Ionian Enchantment

There is now a pile of research demonstrating that the ovulatory cycle affects female preferences and behavior. Specifically, when ovulating...

The 57th edition of Encephalon is out at Mind Hacks . Highlights: PodBlack Cat on superstition ; Songs From the Wood on the fascinating phe...

Talking of science in the developing world ... New Scientist features a series of maps distorted to reflect some metric, like the proportio...

A great quote from Richard Feynman, from " The Value of Science ": It is our responsibility as scientists, knowing the great progr...

Remember the Skeptologists TV show (which I mentioned before ) that is currently under development? Well, the whole cast plus one of the pr...

Therapeutic nihilism - the belief that we have no effective medical cures at all, or no cure for some condition - has recently arisen about...

News24, Afrigator and Amatomu are running a survey of South African bloggers. I suggest my fellow SA bloggers participate - it will certain...

Mouse Party is an awesome little animation that teaches the basics of the neuroscience of addiction. The animation is part of a set of educ...