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Think Your Conscious Brain Directs Your Actions? Think Again
Singularity Hub - 2 Aug 2015 19:00
Think your deliberate, guiding, conscious thoughts are in charge of your actions? Think again. In a provocative new paper in Behavioral and Brain Sciences, a team led by Dr. Ezequiel...
Should You Buy the Hype? An Inside Look at the Virtual Reality Landscape
Singularity Hub - 2 Aug 2015 18:05
When 19-year-old Palmer Luckey launched an ambitious virtual reality Kickstarter campaign back in 2012, in no way could he have dreamt up a scenario that involved reawakening a billion-dollar industry,...
Animal Sex: How Butterflies Do It
Live Science - 2 Aug 2015 16:03
When it comes to sex, are butterflies as nurturing and gentle as they appear to be, or is there a more aggressive side to their mating?
Brain teaser: 3-D printed 'tissue' to help combat disease
EurekAlert! - 2 Aug 2015 06:00
(ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science) A bench-top brain that accurately reflects actual brain tissue would be significant for researching not only the effect of drugs, but brain disorders like schizophr...