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Robert Morse: Mad End
I love Robert Morse. Always have. When I was a young lad of ten or so with nothing to do on a Saturday afternoon out in the country, I would drop whatever playful thing I had planned for the day… Continue reading
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The Future of Work and Death
A documentary feature concerning the future of two ‘inevitable’ parts of the human condition; WORK and DEATH. Keith Wayne Brown‘s insight: “The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.” – Isaac Asimov… Continue reading
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Hilma af Klint
Like Vassily Kandinsky, Piet Mondrian and Kazimir Malevich, who have previously been regarded as the main protagonists of abstract art, Hilma af Klint was influenced by contemporary spiritual movements, such as spiritism, theosophy and, later, anthroposophy. Hilma af Klint’s oeuvre… Continue reading
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Exteriorizing the Inner Realms: Occult revelations in the art of ‘Abraxas’
Engage in “sensory sorcery” with Pam Grossman, New York-based associate editor for Abraxas as she takes us on a tour through five incredible esoteric art pieces. Keith Wayne Brown‘s insight: Very intriguing conversation on esoteric and occult art with one… Continue reading
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How the brain works during meditation | neuroscientistnews.com
Meditation is more than just a way to calm our thoughts and lower stress levels: our brain processes more thoughts and feelings during meditation than when you are simply relaxing, a coalition of researchers from Norway and Australia has found.… Continue reading
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New target for chronic pain treatment found | neuroscientistnews.com
Researchers at the University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Medicine have found a new target for treating chronic pain: an enzyme called PIP5K1C. In a paper published May 21 in the journal Neuron, a team of researchers led by… Continue reading
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Flies take time over tough decisions
Keith Wayne Brown‘s insight: After training fruit flies to avoid a new smell at a specific intensity, the researchers offered them a choice between that dangerous odour level and a weaker one. The flies did well when the safe option… Continue reading
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When PhDs realize they won’t be professors – Macleans.ca
Young academics struggle with the transition from school to work Keith Wayne Brown‘s insight: The Postdoc Survey, a partnership between the Canadian Association of Postdoctoral Scholars andMitacs (an organization that coordinates industry-university research partnerships, including internships) consulted 1,830 of the estimated… Continue reading
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US Navy funds morality lessons for robots (Wired UK)
Scientists to explore the challenges of providing autonomous robots with a sense of right and wrong — and the consequences of their actions As we all learned from the 1986 film War Games, machines have the upperhand in warfare when it… Continue reading
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