10 Things You Didn’t Know About the Brain

10 Things You Didn’t Know About the Brain

Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer| February 18, 2011 source: LiveScience.com http://www.livescience.com/12916-10-facts-human-brain.html (Image Credit: Dreamstime) Brain matter Throughout history, the human brain has … More

Pond Scum Leads to Critical Brain Research Tool

Pond Scum Leads to Critical Brain Research Tool

By Lily Whiteman, National Science Foundation | September 27, 2013 source: livescience.com http://www.livescience.com/40011-critical-brain-research-tool-discovered-nsf-bts.html video: http://www.livescience.com/40018-mouse-neurons-flash-from-pond-scum-dna-animation.html This Behind the Scenes article … More

How Human Brains Could Be Hacked

How Human Brains Could Be Hacked

Image Credit: Lightspring source: livescience.com http://www.livescience.com/37938-how-human-brain-could-be-hacked.html Like computers, human brains may be vulnerable to hackers. Technology is already allowing scientists … More

Strange New State of Consciousness Could Exist, Researcher Says

Strange New State of Consciousness Could Exist, Researcher Says

source: http://www.livescience.com/39812-strange-consciousness-state-in-surgery.html (image Credit: itsmejust | Shutterstock.com) By Bahar Gholipour, Staff Writer | September 19, 2013 With anesthetics properly given, … More