Here is what I am reading today: understanding emotions “Does understanding emotions depend on the language we speak, or is our perception the same regardless of language and culture? According to a new study by researchers from the MPI for Psycholinguistics and the MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology, you don’t need Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: STAR TREK M&M’s‘ Too cute no to share what babies know at 10 months “New research from the University of Missouri indicates that at 10 months, babies start to understand another person’s thought process, providing new insights on how humans acquire knowledge and Read more…
Here is what i am reading today: population genetics and shared ancestries “In a paper titled “The History of African Gene Flow into Southern Europeans, Levantines and Jews,” published in PLoS Genetics, HMS Associate Professor of Genetics David Reich and his colleagues investigated the proportion of sub-Saharan African ancestry present Read more…
Here is my readings for today: with implant, a paralyzed man moves! “After Rob Summers was paralyzed below the chest in a car accident in 2006, his doctors told him he would never stand again. They were wrong. Despite intensive physical therapy for three years, Summers’ condition hadn’t improved. So 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…