• Thermoelectric Cooling It’s Cooler Than You Think NeuroLogica Blog

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    Home About The Author Steven Novella , MD Recent Comments Topic Suggestions Feb 21 2025 Thermoelectric Cooling It’s Cooler Than You Think Published by Steven Novella under Technology Comments : 0 I am fascinated by the technologies that live largely behind the scenes . These are not generally consumer devices , but they may be components of consumer products , or may largely have a role in industry but they make our modern world possible , or make it much better . In addition I think that material science is largely underrated in terms of popular appeal , but it is material science that often make all other technologies possible or feasible . There is another aspect of technology that I have been increasingly interested in solid state technology . These are , generally speaking , devices

  • Birds Separately Evolved Complex Brains NeuroLogica Blog

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    Home About The Author Steven Novella , MD Recent Comments Topic Suggestions Feb 18 2025 Birds Separately Evolved Complex Brains Published by Steven Novella under Evolution Neuroscience Comments : 0 The evolution of the human brain is a fascinating subject . The brain is arguably the most complex structure in the known to us universe , and is the feature that makes humanity unique and has allowed us to dominate for good or ill the fate of this planet . But of course we are but a twig on a vast evolutionary tree , replete with complex brains . From a human-centric perspective , the closer groups are to humans evolutionarily , the more complex their brains generally speaking Apes are the most encephalized” among primates , as are the primates among mammals , and the mammals among vertebrates

  • AI Powered Bionic Arm NeuroLogica Blog

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    Home About The Author Steven Novella , MD Recent Comments Topic Suggestions Feb 14 2025 AI Powered Bionic Arm Published by Steven Novella under Neuroscience Technology Comments : 0 My younger self , seeing that title AI Powered Bionic Arm would definitely feel as if the future had arrived , and in many ways it has . This is not the bionic arm of the 1970s TV show , however . That level of tech is probably closer to the 2070s than the 1970s . But we are still making impressive advances in brain-machine interface technology and robotics , to the point that we can replace missing limbs with serviceable robotic . replacements In this video Sarah De Lagarde discusses her experience as the first person with an AI powered bionic arm . This represents a nice advance in this technology , and we are

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  • Who Believes Misinformation NeuroLogica Blog

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    Home About The Author Steven Novella , MD Recent Comments Topic Suggestions Feb 10 2025 Who Believes Misinformation Published by Steven Novella under Science and the Media Skepticism Comments : 0 It’s probably not a surprise that a blog author dedicated to critical thinking and neuroscience feels that misinformation is one of the most significant threats to society , but I really to think this . Misinformation false , misleading , or erroneous information and disinformation deliberately misleading information have the ability to cause a disconnect between the public and reality . In a democracy this severs the feedback loop between voters and their representatives . In an authoritarian government it a tool of control and repression . In either case citizens cannot freely choose their

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    The Magazine Login Register Stay Curious Subscribe The Sciences Mind Technology Health Environment Planet Earth Correction Policy At Discover , our writers , editors , and fact-checkers pride themselves on the factual accuracy of every story they produce . But despite our best efforts , honest mistakes can sometimes occur . If you think you†ve found one , please let us know by emailing us at editorial discovermagazine.com . We take every such report seriously and promise to review the story in question quickly and carefully . In the event that our review process does indeed confirm an error , we will issue a correction . For errors appearing In the magazine , this will take the form of a printed correction in the next available issue . On the website , we will update the story in

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  • Do Apes Have a Theory of Mind NeuroLogica Blog

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    Home About The Author Steven Novella , MD Recent Comments Topic Suggestions Feb 04 2025 Do Apes Have a Theory of Mind Published by Steven Novella under Neuroscience Comments : 0 Designing research studies to determine what is going on inside the minds of animals is extremely challenging . The literature is littered with past studies that failed to properly control for all variables and thereby overinterpreted the results . The challenge is that we cannot read the minds of animals , and they cannot communicate directly to us using language . We have to infer what is going on in their minds from their behavior , and inference can be . tricky One specific question is whether or not our closest ancestors have a theory of mind” . This is the ability to think about what other creatures are

  • July 2013 NeuroLogica Blog

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    , Home About The Author Steven Novella , MD Recent Comments Topic Suggestions Archive for July , 2013 Jul 30 2013 The SGU and Skeptical Activism Published by Steven Novella under Skepticism This week we are in the final stages of pre-production and then will complete production of our new web-series , Occ The Skeptical Caveman you can see the pilot here We are producing four episodes , and expect the first to be available by late . September This is just one of many projects we either have in the works or in the planning stages , all with the goal of making the world a more skeptical place . We have many colleagues who are doing the . same The problem is that skeptical activism takes resources time , money , technical support , and energy . Everyone I know who is active in promoting

