[monochrom] UK Scientists Use Laser To Give False Memories to Flies

2009-10-31 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
A team of neuroscientists at the University of Oxford have discovered a way to trigger behavior in flies by selectively modifying neurons in their brain and stimulating them with a laser in order to simulate a learning experience.

[monochrom] Kyle Machulis: new monochrom artist in residence

2009-10-31 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
Our new artist in residence arrived! Hooray! Kyle Machulis, aka qDot, is a researcher of alternate input mechanisms and haptics, which is really a fancy way of saying he breaks sex toys. Through his Slashdong webpage (http://www.slashdong.orghttp://www.slashdong.org), he uses the topic of

[monochrom] 1989? Why? Because capitalism is superior?

2009-10-31 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
The events of 1989 are most often depicted as the failure of socialism. It's a powerful interpretation that has served to discredit alternatives to the capitalist system, which is said to have triumphed, and to bestow upon capitalism an aura of legitimacy based not only on a reading of

[monochrom] There Are No Seven Stages of Grief

2009-10-31 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
You can even get over it quickly. The idea that grief is work that we must do began with Freud. He believed that if you didn't labor at it, you would never recover the psychic energy you had invested in a person who was no longer there. Over time, psychologists developed ways to describe the

[monochrom] Bacteria As Art: Biophysicists Grow Pretty Bacteria In Petri Dishes To Find Antibiotics

2009-10-31 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
Biophysicists are growing Petri dishes of different species of bacteria in order to develop new antibiotics. The bacteria are subjected to different temperatures and have limited food sources inside the dish. Despite these conditions, most colonies tend to communicate and reproduce. Their

[monochrom] Qualtinger, bitte soo leiwand

2009-10-31 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
Wie sehen Sie die Zukunft Österreichs? (Teil 1 von 2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UONiGMmbS4feature=player_embedded Wie sehen Sie die Zukunft Österreichs? (Teil 2 von 2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzm3prz8Vawfeature=player_embedded