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National Public Radio has a story on ways researchers are using functional MRI to map religious beliefs. All Things Considered A study of 40 people — some religious, some nonreligious — Continue reading fMRI researcher looks at religion (NPR) Santino, a 31-year-old male at Furuvik zoo in Sweden, may be the first animal to exhibit an unambiguous ability to plan for the future. UPDATE: The BBC also has the story, which includes an audio interview with researcher Mathias Osvath. Why do we behave in the way that we do? In a series of 8 essays, contributors to Nature reveal how the latest research is altering our understanding of what it is to be human. Whether in relation to religion or to our collective behaviour in cities, experts explore the potential impact on society, now Continue reading ‘Being Human’ series (Nature) Babybot’s software mimics biological neural networks, adjusting the strength of links between the computer program’s artificial neurons to perfect learned tasks. Is the program training its arm to pick up the rubber ducky in a way analogous to the way Junior trains his arm? Read more. Apparently imitating human handlers, an orangutan spontaneously begins whistling. Read more. In January, the Washington Post reports on a crash survivor seeking a bionic eye to replace her otherwise inert glass eye. You used to need hubris, millions of dollars and the support of a great research university to imagine building a replacement for the human eye. Now it’s become dream and quest material for artists and tinkerers. Read Continue reading Eye of a Dream Beheld (Washington Post) The News and Observer has an article about Michael Pollan’s upcoming visit to the National Humanities Center. Pollan’s book, published this year by Penguin Press, is about its title: the plethora of food choices facing the typical American. In it, he traces the paths of four meals: * an industrial-produced meal (McDonald’s) consumed the way a fifth Continue reading It’s all about the food (News and Observer) |
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