Here is what i am reading today: better than the REAL thing: the artificial leaf “Speaking at the National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in California, MIT professor Daniel Nocera claims to have created an artificial leaf, made from stable and inexpensive materials, which mimics nature’s photosynthesis process.” hidden Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: music and why it moves us “Researchers at the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC) of the University of Amsterdam have discovered a universal property of musical scales. Until now it was assumed that the only thing scales throughout the world have Read more…
Here are my readings for today: Happy 80th Birthday Mr. Spock! “Although he was treading the boards in Boston community theatre at age 8, actor Leonard Nimoy didn’t become a household name until 27 years later, when Star Trek hit the airwaves. “ frightened birds grow longer wings “It seems Read more…
Here are a few stories for today: free will or not? “Think about the last time you got bored with the TV channel you were watching and decided to change it with the remote control. Or a time you grabbed a magazine off a newsstand, or raised a hand Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: want to quit smoking, the brain has something to say “Brain scans showing neural reactions to pro-health messages can predict if you’ll keep that resolution to quit smoking more accurately than you yourself can. That’s according to a new study forthcoming in Health Read more…