Jean Balchin • Feb 23, 2018 •
“Ridiculed because of his enormous ears, a young circus elephant is assisted by a mouse to achieve his full potential.” You’ve heard of Dumbo the Elephant (if you haven’t, you are missing out!), but have you heard of Dumbo the Octopod? In a report in Current Biology on February 19, researchers have described a deep sea “dumbo” octopod. These young octopods look … Read More
Guest Author • May 24, 2016 •
By Bronson Harry, Western Sydney University Picture a close friend. Imagine their face, the sound of their voice, their height, what they normally wear. You might be surprised to learn you have just used a host of different brain regions to recall this information. Curiously, there is no single brain region that is involved in representing the people … Read More
Aimee Whitcroft • Feb 15, 2013 •
Hooray for CNET! not only do I use them whenever I’m looking at new tech to buy, but they’ve also pointed me at an extraordinary music video. British musician Sivu (James Page) spent 2-3 hours holed up in an MRI… Read more › … Read More
Aimee Whitcroft • Jul 19, 2010 •
Hah! Still alive! (Possibly) A melon A little bit of very intriguing strangeness today. And yes, a brief post too. Still, the amount of time spent watching this in fascination should hopefully make up for that. Some very interesting person took a bunch of different foods, and bunged them into an MRI … Read More
Jim McVeagh • Dec 12, 2009 •
It is always a tragedy when a young life is lost, but it is especially heart-wrenching when a young man dies from something you would not normally expect such a person to die from. Such is the case of Dean Carroll, the 22 year old who presented to an emergency department and left with a [...] Related posts: … Read More