Sam NashNov 28, 20184 minDependability is DeadIt all began with the Marshmallow Test. Present a child with a single marshmallow, tell them that they could have instant gratification...
Sam NashNov 14, 20182 minBrain TinglesI have written before about the neurology of synaesthesia, where a person’s senses blend, allowing them to see colours of music, or taste...
Sam NashOct 31, 20182 minSkynet is Here to StayTrust is hard won, but easily lost forever. Why are global tech and consumer companies trying so hard to win our favour and approval? It...
Sam NashOct 17, 20182 minMicrowaved ChildrenHaving recently received the diagnosis of a defective thyroid gland, I am reminded of an article I read regarding the effects of...
Sam NashOct 3, 20183 minIndiana Jones and the Mystery StringsI was never interested in History as a child. Dull school room text books and rote learning put me off the subject for years. The only...
Sam NashSep 19, 20183 minThink Yourself ThinA placebo is a powerful thing. Now, it seems that they can be administered in both tablet and psychological form, with similar effects on...
Sam NashSep 5, 20183 minJournalistic Integrity is DeadMy research takes me to a pretty diverse cross section of websites on the internet. One moment I am trawling through scientific...
Sam NashAug 22, 20183 minBrain HackIn this internet age of YouTube videos reclassifying common sense as wonderful hacks, I was amazed to find an entire branch of scientific...
Sam NashAug 8, 20183 minWater, water everywhere...Just seven days after the release of book two in The Aurora Conspiracy series, I stumbled across an article which documents a real event...
Sam NashJul 25, 20182 minBrain ZappingThere appears to be a resurgence of medical studies investigating electrical stimulation of the brain. My last blog post centred around a...
Sam NashJul 11, 20182 minIntel inside - Your BrainIt amuses me how often neuroscientists alter their opinions on the functions of brain regions. Take the cerebellum, a lobe attached to...
Sam NashJun 27, 20183 minEywa Has Heard You!Why is it when scientific studies buck the current trends and paradigms, they are relegated to the backwaters and entitled,...
Sam NashJun 13, 20182 minTotal RecallWhile scientists across the globe are competing to master the use of gene manipulation to grow new body parts and repair broken organs,...
Sam NashMay 30, 20182 minLike a Circle in a Spiral...It seems that the delicate structures of helices and spirals pervade more of our world than we initially thought. In following a...
Sam NashMay 16, 20182 minResistance is Futile...Perhaps the Big Brother of the future might be better described as a creepy little sister. I may have used this analogy before, which...
Sam NashMay 2, 20182 minGrow Your Own BrainOne more example of science fiction becoming science fact. We are another step closer to re-growing body parts to order. This time,...
Sam NashApr 18, 20182 minAltered Carbon is No Longer FictionalWhen I first read the news that a rudimentary biological circuit had been created from clusters of kidney cells, I was both excited and...
Sam NashApr 4, 20182 minChris Evans Tastes Like SpanglesSynaesthesia appears to be an increasingly popular quirk to apply to characters in fictional stories. This revelation sent me on a quest...
Sam NashMar 21, 20182 minDark DNA? Fascinating Title for a Mistake in Experimental Protocols.This is one of those rare times when my posts appear to overlap. In my last report, on the 7th March 2018, I wrote about the potential...
Sam NashMar 7, 20182 minAn Enzyme Away from X-Men Mutants“I’m not worried…” says Jennifer Doudna, the woman who has cracked gene editing, “I’m excited.” I cannot help wondering whether Robert...