidence for Homeopathy
:: STARTED BY grant
:: 33 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:46 10.08.07
Invasive species
Biological pollution or inevitable force of (someone's idea of) nature? Is there anything to be done?
:: STARTED BY Tsuga
:: 5 REPLIES, LAST AT 02:12 09.08.07
Would You Like to Delete Bad Memories?
Researchers say a new drug could delete bad memories. This is a thread to discuss the benefits and ramifications of this drug and the whole idea of deleting memories.
:: STARTED BY Jot Evil Rules During Weddings
:: 6 REPLIES, LAST AT 10:11 06.08.07
Hidden Tunnels under Tokyo?
A journalist claims he is shut out of media and government channels by a cover-up of a complex of tunnels under Tokyo, Japan.
:: STARTED BY Perfect Tommy
:: 1 REPLIES, LAST AT 09:53 06.08.07
Project: Intelligence Amplification
Let's combine our know-how and give ourselves enormous over-sized "The Leader"-style brains
:: STARTED BY sine
:: 8 REPLIES, LAST AT 16:09 05.08.07
New Spacesuit Design
New design for a space suit.
:: STARTED BY All Acting Regiment
:: 5 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:49 20.07.07
Stirling engines?
Sunlight harvesting technology: stirling engines focus sunlight with parabolic mirror arrays onto a piston to generate electricity from the heating effect on sunlight. Tell me more about them.
:: STARTED BY aim for joviality
:: 3 REPLIES, LAST AT 04:59 17.07.07
My infinite source of free energy looks sorta like a toaster...
The Jasker Power System and other "free energy" devices or perpetual motion machines.
:: STARTED BY Mister Snee
:: 20 REPLIES, LAST AT 09:19 05.07.07
Science and Free Will, Consciousness, etc.
What does science have to say about questions of free will? Do we have it or don't we? How does this relate to questions of consciousness, neurology, and "the unconscious"?
:: STARTED BY alas
:: 9 REPLIES, LAST AT 00:18 04.07.07
New Developments in Physics.
Exactly what it says on the tin. A thread to discuss new developments in physics and associated fields.
:: STARTED BY Wristwatch Nuke
:: 33 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:01 02.07.07
Scientists assert homosexuality IS genetic.... in fruit flies.
Scientists discover one gene controls sexual orientation in fruit flies.
:: STARTED BY *
:: 15 REPLIES, LAST AT 01:41 02.07.07
Is handwriting analysis actual science?
Should handwriting be used to discern information about people? (i.e. you?)
:: STARTED BY symbiosis
:: 4 REPLIES, LAST AT 05:19 29.06.07
Let's take a crack at the Brain/Mind problem
it's not really a problem, but take a look at Amit Goswami's theory and tell me if it pans out (HE calls it a problem).
:: STARTED BY Tuna Ghost will work for dope
:: 29 REPLIES, LAST AT 00:43 27.06.07
Batteries
Electronics & hand-held gadgets are everywhere. How can we keep them going? How much mercury is being dumped into landfills because of iPods? And how can I get my camera/cell phone/music player/GPS/palm top device to run for more than two hours?
:: STARTED BY grant
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 05:23 12.06.07
DMAE: any side effects?
Never tried it, just want to make sure it's safe.
:: STARTED BY Hal
:: 11 REPLIES, LAST AT 02:55 08.06.07
The Lab Meta Thread - What's our trajectory now?
A thread to discuss want we want from the Lab and offer constructive criticism. Also for people who would like to post more to make themselves known.
:: STARTED BY Lurid Archive
:: 69 REPLIES, LAST AT 19:19 06.06.07
Transhuman Technologies.
A thread to discuss the development, applications, and social ramifications of technologies and science with regards to transhumanism. Keywords: Transhuman, cybernetics, downloading conciousness, human enhancement, body modification, genetic engineering, bioethics.
:: STARTED BY Wristwatch Nuke
:: 83 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:58 29.05.07
A World Without Fossil Fuels
How would it work?
:: STARTED BY Saveloy
:: 63 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:52 26.05.07
DESIGN: Wind-Powered Buildings
Huge-scale turbines integrated into office-building design. Beautiful and visionary, or a lot of hot air?
:: STARTED BY Jack Fear
:: 17 REPLIES, LAST AT 15:35 23.05.07
Ongoing world record attempt in longest time staying awake
Tony Wright's ongoing attempt at beating the world record for voluntary sleeplessness in a pub in Cornwall, UK. With added semi-fringey science nuggets. Could also serve as a general discussion on the science of sleep and sleeplessness.
:: STARTED BY A Million Minions of Haus
:: 2 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:15 15.05.07
Putting Magnets on Your Head Does Funny Things.
An article about putting magnets on your head.
File under transcranial magnetic stimulation, electricity, therapy, creativity, brain, neurology, thinking cap, savant.
:: STARTED BY iconoplast
:: 5 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:28 14.05.07
Over-dreaming and depression
Over-dreaming and depression - linked or completely independant?
:: STARTED BY telyn
:: 9 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:46 13.05.07
Bees Vanish, and Scientists Race for Reasons
NYT article on the alarming collapse of bee colonies.
:: STARTED BY SMS
:: 19 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:49 12.05.07
What is OCD
Discussion of obsessive compulsive disorder
:: STARTED BY Peach Pie
:: 21 REPLIES, LAST AT 11:15 09.05.07
Antidepressants + Neuroplasticity = Nootropic?
Beyond neurotransmitters: Desire for information on new studies regarding anti-depressants.
:: STARTED BY Stigma Enigma
:: 0 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:46 03.05.07
Neurofeedback & Music
Deep relaxation neurofeedback... hooking students up to brainwave machines... is found to improve musical skill. I wonder when the schools will catch on....
:: STARTED BY grant
:: 15 REPLIES, LAST AT 05:35 02.05.07
Language may shape human thought
More evidence for the relationship between language and intellectual development.
:: STARTED BY Father Mirror
:: 20 REPLIES, LAST AT 05:55 30.04.07
Male contraception
New and old ways of preventing impregnation and/or sexually transmitted diseases.
:: STARTED BY A Million Minions of Haus
:: 2 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:51 24.04.07
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