Saturday, December 29, 2012

Top Links for 2012



Quantum Stuff
Quantum Life - Until Recently it was thought that quantum entanglements could only take place at very low temperatures. New research however suggests they play a role in living systems.
Seth Loyd on Quantum Life
Everywhere in a Flash: The Quantum Physics of Photosynthesis
NOVA | The Fabric of the Cosmos: Quantum Leap



Deep, Beautiful, & Elegant Annual Questions from Edge.org
The Principle of Least Action
Frames of Reference
Falling Into Place: Entropy, Galileo's Frames of Reference, and the Desperate Ingenuity Of Life



Right Brain/Left Brain Asymmetry
Psychiatrist Iain McGilchrist describes the real differences between the left and right halves of the human brain. It's not simply "emotion on the right, reason on the left," but something far more complex and interesting

Iain McGilchrist: The divided brain

Mike Gazzaniga
Recent Interview with Gazzaniga and split brain patient 'Joe'

Marshmellow Studies
The Secret of Self-Control
Reconsidering the Marshmallow Test



Robert Saplosky & Stress
Under Pressure: The Search for a Stress Vaccine
Stress, Neurodegeneration and Individual Differences by Robert Sapolsky

Moving Naturalism Forward
Videos


Change Blindness
Video

 

Uncertainty
SCIENCE IS NOT ABOUT CERTAINTY: A PHILOSOPHY OF PHYSICS
The Buddha, Topoi, And Quantum Gravity

No comments:

Post a Comment