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By Jeff, on September 18th, 2010 Recently a study looked at students who had Facebook on (even in the background) while studying vs. those without Facebook use, and compared their grades. Facebook users came out with 20% lower grades.
As stated on MSNBC:
The psychologist said the study wasn’t about whether Facebook’s good or bad, but goes more to the stereotype that younger people are fluid multi-taskers —sending text message, listening to music, reading a book, all at the same time, . . . → Read More: Shocking news! Distraction causes lack of focus!
By Jeff, on December 7th, 2008 Human Brain Transplantation Protocol Approved To Reverse Nerve And Brain Damage
This is one of the coolest science pieces I’ve come across ever.
You know why brain injury is so bad? Because cells in the brain don’t regenerate. Once you kill them, they’re dead. No healing.
Now there’s a workaround on deck.
While growing cells in petri dishes has been done for more than a century, this old technique is being applied in ground-breaking new . . . → Read More: Human Brain Regeneration
By Jeff, on April 17th, 2008 Were you paying attention in those psychology classes?
Do you remember the experiments where a rat was trained to press a lever to get food?
It’s amazing how relevant experiments on rats can be to parenting.
In pursuing my psychology degree, I took a lab where I had to perform that experiment myself. I had a rat of my own, which I named – very appropriately, I thought – Rat (hey, if it’s good enough . . . → Read More: Grilled cheese and the science of successive approximation
By Jeff, on August 29th, 2007 SCI-FI to SCI-FACT: A Working “Spider Man” Suit – Slice of Scifi
A “Spider-man” suit that enables its wearer to scale vertical walls like the comic and movie superhero could one day be a reality, according to a study. Natural technology used by spiders and geckos could help a human climb the side of a building or hang upside down from a roof, the analysis suggests. The findings are published in the Journal of . . . → Read More: Who’s that wall-crawler?!
By Jeff, on July 26th, 2007 Newsflash: Time May Not Exist | Physics & Math | DISCOVER Magazine
Every once in a while I read articles like this to remind myself that there is a lot that can’t be explained in this world, and much of what we experience isn’t as concrete as we like to think. Here’s a good quote from the article:
…the thing we experience as time might emerge from a more fundamental, timeless reality. As Rovelli describes . . . → Read More: Look out for the edge!? What edge?
By Jeff, on February 17th, 2007 Slice of Scifi – Science Fiction TV & Movie News, Interviews & more » SCI-FI to SCI-FACT: Plasma Converter
Sometimes I wonder where all the really good inventions are. Breakthroughs like the telephone, or light bulbs. Things that could change the world. This may just be one of them.
This device, dubbed the Plasma Converter, uses plasma to rip waste apart at the molecular level. The benefits of this are extensive. Landfills? Who needs ‘em? . . . → Read More: Plasma Converter – the ultimate waste disposal
By Jeff, on February 6th, 2007 Slice of Scifi – Science Fiction TV & Movie News, Interviews & more » There’s No Place Like Home
Photo showing Earth (in the box) from Saturn, taken by the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft.
Cassini–Huygens is a joint NASA/ESA/ASI unmanned space mission intended to study Saturn and its moons.
For more information on the mission and craft, visit NASA’s Official Cassini-Huygens website.
. . . → Read More: We are insignificant
By Jeff, on December 16th, 2006 Diabetes breakthrough
Before you get too excited, let me say this: from my read of the article, it’s a long time before humans could benefit, and even when they can, you’ll probably have to catch it within a certain amount of time.
In a discovery that has stunned even those behind it, scientists at a Toronto hospital say they have proof the body’s nervous system helps trigger diabetes, opening the door to a potential near-cure . . . → Read More: A cure for Type I diabetes?
By Jeff, on August 16th, 2006 I talked about this one before, but I had to mention that I just watched a Mythbusters episode on the Discovery Channel that confirmed that impairment is at least as bad, if not worse, while driving and talking on a cell phone, as while driving drunk.
The participants/testers drove a driving course three times. Once with no distractions, once on the phone while answering questions they had to think about, and once with a blood . . . → Read More: Impairment while driving on phone > drunk driving
By Jeff, on May 11th, 2006 Hydrogen Technology Applications
Whoa. You’d think if this was really viable they’d be talking about it all over the news. Well, I’m going in with skepticism, but holy cow, it sure sounds cool.
(Interesting site design, too.)
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