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

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

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

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

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

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