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 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 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 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 Read more…
When I was choosing art for my Discovering Biological Psychology, I was fascinated by this photo of a neuron growing on a silicon chip. As a Star Trek fan from way back, this photo made it seem like the fearsome Borg were Read more…