There’s only one thing that is potentially worse than the impending debut of the new Legend of Zelda to interfere with my work….USC football! Yes, the intrepid Trojans travel to Fayetteville, Arkansas to take on the Razorbacks. I’ve never been to an Arkansas football game, only NCAA track meets at Read more…
As a university professor, I must admit that I am astonished by the amount of alcohol current students consume. Most come to us with an already established pattern of heavy drinking from their high school days. Where their parents were at the time is another story…. Not only does the Read more…
Human beings share 98% of their genes with chimpanzees, 92% of their genes with mice, 44% with fruit flies, 26% with yeast, and 18% with thale cress. I don’t even know what a thale cress is, other than it is a weed and one of the first organisms to have Read more…
I’m looking at my last post, and it’s August 6th! Not that anyone likes hearing excuses, but I’ve been polishing a first draft of a book, and haven’t had a moment to spare. In the meantime, I’m enjoying Ben P’s blog about psychology–gives me an opportunity to brush up Read more…
Beginning in the 1960s, Robert White of Cleveland, Ohio has had a mission. He wanted to transplant brains. In the 1960s, White successfully transplanted a second brain into a dog. According to an article in the BBC, White has successfully transplanted a monkey’s head onto another monkey’s body. Apparently, the Read more…