Aphonia: "No voice".

What would happen if one were mute for a reason no one could understand or diagnose? What might the implications be?

The only surviving copy of the 500-year-old map that first used the name America goes on permanent display this month at the Library of Congress, but even as it prepares for its debut, the 1507 Waldseemuller map remains a puzzle for researchers.

"Why did the mapmaker name the territory America and then change his mind later? How was he able to ( Read more... )

The European Space Agency (ESA) on Tuesday called for applications for one of the most demanding human experiments in space history: a simulated trip to Mars in which six "astronauts" will spend 17 months in an isolation tank on Earth.

The brain cranks out memories near its center, in a looped wishbone of tissue called the hippocampus. But a new ( Read more... )

The phone call embedded here is a promo piece for the new Nine Inch Nails record "Year Zero". It's not real.

Just felt like I had to say that. Travis gave us the skinny yesterday, and I'm already committed to buy this album today, and if you want to get really deep into a story, Trent Reznor has given you everything you need ( Read more... )

...and here's why. The environment has been his issue for decades, and I've forgiven Tipper for the PMRC debacle. The Republicans of course will write this film off as 'hysterical theory' since the President doesn't believe in science and that the End Times are near. The way we're going, he's probably not wrong about the latter ( Read more... )

So that things like this can blow me away and show me some possibilities....

Found via The Reverse Cowgirl who I discovered via Warren (Internet Jesus) Ellis.

I wonder what sort of programming this is, and how hard it would be to duplicate. This kind of imagery sort of lends itself to a new generation of online comix, don't you think?

If it takes a while to clear the cobwebs after waking up, that's understandable -- "sleep inertia" leaves some people so groggy they might as well be drunk, researchers said on Tuesday."For a short period, at least, the effects of sleep inertia may be as bad as or worse than being legally drunk," said researcher Kenneth Wright of the University of ( Read more... )