The Key of You: The Symphony of Your Biological Clocks
Western medicine prides itself on the ability to diagnose and treat a variety of maladies that a very short time ago were considered...
How Your Brain is Like an Ant Colony
Ants are amazing. They can carry 50 times their body weight. Their total biomass worldwide equals the total biomass of humans. Fungus...
The Immortality Atlas: Mapping the Human Connectome
The Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci guaranteed his immortality when he literally put his name on the map—at least, if...
Procrastination, the McClellan Problem, and You
General George B. “Little Mac” McClellan was the Union force commander during the Civil War. Beloved by his men, and a stickler for...
The Strange Case of Phineas Gage, redux
In January of 2013, I wrote a post on one of neuroscience’s most famous cases. New details make it necessary to retell the story. It’s...
Is Thanksgiving Doomed?
How do I know Thanksgiving is over? I simply look out the back window of my home to witness the brilliant array of Christmas lights. To...