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Photo: An orchestra without a conductor, by Harry Weller, Del57 at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Human Mind Is Wired for Music: How Did That Come About?

Most of us can correctly remember melodies and lyrics learned in childhood, even years after last having heard them. Read More ›
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Near-Death Research Slowly Fills in the Picture

When an 87-year-old man was having his brain scanned, he died — unexpectedly — of a heart attack. So, the scan recorded his unanticipated final brain activity. Read More ›
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A Physician’s Fantastic Voyage through Your Designed Body

Begin by piling up the layers of complexity in the human body — the layer upon layer of complex interdependent systems. Read More ›
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Your Designed Body: Hearing Is a Symphony of Parts

The human ear can detect sound when the eardrum is displaced by as little as one-tenth the diameter of a single hydrogen atom. Read More ›
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Dr. Geoffrey Simmons on Human Design — and Re-Creating It in Robots

Will robots ever experience empathy or other feelings, or develop a genuine sense of humor? Read More ›
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Thanks, Dr. Oz — Our Favorite Super Bowl Ad, a Beautiful Celebration of Complex Senses

Let’s examine the subject in a little more depth than what a commercial can do in a minute and thirty seconds: Read More ›
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Photo: A gerbil; note the ears, via Wikipedia.

Mammals Compute Sound Timing in the Microsecond Range

Two ears provide the ability for mammals to tell the direction of sound, involving multiple finely tuned mechanisms. Read More ›
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Photo: A pea plant, by Rasbak (Own work) [GFDL or CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Prairie Dogs “Talk”…and Plants “Hear” – More Reasons for Dumping Humankind’s Unique Place in Nature?

Plants respond to light, but they do not “see.” Read More ›

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