Bizarre News: 100 brains missing from University of Texas

On: December 3, 2014

[N]o, this isn’t a belated Halloween joke. There really are about a hundred human brains missing from a basement in University of Texas’ Animal Resources Center. It seems that several decades ago, the Austin State Hospital needed somewhere to house its collection of patient brains, so they offered them toContinue Reading

Report: How the Brain Deletes Old Memories

By: Sharon

On: May 9, 2014

In: Neuroscience

[I] often tell friends and family that the only way my brain can hold any more information is by deleting some files. Apparently, current research conducted at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada has proven me right. However, to my amazement, the report casually mentions a direct relationshipContinue Reading

Stanford scientists create circuit board modeled on the human brain

By: Sharon

On: April 28, 2014

In: Neuroscience, Robotics, Science

Can you say ‘transhumanism’? Stanford scientists have developed faster, more energy-efficient microchips based on the human brain – 9,000 times faster and using significantly less power than a typical PC. This offers greater possibilities for advances in robotics and a new way of understanding the brain. For instance, a chipContinue Reading

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