Findings tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2008-09-30:/newsblog//4 2009-10-23T16:44:41Z The *Science* Magazine News Blog Movable Type Open Source 4.1 Neuroethics Smackdown! tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2009:/newsblog//4.4062 2009-10-22T21:32:03Z 2009-10-23T16:44:41Z CREDIT: Photos.com by Greg Miller Tuesday night's neuroethics social was billed as a clash between two heavy hitters in cognitive neuroscience over a provocative question posed by session organizer (and referee) Martha Farah of the University of Pennsylvania: Is... Greg Miller An Infectious Problem for the Brain tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2009:/newsblog//4.4059 2009-10-22T18:48:39Z 2009-10-22T19:29:42Z by Greg MillerAs I watched a man two rows ahead of me sniffle and cough throughout a Tuesday afternoon symposium, I found myself worrying about his future mental health. After all, I'd just heard talk after talk about how... Greg Miller Maybe It's the Bowtie tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2009:/newsblog//4.4044 2009-10-21T15:26:18Z 2009-10-21T16:56:45Z CREDIT: Wikimedia Commons by Greg MillerEric Kandel is a hero for many neuroscientists. He wrote the field's most widely used textbook, won a Nobel Prize for his work on memory, and by all accounts is a genuinely nice guy.... Greg Miller Time to Get Wiki? tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2009:/newsblog//4.4043 2009-10-21T04:01:25Z 2009-10-21T14:27:01Z by Emily Laut CREDIT: Wikimedia Foundation The Wikipedia entry for "neuroscience" looks all right at first glance, but after attending a session on Monday, I knew otherwise. Two enthusiastic scientists turned Wikipedia Academy volunteers, Bill Wedemeyer and Tim Vickers, explained... Greg Miller iPS Cells and the Peak of Inflated Expectations tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2009:/newsblog//4.4037 2009-10-20T18:05:00Z 2009-10-21T13:11:08Z CREDIT: J. T. Dimos et al., Science, 29 August 2008, p. 1218 by Greg Miller If you've been reading science news stories for the past couple of years, you've probably heard that induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells are the... David Grimm A Multi-Armed Approach to Brain Evolution tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2009:/newsblog//4.4033 2009-10-19T23:35:11Z 2009-10-20T17:06:00Z CREDIT: CLIFF RAGSDALE AND SHUICHI SHIGENO by Greg Miller Did you know that an octopus brain has more than 50 lobes and about as many neurons (100 million) as a mouse's brain? And that's not counting the smaller brains... Greg Miller We Are Neuroscientists and We Come in Peace tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2009:/newsblog//4.4025 2009-10-19T01:12:50Z 2009-10-19T02:33:11Z by Greg Miller Before this afternoon's social issues roundtable, I blithely assumed that neuroscience is mostly a good thing for society. It's all about understanding emotions, memory and cognition--the things that make us who we are--and tackling scourges such as... Greg Miller How Illuminating tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2009:/newsblog//4.4024 2009-10-18T23:21:10Z 2009-10-19T14:28:14Z CREDIT: FENG ZHANG AND KARL DEISSEROTH by Greg Miller Optogenetics continues to be a hot topic. This emerging set of research tools combines genetic engineering and sophisticated optics to image or stimulate neural activity. The neural circuits that mediate... Greg Miller Neuroscientists All aTwitter tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2009:/newsblog//4.4023 2009-10-18T02:10:26Z 2009-10-18T12:48:16Z by Greg Miller (@dosmonos) Apparently not even the 16,000-plus scientific presentations at this year's Society for Neuroscience (SfN) meeting are enough to fully occupy some of the 29,500 (and counting) attendees. Many are finding time to post short snippets on... Greg Miller Experience the Magic, Study the Magic tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2009:/newsblog//4.4022 2009-10-18T01:30:11Z 2009-10-21T14:46:53Z by Greg Miller "Magicians for centuries have been hijacking our brains ... to make us believe in the impossible," said Society for Neuroscience President Tom Carew as he introduced magicians Eric Mead and Apollo Robbins this morning at the... Greg Miller Blogging the brain tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2009:/newsblog//4.4012 2009-10-14T20:45:47Z 2009-10-15T20:03:02Z Starting Saturday, Science reporter Greg Miller will be blogging from the 2009 Society for Neuroscience meeting in Chicago. Check back for updates on meeting highlights, gossip and whatever else turns up.... Greg Miller LCROSS Finale: NASA Plays Down Lack of Fireworks tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2009:/newsblog//4.3997 2009-10-09T18:42:20Z 2009-10-09T20:17:03Z by Richard A. Kerr A near-infrared image of Cabeus crater, taken from Palomar Observatory after the LCROSS impact today. No ejecta are visible from the image, but further analysis may reveal subtle indications of the crash. (Credit: Palomar Observatory/Caltech) NASA... David Grimm LCROSS Impact: Boom or Bust? tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2009:/newsblog//4.3993 2009-10-09T13:49:40Z 2009-10-09T16:51:42Z by Richard A. Kerr Image of the LCROSS target crater before impact (top), and the last visible-light photo from the spacecraft (bottom). Although intended to produce a visible plume of ejecta, the impact has so far not yielded anything quite... David Grimm LCROSS: Live Coverage and Important Time Points tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2009:/newsblog//4.3991 2009-10-08T22:52:00Z 2009-10-09T16:54:53Z David Grimm LCROSS, the Musical? tag:blogs.sciencemag.org,2009:/newsblog//4.3990 2009-10-08T19:27:57Z 2009-10-09T13:02:47Z David Grimm