• Is Music Getting Simpler NeuroLogica Blog

    Updated: 2024-03-29 12:42:41
    Home About The Author Steven Novella , MD Recent Comments Topic Suggestions Mar 29 2024 Is Music Getting Simpler Published by Steven Novella under Culture and Society Comments : 0 I don’t think I know anyone personally who doesn’t have strong opinions about music which genres they like , and how the quality of music may have changed over time . My own sense is that music as a cultural phenomenon is incredibly complex , no one in my social group really understands it , and our opinions are overwhelmed by subjectivity . But I am fascinated by it , and often intrigued by scientific studies that try to quantify our collective cultural experience . And I know there are true experts in this topic , musicologists and even ethnomusicologists , but haven’t found good resources for science

  • The Experience Machine Thought Experiment NeuroLogica Blog

    Updated: 2024-03-26 22:28:48
    Home About The Author Steven Novella , MD Recent Comments Topic Suggestions Mar 26 2024 The Experience Machine Thought Experiment Published by Steven Novella under Technology Comments : 0 In 1974 Robert Nozick published the book , Anarchy , State , and Utopia in which he posed the following thought experiment : If you could be plugged into an experience machine” what we would likely call today a virtual reality or Matrix” that could perfectly replicate real-life experiences , but was 100 fake , would you do it The question was whether you would do this irreversibly for the rest of your life . What if , in this virtual reality , you could live an amazing life perfect health and fitness , wealth and resources , and unlimited opportunity for adventure and fun Nozick hypothesized that people

  • Man Gets Pig Kidney Transplant NeuroLogica Blog

    Updated: 2024-03-26 03:10:29
    Home About The Author Steven Novella , MD Recent Comments Topic Suggestions Mar 25 2024 Man Gets Pig Kidney Transplant Published by Steven Novella under Science and Medicine Comments : 0 On March 16 surgeons transplanted a kidney taken from a pig into a human recipient , Rick Slayman . So far the transplant is a success , but of course the real test will be how well the kidney functions and for how long . This is the first time such a transplant has been done into a living donor previous experimental pig transplants were done on brain dead . patients This approach to essentially growing organs” for transplant into humans , in my opinion , has the most potential . There are currently over 100 thousand people on the US transplant waiting list , and many of them will die while waiting . There

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    The Magazine Shop Login Register Stay Curious Subscribe The Sciences Mind Technology Health Environment Planet Earth We have completed maintenance on DiscoverMagazine.com and action may be required on your account . Learn More Maintenance We have completed maintenance on DiscoverMagazine.com . As of March 22, 2024, to continue accessing your online benefits , action is required on your . account Subscribers : Click here to reset your password , using the email address associated with your DiscoverMagazine.com account . You will then be able login and access all the content associated with your . subscription Non-Subscribers : Register your account in order to receive our weekly DiscoverMagazine.com . newsletter Questions about your account Click here to contact customer . service We thank

  • Using CRISPR To Treat HIV NeuroLogica Blog

    Updated: 2024-03-21 15:16:50
    Home About The Author Steven Novella , MD Recent Comments Topic Suggestions Mar 21 2024 Using CRISPR To Treat HIV Published by Steven Novella under Technology Comments : 0 CRISPR has been big scientific news since it was introduced in 2012. The science actually goes back to 1987, but the CRISPR Cas9 system was patented in 2012, and the developers won the Noble Prize in Chemistry in 2020 The system gives researchers the ability to quickly and cheaply make changes to DNA , by seeking out and matching a desired sequence and then making a cut in the DNA at that location . This can be done to inactivate a specific gene or , using the cells own repair machinery , to insert a gene at that location . This is a massive boon to genetics research but is also a powerful tool of genetic . engineering

  • How to find eclipse events in your area

    Updated: 2024-03-18 14:00:00
    There are hundreds of eclipse events being held all across North America. Here's how to find one near you.

  • These 5 Ancient Cultures Thought Solar Eclipses Were Omens and Prophecies Discover Magazine

    Updated: 2024-03-16 19:30:42
    The Magazine Shop Login Register Stay Curious Subscribe The Sciences Mind Technology Health Environment Planet Earth In This Article 1. Ancient China 2. Mesoamerica 3. Ancient Greece 4. Mesopotamia 5. Ancient Egypt and the Bible Article Sources The Sciences These 5 Ancient Cultures Thought Solar Eclipses Were Omens and Prophecies Ancient eclipses turned the tides of battles , stopped wars , and made temporary kings in some . societies By Joshua Rapp Learn Mar 11, 2024 7:00 PM Mar 11, 2024 6:00 PM Credit : solarseven Shutterstock Newsletter Sign up for our email newsletter for the latest science news Sign Up   In ancient cultures , solar eclipses were seen as apocalyptic prophecies , omens of the displeasure of the gods , periodic celestial coincidences , or some mixture of all three . The

  • Mysterious Easter Island Engravings Question When Writing was Invented Discover Magazine

    Updated: 2024-03-16 19:30:41
    The Magazine Shop Login Register Stay Curious Subscribe The Sciences Mind Technology Health Environment Planet Earth The Sciences Mysterious Easter Island Engravings Question When Writing was Invented Recent findings support the theory that Easter Island locals may have developed writing before the arrival of . Europeans By Margherita Bassi Mar 8, 2024 4:00 PM Credit : Alberto Loyo Shutterstock Newsletter Sign up for our email newsletter for the latest science news Sign Up   Up to half a century ago , researchers established that writing originated in Mesopotamia in the fourth millennium B.C . and spread to the rest of the world , adapting to different languages . Since the 1970s , however , the decipherment of Maya and further discoveries has suggested that humans invented writing not

  • What Is a Grand Conspiracy NeuroLogica Blog

    Updated: 2024-03-16 02:08:46
    Home About The Author Steven Novella , MD Recent Comments Topic Suggestions Mar 15 2024 What Is a Grand Conspiracy Published by Steven Novella under Conspiracy Theories Comments : 0 Ah , the categorization question again . This is an endless , but much needed , endeavor within human intellectual activity . We have the need to categorize things , if for no other reason than we need to communicate with each other about them . Often skeptics , like myself , talk about conspiracy theories or grand conspiracies . We also often define exactly what we mean by such terms , although not always exhaustively or definitively . It is too cumbersome to do so every single time we refer to such conspiracy theories . To some extent there is a cumulative aspect to discussions about such topics , either here

  • Pentagon Report No UFOs NeuroLogica Blog

    Updated: 2024-03-16 02:08:46
    Home About The Author Steven Novella , MD Recent Comments Topic Suggestions Mar 12 2024 Pentagon Report No UFOs Published by Steven Novella under UFO's Aliens Comments : 0 In response to a recent surge in interest in alien phenomena and claims that the US government is hiding what it knows about extraterrestrials , the Pentagon established a committee to investigate the question the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office AARO They have recently released volume I of their official report their : conclusion To date , AARO has not discovered any empirical evidence that any sighting of a UAP represented off-world technology or the existence a classified program that had not been properly reported to Congress . 8221 They reviewed evidence from 1945 to 2023, including interviews , reports ,

  • An exquisite cosmic coincidence

    Updated: 2024-03-11 14:01:00
    Why eclipses on Earth are unlike anything else in the Solar System.

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