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11.22.09

Ten Young Geniuses Shaking Up Science Today

Meet PopSci's annual Brilliant 10--a selection of the brightest young researchers in the country. They're helping to keep us healthy, prevent disasters, and make green energy cheaper than coal. Lucky for us, our future is in their capable hands

Posted 10.19.2009 at 3:30 pm 6 Comments

Three of the Brilliant Ten: John B. Carnett

We have a credo around here: The future will be better. It may sound optimistic in light of our wheezing environment and limping economy, but then you haven’t met the Brilliant 10, PopSci’s annual selection of the nation’s most promising young researchers.

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Your Brain on Vodka, Dope, Benadryl and More

A group of neuroscientists are using new technology to understand how the brain performs under the influence of drugs

By Gregory Mone Posted 05.01.2008 at 10:10 am 0 Comments

Alan Gevins and his team at SAM Technology in San Francisco are nearing the end of a large study analyzing the effects of various drugs on cognitive performance. An editor at Technology Review recently visited their offices, and downed a stiff cocktail, to experience their work first-hand.

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Spacing Out and Slipping Up

A better understanding of how zoning out leads to mistakes could help scientists develop "wake-up" systems

By Matt Ransford Posted 04.22.2008 at 10:43 am 1 Comment

We probably didn't need a formalized brain study to tell us that we zone out during repetitive and/or monotonous tasks and that mistakes are more commonly made when we do. That much we've figured out for ourselves. Fortunately, though, the study by scientists at the University of Bergen in Norway and Southampton University in the UK discovered something else about those times when we space.

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READ MORE ABOUT > brain, eeg, fmri, Matt Ransford, space out, zone out