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Saturday, 31 July 2010
quote [ The scientists focused on the long-distance network of 383 brain regions and 6,602 long-distance brain connections that travel through the brain’s white matter, which are like the “interstate highways” between far-flung brain regions, he explained, while short-distance gray matter connections constitute “local roads” within a brain region and its sub-structures. ]
[SFW] [Niftyness] [by steele@8:56pmGMT] [+100 CAFFEINESTRAVAGANZA!] [2 comments] |
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Friday, 8 January 2010
quote [ Researchers from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie (HZB), in cooperation with colleagues from Oxford and Bristol Universities, as well as the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK, have for the first time observed a nanoscale symmetry hidden in solid state matter. They have measured the signatures of a symmetry showing the same attributes as the golden ratio famous from art and architecture. ]
The world is an incredible place.
[SFW] [by steele@2:00pmGMT] [+47 SCIENCE!] [0 comments] Incidentally, when I was helping -_- with his prime project I "discovered" the golden ratio on my own. Totally thought I was on to something :) |
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quote [ I am forced to buy a new computer.
My office Christmas party was Dec. 5th. Munkie won an iPod Nano. It can play video's, movies, etc. Alas, my current [BELOVED] dial-up, ten year old, 512mb RAM, down loading at speeds of up to 4.9 kb/sec. - just can't handle it anymore. :/ Thumb is the latest popular thing to Chop. (new: cannot left or right align until the quote or comment text reaches the bottom of the image) Wait. What? ] So.
What I need here, kids, is: Your thoughts on what I should buy. [SFW] [Blogging] [by Leezurd@7:07amGMT] [+11 ] [20 comments] |
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Thursday, 14 August 2008
quote [ ...a youtube phenomenon in which the kids are taking small samples of Super Mario Brothers cartoons and looping them for several minutes. ]
Crashpop has found the generation gap. It is scary.
[SFW] [WTF-ry] [by DirtyBirdy@3:48amGMT] [+20] [25 comments] |
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quote [ When a woman reached orgasm, something unexpected happened: much of her brain went silent. ]
An interesting article from Scientific American on how the brain works during sex.
And a tender love story linked in the extended. [SFW] [Niftyness] [by steele@8:04pmGMT] [+65 Couldn't be more right] [6 comments] |
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Saturday, 9 December 2006
quote [ Old tags never die. They just go to Hell and regroup. At ObscureTags.com.
This page contains absolutely no CSS because CSS is dumb. ] [SFW] [by Trench@11:53pmGMT] [+10115] [41 comments] |
I feel sorry for the poor bastard that realizes they're going to need to map out the entire nervous system to get a full handle on things.