Posted on Sep 3, 2013 | Comments Off on Alejandro Jodorowsky, Cult Film-Maker, Comic Book Writer And Spiritual Guru, Gets An Asteroid Named After Him
Alejandro Jodorowsky, a cult Franco-Chilean film-maker (an "acid western" - so think back to 1970 and picture that) and science-fiction comics writer who later became a spiritual guru (psycho-shamanism - just jumble together tarot cards, alchemy and Zen Buddhism together), has been honored by The Minor Planets Centre, a branch of the International Astronomical Union (IAU).They have listed...
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Posted on Sep 3, 2013 | Comments Off on Republican And Democratic Brains Debunked For (Hopefully) The Last Time
It's easy to forget that there was once a time when a lot of hype resulted from claims that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed biological differences between political brains - it was open season on the opposition by people who understand biology even less than psychology.
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Posted on Sep 3, 2013 | Comments Off on SMOC: University Of Texas – Austin Psychology Course Could Generate Millions In Revenue
Want to create an online video course that will be successful and make a ton of money? The Synchronous Massive Online Class (SMOC) by two psychologists at the University of Texas - Austin may be it. It's an introductory class in psychology so anyone can participate and they are charging $550 per viewer. Unlike the better-known MOOC (Massive Open Online Course), you have to watch the...
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Posted on Sep 2, 2013 | Comments Off on Science 2.0 For Collaboration
With increased regulation, the overwhelming chance of failure and lawsuits looming for each new treatment, it's little surprise that the private sector is abandoning medical research - or at least wanting to share the costs.
One of the four founding tenets of Science 2.0 since its inception, along with publication, communication and public participation, has been collaboration. In medicine, for...
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Posted on Sep 2, 2013 | Comments Off on Science 2.0 For Collaboration
With increased regulation, the overwhelming chance of failure and lawsuits looming for each new treatment, it's little surprise that the private sector is abandoning medical research - or at least wanting to share the costs.
One of the four founding tenets of Science 2.0 since its inception, along with publication, communication and public participation, has been collaboration. In medicine, for...
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