Scientific American offers a war report with an article on our brain’s decision-making ability. According to the article:

“…use of executive function—a talent we all rely on throughout the day—draws upon a single resource of limited capacity in the brain. When this resource is exhausted by one activity, our mental capacity may be severely hindered in another, seemingly unrelated activity.”

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From Roman infanticide, to the transatlantic slave trade, and the racial politics of Nazi Germany, people have long relied on biological justification for the subjugation, oppression and murder of other human beings. So when scientist set out to map the approximately 25,000 genes of the human genome they were doing more than drafting the blueprint of humanity. They were also working to tackle a belief that has plagued man’s social existence—the question of whether certain races are genetically superior to others. More »

I always joke to my friends that if my life was on TV it would be a soap opera because the sequence of events are so random and emotional. More »

Spaced Out is a exploration into space for people who don’t follow science. The goal is to ask questions, speculate and learn as we go.

Was last night random in any way? Did you feel anything different stirring in the air? I didn’t. It was a regular night for myself…well, until I heard some drunk guy four stools down from me at the bar, yelling about there being an eclipse. I thought he was just smashed but when I glanced up a few minutes later, I noticed that the moon was slowly being covered. More »