We do the hard work of crawling the globe for the spiffiest science articles - so you don't have to.Why there are no ghosts (Angry Doctor - Singapore)
If something only happens once...
Size does matter (Bug Girl's Blog - USA)
Big fun!
Homo sapiens: The evolution of what we think about who we are (Laelaps - USA)
Comprehensive (and very long!) article on the history of human evolutionary thought...
The Civil War phantom limb (Mind Hacks - USA)
One of the earliest accounts of "phantom limb" sensations...
Unicorn Museum* (The Bird's Brain - USA)
It's the gospel truth!
*Brought to you by Kirsten Sanford (a reader's choice uber hot scientist!)
Thanks to Science Avenger for this news alert.
Also check out Tour of Creation Museum.
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You've been tagged: The Bayblab is proud to host the first ever blog carnival on cancer research. A blog carnival is an event where a community of bloggers come together to explore a common subject of interest. Not only does it create a tool to exchange ideas, but it is a good way to exchange links and increase readership. The rules are simple, write a post about any aspect of cancer research, for example where you see your field contributing to cancer treatment in the future, and submit a link to your story to the comment section of this post (http://bayblab.blogspot.com/2007/08/cancer-research-blog-carnival.html) by August 24th. Also, please copy and paste this message to the comment sections of as many relevant blogs as you can. Let the fun begin!
Ah, I'm honoured to be part of your cancer research blog carnival! Let me scour my seminar notebooks for stuff to write.
Cheers!
If anyone is interested in reading more about phantom limbs, the guy you need to look into is VS Ramachandran. Known in the science world as "Rama", this is his line. He has a terrific book from about 10 years ago entitled, "Phantoms of the Brain" and there are a number of great talks he gives that you can find video of on the net.
Yes, Prof. Ramachandran is the expert on phantom limb phenomena.
He came to Singapore in 2001, and I went to his talk where he described his mirror box technique to help "amputate" the phantom limb of a patient.
He also has an animated and humorous style of presentation - great stuff!
I think he one of the most enjoyable people to LISTEN TO.
For people who haven't heard him, they really should do a google video search. Partly it's his animated style, partly it's his accent and tone, partly it's his knowledge. Awesome combination.
Hopefully I'll get to see him in person. He's right down the road from me in La Jolla.
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