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Brain Basics in Text Symbol Pictures

November 7, 2014by Jax 1 Comment

So I looked at fear last week and I will examine memory and trauma next. Before that, it will be useful to review how the brain works in a nutshell. […]

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Humans

This is Your Brain on Fear

October 31, 2014by Jax 4 Comments

For something so awkward and squishy-looking, the brain is a deliciously complex and efficient thing that commands and controls everything about us. In the spirit of Halloween, I look today […]

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Humans

Lasers: Guns and Forcefields

October 23, 2014by Jax Leave a comment

How do lasers work (including an attempt to explain an Einstein theory using the word “tickle”)? What’s the latest on laser weapons? Is it possible to construct a laser forcefield […]

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War

Skyscrapers (Part 2 of 2)

September 30, 2014by Jax 1 Comment

The reserve of the Western world since the early 15th century, the Tallest-Manmade-Thing-in-the-World (TMTW) Baton has been passed around the Eastern Hemisphere for the last 15 years. And these things […]

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Infrastructure

Skyscrapers (Part 1 of 2)

September 11, 2014by Jax 1 Comment

I was getting ready to go to my morning ethics class. 9/11/2001 evokes the same question for our generation that the shooting of JFK did for the previous one: where were […]

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Infrastructure

Cities

August 30, 2014by Jax Leave a comment

Most of us have been in one. Most of us live in one. According to the UN, 54 percent of the world’s population live in urban areas this year. By […]

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Infrastructure

Where the 7 Billion Are and How Pictures of Nighttime Lights Can Be Useful

August 7, 2014by Jax 1 Comment

There are seven billion people in the world. Where is everybody, really?

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