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Turning on a single gene
makes mouse brains grow huge, and fold in the skull similarly to human brains. Fancy discussing Derida over tea with a rodent? more inside...
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at 1:38 PM on July 18, 2002
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Foreign Candy
Their Pink Grapefruit Mint is the candy that changed my life. The candy I can't live without. The Best Damn Candy I Ever Had. Really. Too bad it's Japanese. Anybody else hooked on non-native candy? (warning: links to a site awash in an asian character set -- but, you get cute monkeys).
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at 7:16 PM on October 31, 2001
(45 comments)
Cool eyeball science
Quick summary of interesting research on the output of the eyeball. 3 really cool things: 1, we know much more about the output of the eyeball now than a few years ago; 2, they've got a neural network doing visual processing like the eye; 3, most of what you see your brain makes up!
posted to MetaFilter by daver
at 3:37 PM on March 28, 2001
(8 comments)
Right before you hit
you were doing...
Looks like we're all getting black boxes in our cars. As a high speed crash survivor I have to admit a certain curiosity as to the forces involved my accident happened. But I'm not sure I want to know this badly...
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at 5:25 PM on March 19, 2001
(10 comments)
Ashcroft sings!
Actually, seems like it was 4 or 5 years ago, but hey, it's still catchy. MP3 contained at link to TheSmokingGun.com
posted to MetaFilter by daver
at 3:03 PM on January 23, 2001
(5 comments)
