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Conversation Starters
So came across the website of that mad German anatomist guy Guenter von Hagens and found some pretty interesting things...Can't decide whether the bull testes necklace was my favourite, or maybe the plastinated brain slices. It'll be quite interesting to see how many people buy these. That's christmas presents sorted for this year anyway...
http://www.plastination-products.com/Plastinated-Slices-Anatomy-Glass/Human/Head/Sagittal-plane/The-Original/Level-of-nose::369.html
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Our Xmas Special: Gift Psychology And Psychology Gifts
Psychology-themed gifts: Inception DVD - Jungian symbolism, action adventure and Leonardo DiCaprio! A subscription to Scientific American Mind magazine. "I'm statistically significant" and other stats-themed t-shirts. Memento DVD - the best...
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Is The Mtl One Big Happy Region?
A recent post in BRAINETHICS spawned an interesting discussion about the limits (and truthiness) of image coregistration. Thomas Zoëga Ramsøy spotted an egregious error in an fMRI study that appeared in a high-profile publication last year: Big fMRI...
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Remote-controlled Pigeons
Pigeonbots-- apparently not controlled via MFB stimulation, but direct motor control. http://blog.wired.com/defense/2007/02/cyborg_flying_r.html http://tenementpalm.blogspot.com/2007/02/psb-buys-tiny-german-spy-copters.html http://english.people.com.cn/200702/27/eng20070227_352761.html...
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Nom Nom Nom: Brain Food!
Brain Food at Street Anatomy Vanessa Ruiz, creator of the Street Anatomy blog, "obsessively covers the use of human anatomy in medicine, art, and design." Yesterday, she found this: "Red velvet raspberry cake with French vanilla cream cheese frosting...
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Not Sure What Fork To Use? The Etiquette Dinner Can Help!
Etiquette Dinner Tuesday, November 13, 2012 • 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Location: Orem Alumni Hall | Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center When can I begin my meal? Which glass is mine? Where do I put my elbows? Learn the answers to these questions and many...
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