Here is a good article that sums up my perspective on Christianity, especially the bolded paragraph. There is no question n my mind that evolution has provided a sort of boobytrap in that it causes us to impute intentionality to all sorts of things that don’t necessarily have it, but that̵...

Probing the brain wirelessly - IR-absorbing lead selenide particles form the basis of a method for the study of neuronal activation in samples of brain tissues without the need for hard-wired electrodes. The technique instead utilises light-triggered nanostructured semiconductor photoelectrodes to p...

Neuro appointment today.   This is long, I'm sorry, I'm in limbo again. I might not have MS, again!Stopping Copaxone as of today as a bit of an experiment. See here's the thing.   Lots of things, I guess, can cause lesions, eh? Fact:  I DO HAVE SARCOID.  No doubt. ...

Image by micahb37 via Flickr I’ve met a lot of people in my life. A lot. Many make a lasting impression on me.  Most make no impression on me. When I meet someone for the second time, it takes my brain a second or two to acknowledge that the recognition is true, and to connect the face with a...

I know I haven’t written in over a month, so I figured I ought to get on here and write up a little something to let you know that I am in fact still alive. I had that whole thing happen with my mom back in November, but she’s somewhat better now. They still can’t completely assess...

Gadolinium based injections used as a contrast agent could cause those with impaired kidney function to develop the serious and potentially fatal disorder, which is associated with the formation of thick and hard skin on the arms and legs, as well as the fibrosis of organs. If you have received inje...

Basically spent the better half of yesterday creating what I thought was a rather lovely Hyperbolic Tessellation. Unfortunately it wasn't the right "specs" that my design instructor had given. She did however say it was rather lovely and would give me extra-credit if I finish it, but I still have to...

So my MRI was postponed. I got to the office, got a shot of Valium in my butt, and waited my turn... and the damned MRI machine broke down. So they're going to have to reschedule me! FUN! Rawr Rawr Rawr! On the up side, this is a different company from last time, and I guess they're a million times ...

I get the joy of going in for a MRI on my head, neck and back! Joy of all joys! Long story short, during a bout of BlizzCon roughhousing, I fell backwards over my backpack, smacked my head against the concrete floor, and yeah... I'm sure it didn't help that I fell back off a stepladder later in the ...

While imaging brain studies can’t show us what we’re thinking, they can show us comparatively how two brains are performing from two different groups. Neuroscientists use such comparisons to form hypothesis about brain behavior. Using neuroimaging techniques to study aging — techni...