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Brains & Rythmns

by Alex Williams on April 26, 2009

A little more information for that last post.

Brain works best when cells keep right rhythms

April 26th, 2009

Brain works best when cells keep right rhythms

It is said that each of us marches to the beat of a different drum, but new Stanford University research suggests that brain cells need to follow specific rhythms that must be kept for proper brain functioning. These rhythms don’t appear to be working correctly in such diseases as schizophrenia and autism, and now two papers due to be published online this week by the journals Nature and Science demonstrate that precisely tuning the oscillation frequencies of certain neurons can affect how the brain processes information and implements feelings of reward.

 Brains & Rythmns

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Brain works best when cells keep right rhythms

by Alex Williams on April 26, 2009

Brain works best when cells keep right rhythms

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The Free Will Theorem

by Alex Williams on March 22, 2009

A very interesting proposal, that the universe itself; all particles have free-will, not just humans. Decisions can be made by electrons for example which make our decisions unpredictable. Fascinating.theory.

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Philosophy, Physics, & Nuit

by Alex Williams on February 7, 2009

Very interesting discussion of quantum physics, cosmology and deity.

Anatomy of the Star Goddess: Quantum Cosmology, Virtual States, Energy Science, and Scalar Fields

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Because I care about you…

by Alex Williams on January 31, 2009

This interview is a serious change of view on the actual state of our oil supply and thus our energy supply. How much of your life does not depend on energy. What will you eat if your electricity and gas go off today? And it stays off. These are not shrill “doomsayers”.

George Monbiot asks Fatih Birol, chief economist of IEA, when will the oil run out? | Business | The Guardian

When will the oil run out?
George Monbiot puts the question to Fatih Birol, chief economist of the International Energy Agency – and is both astonished and alarmed by the answer

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I’ve been waiting for this evidence for 20 years! At long last: confirmation of innate musical ability. Just needs to go a little further and demonstrate universality.

Subject: Baby Got Beat: Music May Be Inborn | Wired Science from Wired.com
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