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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 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 Hospitalised for perfection
:: 2 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:51 24.04.07
Superman fans = poor at altruism.
So much for truth, justice and the American way -- fans of the Big Boy Scout aren't very prepared to help people out themselves.
:: STARTED BY grant
:: 6 REPLIES, LAST AT 08:59 24.04.07
Sociobiology
Sociobiology says: "blacks are intellectually inferior to whites and hence morally so also; women are naturally weak, over-emotional, subservient and not particularly bright; men are naturally dominant, clever, ambitious and push society forward". Or stuff to this effect. Discuss.
:: STARTED BY The Sinister Haiku Bureau
:: 21 REPLIES, LAST AT 21:43 23.04.07
"Mind" Medication
Poppin pills to cure social ills
:: STARTED BY Stigma Enigma
:: 14 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:32 22.04.07
Fear altering parasites
How does Cat urine affect your daily life?...well...it can..
:: STARTED BY otto628
:: 3 REPLIES, LAST AT 22:07 18.04.07
Citizendium
The world needs a better free encyclopedia. Help create it.
:: STARTED BY Quantum - killed by hadrons
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:35 16.04.07
Creative Xmod- "Makes your mp3s sound better than CDs"
DSP witchery or false advertising?
:: STARTED BY RichT's boring old name
:: 3 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:02 13.04.07
Fashion! Turn to the left!
Evolutional ideas for the future of human kind and how much effect does a miniscule fashion trend have on this?
:: STARTED BY Benny the Ball
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:51 13.04.07
Animal Intelligence
Cats, Dogs, basically pets... Are they as stupid as we think...?
:: STARTED BY ADe
:: 20 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:43 11.04.07
A common biological basis for male homosexuality and male-to-female transsexuality?
Birth-order and sibling studies indicate common findings for male homosexuals and male-to-female transsexuals. If a common biological mechanism underpins both conditions, what are the implications?
:: STARTED BY Ganesh
:: 26 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:10 09.04.07
Plasma Converter
A machine that can, apparently, turn almost any kind of waste matter into free energy. Is this sci-fi made reality, or something far too good to be true? And, er, how does the science behind it actually work?
:: STARTED BY Hydra vs Leviathan
:: 21 REPLIES, LAST AT 00:52 08.04.07
Diet and behavior
How the food you eat could be affecting the way you behave -- and how junk food could be linked to aggressive behavior (or behaviour), and how fish oil could fix it.
:: STARTED BY grant
:: 19 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:54 06.04.07
Teaching as a scientific path
A discussion of teaching and similar paths, as well as possible alternatives.
:: STARTED BY The Impoverished Llama
:: 2 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:05 06.04.07
Brave new Filesharing
For a long time, Copyright law has terrorised the filesharing community. Now, in the 21st century, a handful of OS programmers resist the invading Copyright Empire by building tools of intraceable invincibility!
But is anonymous filesharing a good idea anyway? Is virtual absolute freedom of data equivalent to giving child molesters a safe platform?
:: STARTED BY evade-this-post
:: 2 REPLIES, LAST AT 08:39 02.04.07
Earth Hour
Unplug it or switch it off for an hour.
Just an hour.
:: STARTED BY grant
:: 8 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:51 31.03.07
Solar Storm 2012
NASA says new "solar max" is due on a significant date.
:: STARTED BY grant
:: 4 REPLIES, LAST AT 21:43 23.03.07
Society-wide health controls vrs the individual.
A thread to explore views on the ethics of controlling inherited illness.
:: STARTED BY Evil Scientist
:: 15 REPLIES, LAST AT 20:43 23.03.07
Life-like systems
Apparently some people are beginning to treat life as a phase of life-like complex systems. What are your opinions? Discussions welcome!
:: STARTED BY locusSolus
:: 20 REPLIES, LAST AT 07:09 16.03.07
Science and Politics
When scientists and engineers collide with politics -- and, especially, politicians who don't like empirical evidence or who don't understand research.
:: STARTED BY grant
:: 21 REPLIES, LAST AT 15:09 10.03.07
The Military's "psychic warrior"
Well, we all have some ideas about MKultra, remote viewing and the like...
is the military Really exploring the psychic possibilities?
curious...
:: STARTED BY Mr Tricks
:: 14 REPLIES, LAST AT 22:48 01.03.07
Science is Bad for Food. And Health.
Michael Pollan asserts that the scientific approach to food and nutrition actually currently does more harm than good because of the necessary reductionism and isolationist approach required by the scientific method--particularly as it operates under the ideology he calls "nutritionism." Any science-types here want to disagree?
:: STARTED BY alas
:: 18 REPLIES, LAST AT 02:09 28.02.07
Vaccine for Cervical Cancer!
Scientists appear to have created a vaccine to the virus which causes cervical cancer...
:: STARTED BY Fist of Fun
:: 10 REPLIES, LAST AT 01:00 23.02.07
Scientists freeze beam of light
Physicists say they have brought light to a complete halt for a fraction of a second and then sent it on its way.
:: STARTED BY XK
:: 1 REPLIES, LAST AT 21:19 09.02.07
FMRI scans to read people's intentions
fMRI scans developed to read people's intentions. Debate about ethical, political and social consequences encouraged.
:: STARTED BY Hospitalised for perfection
:: 2 REPLIES, LAST AT 16:28 09.02.07
Giant Space Mirrors
The US's new suggestion to reverse the effects of global warming. Said by the IPCC to be "speculative, uncosted and with potential unknown side-effects". However, on the positive side the US seems to be coming closer to recognising that anthropogenic climate change exists...
:: STARTED BY Hydra vs Leviathan
:: 5 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:11 05.02.07
IPhone
"iPhone is like having your life in your pocket, it's the ultimate digital device" - Steve Jobs
:: STARTED BY The Paschal Lamb
:: 36 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:02 25.01.07
Big Brother In Your Pocket
Tiny Transmitters in your.....Pennies???
:: STARTED BY Tim Tempest
:: 6 REPLIES, LAST AT 15:50 24.01.07
World's first womb transplant perfomed in Saudi Arabia
Womb transplant, fertility advances, medical advances, medical world-firsts.
:: STARTED BY DRR... DRR... DRR...
:: 3 REPLIES, LAST AT 00:59 18.01.07
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