  • June 2013 NeuroLogica Blog

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    , Home About The Author Steven Novella , MD Recent Comments Topic Suggestions Archive for June , 2013 Jun 28 2013 Head Transplantion Published by Steven Novella under Neuroscience Science and Medicine Here’s a fun one to finish out my vacation week I recently received the following : question I recently listened to a podcast dedicated to an often forgotten Skeptic , H.P . Lovecraft . www.hppodcraft.com In listening to the episode devoted to Herbert West : Re-animator” , they mentioned historical experiments where animal heads were transplanted to other bodies , and survived . This set off a ping on my SkepDAR , and I researched it further . Read : Wikipedia I found reference to a journal article in Surgical Neurology International , in which the author claims to lay the ground-work for the

  • May 2013 NeuroLogica Blog

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    , Home About The Author Steven Novella , MD Recent Comments Topic Suggestions Archive for May , 2013 May 31 2013 Final Response from Don McLeroy Published by Steven Novella under Creationism ID Evolution Here is . it , Steven We agree that historical sciences like evolution are tested” by the evidence . My key insight from our discussion is we disagree about the amount of evidence needed to demonstrate evolution . I want to see significantly greater evidence than you . do I admit that I do not have the time to read all the technical articles and read all the links you have referred to , but I do not admit that I am unable to judge the adequacy of the evidence evolutionists have presented for evolution . I have read the popular literature of highly acclaimed evolutionists I have thought

  • April 2013 NeuroLogica Blog

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    , Home About The Author Steven Novella , MD Recent Comments Topic Suggestions Archive for April , 2013 Apr 30 2013 Graphology Published by Steven Novella under Pseudoscience Skepticism Imagine applying for a job , a position you really want and feel is a good match for your skills , and during the interview process you are seated in front of a psychic . The psychic is wearing full regalia , with a turban , crystals , and mystical garb . They proceed to give you a psychic reading a reading which will be used to decide whether or not you will be hired for your dream . job You can substitute any number of techniques for the psychic reading a tarot card reading , palm reading , astrological chart , or phrenological analysis . Would you feel comfortable with such techniques deciding your fate

  • March 2013 NeuroLogica Blog

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    , Home About The Author Steven Novella , MD Recent Comments Topic Suggestions Archive for March , 2013 Mar 28 2013 Do 97 of UK Doctors Prescribe Placebos Published by Steven Novella under Science and Medicine A recently published survey at PLOS One of UK primary care doctors reports that 97 have prescribed an impure placebo” at least once in their career . Most news reporting of this survey leave off the impure” . bit Let’s take a closer look at what this . means The survey asked about pure” placebos , which are inactive sugar pills or a similar inactive treatment , and impure” placebos , which are effective medicines given in a way that might not have a clinical effect . The survey found that only 12 have ever prescribed a pure placebo , and only 1 do it on a regular basis . However , 97

  • February 2009 NeuroLogica Blog

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    , Home About The Author Steven Novella , MD Recent Comments Topic Suggestions Archive for February , 2009 Feb 27 2009 Two Stories of Human Evolution Published by Steven Novella under Evolution Two new bits of evidence published recently have allowed scientists to flesh out the picture of human evolution a bit more . The first is a collection of fossils of Australopithecus amanensis found in Ethiopia . This is a significant find because it fills in a previous gap in the fossil . record The big picture that we have so far is that human ancestors split from chimp ancestors about 5-7 million years ago and seem to have quickly become bipedal after they diverged . One candidate for the earliest fossil species on the human line is Ardipithecus ramidis which dates to about 4.4 million years ago .

  • Incorruptible Skepticism NeuroLogica Blog

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    Home About The Author Steven Novella , MD Recent Comments Topic Suggestions Jan 30 2025 Incorruptible Skepticism Published by Steven Novella under Religion Miracles Comments : 0 Everything , apparently , has a second life on TikTok . At least this keeps us skeptics busy we have to redebunk everything we have debunked over the last century because it is popping up again on social media , confusing and misinforming another generation . This video is a great example a short video discussing the incorruptibility’ of St . Teresa of Avila . This is mainly a Catholic thing but also the Eastern Orthodox Church the notion that the bodies of saints do not decompose , but remain in a pristine state after death , by divine intervention . This is considered a miracle , and for a time was a criterion

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  • The Skinny on DeepSeek NeuroLogica Blog

    Updated: 2025-01-29 08:00:08
    Home About The Author Steven Novella , MD Recent Comments Topic Suggestions Jan 28 2025 The Skinny on DeepSeek Published by Steven Novella under Technology Comments : 0 On January 20th a Chinese tech company released the free version of their chatbot called DeepSeek . The AI chatbot , by all accounts , is about on par with existing widely available chatbots , like ChatGPT . It does not represent any new abilities or breakthrough in quality . And yet the release shocked the industry causing the tech-heavy stock market Nasdaq to fall 3 Let’s review why that is , and then I will give some thoughts on what this means for AI in . general What was apparently innovative about DeepSeek is that , the company claims , it was trained for only 8 million . Meanwhile ChatGPT 4 training cost over 100.

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