Month: March 2014
Behavioural Design: What Urban Planners Can Learn From Sweden.
Originally posted on Selouk:
by Karishma Rajaratnam Sweden’s success in reducing its road related deaths has been a hot topic in recent months, with both the Economist blog and Fast Company featuring its successful road design. According to The Economist “Sweden’s roads have become the world’s safest”, with road deaths last year hitting a record low. Overall,…
How parasites turn our thinking sideways: Ed Yong at TED2014
Originally posted on TED Blog:
Ed Yong. Photo: James Duncan Davidson Ed Yong begins by showing us beautiful images of animals gathering in large groups. And the reasons for them are fascinating and many. But Yong, an award-winning science writer, points out that most explanations “make an assumption about animal behavior — that they are…
Nine charts that tell you where life is pretty terrific and where people are miserable
Why this might just be the most significant TED Talk ever posted
Originally posted on TED Blog:
In today’s talk, “The Long Reach of Reason,” Steven Pinker and Rebecca Newberger Goldstein have been animated by RSA. I want to give you the back story behind today’s TED Talk and make the case that it’s one of the most significant we’ve ever posted. And I’m not just talking about…
Semliki Forest virus-mediated gene therapy of the RG2 rat glioma
Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol. 2010 Dec;36(7):648-60. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2010.01110.x. [Download the paper] Semliki Forest virus-mediated gene therapy of the RG2 rat glioma. Roche FP, Sheahan BJ, O’Mara SM, Atkins GJ. AIMS: Glioblastoma multiforme is the most common and most malignant adult brain tumour. Despite numerous advances in cancer therapy there has been little change in the prognosis… Read More
Snapshots of Life: Reward Seeking, in Technicolor
NIH Director's Blog Credit: Saleem Nicola, Vincent B. McGinty, James J. Kim, and Sylvie Lardeux Originally, this vibrant picture was just a set of black lines on a graph, charting the various paths of a laboratory rat as it made its way toward a lever to release a shot of sugar water. But Dr. Saleem… Read More
Brain Awareness Week Lecture, Thurs March 13th, Science Gallery
Originally posted on Neuroscience Ireland:
Be Brain Aware: Learn to Value this Wonderful Organ and How to Look After Your Brain Leading experts Professor Orla Hardiman and Professor Ian Robertson will give free public talks in the Science Gallery Dublin next Thursday 13th March as part of Events for National Brain Awareness Week The event starts…
Please RT: Position vacant, Professor in Neuroscience – Trinity College, the University of Dublin
Post Title: Professor in Neuroscience Post Status: Permanent and Full-Time [view position] Post Title: Professor in Neuroscience Post Status: Permanent and Full-Time Department/Faculty: Discipline of Physiology, School of Medicine Reports to: Head of Discipline Location: Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience Salary: This appointment will be made on the Associate Professor salary scale in line with… Read More
Email is evil* (because the cognitive tax it imposes is currently too high)
Email has become dysfunctional as a communication tool. Another morning, and another 50 overnight emails, with another 100 or so to arrive during the day. And there’s nothing special about me in this regard. Email harvesting and sales of email distribution lists is big business these days. You hire a car, or search for a… Read More
