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On "Consciousness: The Black Hole of Neuroscience" aka the "hard" problem | Thinkahol's... - 0 views

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    What had been lacking until relatively recently was an overarching framework or theory through which to grasp the nature of consciousness. The lack of a general theory of consciousness, of how it comes to be that there is something that it is like to be, was really the last rational bastion of opposition to the scientific assertion that consciousness emerges from the brain.
Jose M Perez

Acute vision in the giant Cambrian predator Anomalocaris and the origin of compound eye... - 0 views

  • 2–3-cm paired eyes from the early Cambrian (approximately 515 million years old
  • Anomalocaris
  • at least 16,000 hexagonally packed ommatidial lenses (in a single eye)
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  • origin of compound eyes deeper down the arthropod stem lineage
  • evolved before such features as a hardened exoskeleton
  • processing of visual information would have required
  • sophisticated nektonic predators with acute vision
  • brain to be of comparable complexity to
  • modern) arthropods
  • within Cambrian communities would have placed considerable selective pressures on prey that would have influenced the ‘arms race’ that began during this important phase in early animal evolution
  • sophisticated
  • Nature International
thinkahol *

Singularity Summit | Summit 2011 > A Sample of the Singularity Summit - 0 views

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    Full Videos of the Singularity Summit 2010 Talks
thinkahol *

Evolution machine: Genetic engineering on fast forward - life - 27 June 2011 - New Scie... - 0 views

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    Automated genetic tinkering is just the start - this machine could be used to rewrite the language of life and create new species of humans
thinkahol *

Martin Hanczyc: The line between life and not-life - YouTube - 0 views

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    http://www.ted.com In his lab, Martin Hanczyc makes "protocells," experimental blobs of chemicals that behave like living cells. His work demonstrates how life might have first occurred on Earth ... and perhaps elsewhere too.
Child Therapy

Coaching Both Parent And Child - 1 views

I want to see my kid happy and grow to his full potential. That is why, when I see him having trouble opening up to me or to other people, I feel bad as a parent. I feel that I am not doing a good ...

started by Child Therapy on 28 Sep 12 no follow-up yet
Sherry Konkus

Stupid Dinosaur Lies - 0 views

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    This blog exposes and debunks the lies of young earth creationism and their false beliefs on dinosaurs.
brad ward

MnCSE - Home - 0 views

shared by brad ward on 20 Jun 08 - Cached
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    Minnesota Citizens for Science Education works to assure the teaching and learning of Evolutionary Biology and other sciences in Minnesota's classrooms.
Jeffrey Plaman

LabBench: Population Genetics - 0 views

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    This is a nice review of population genetics concepts and has sample problems associated to test your skills.
brad ward

Tiktaalik roseae: Home - 1 views

shared by brad ward on 20 Jun 08 - Cached
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    Website highlighting the book and research for one of the first tetrapods
brad ward

National Association of Biology Teachers - 0 views

shared by brad ward on 20 Jun 08 - Cached
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    The leader in biology education.
Jeffrey Plaman

ENSI/SENSI Lesson List: Evolution - 1 views

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    This is a list of evolution lessons, with copyable pdf downloads.
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