You might imagine memory is a Santa's sack of life events and the first half of jokes. You would be wrong. Neuroscientist Dean Burnett explains all in our new series, Use your head

You might imagine memory is a Santa's sack of life events and the first half of jokes. You would be wrong. Neuroscientist Dean Burnett explains all in our new series, Use your head

Waldo wouldn't stand a chance against the camouflaging abilities of these snipers.

Waldo wouldn't stand a chance against the camouflaging abilities of these snipers.

As the 2015 general election looms, a new paper calls for a radical redefining of policy. Whichever party comes to power, we must be honest about culture's purpose and impact, says Dave O'Brien

As the 2015 general election looms, a new paper calls for a radical redefining of policy. Whichever party comes to power, we must be honest about culture's purpose and impact, says Dave O'Brien

On September 18, 2007, a few dozen neuroscientists, psychiatrists, and drug-company executives gathered in a hotel conference room in Brussels to hear some startling news. It had to do with a class of drugs known as atypical or second-generation antipsychotics, which came on the market in the early nineties. The drugs, sold under brand names such as Abilify, Seroquel, and Zyprexa, had been tested on schizophrenics in several large clinical trials, all of which had demonstrated a dramatic decrease in the subjects' psychiatric symptoms. As a result, second-generation antipsychotics had become one of the fastest-growing and most profitable pharmaceutical classes. By 2001, Eli Lilly's Zyprexa was generating more revenue than Prozac. It remains the company's top-selling drug.

On September 18, 2007, a few dozen neuroscientists, psychiatrists, and drug-company executives gathered in a hotel conference room in Brussels to hear some startling news. It had to do with a class of drugs known as atypical or second-generation antipsychotics, which came on the market in the early nineties. The drugs, sold under brand names such as Abilify, Seroquel, and Zyprexa, had been tested on schizophrenics in several large clinical trials, all of which had demonstrated a dramatic decrease in the subjects' psychiatric symptoms. As a result, second-generation antipsychotics had become one of the fastest-growing and most profitable pharmaceutical classes. By 2001, Eli Lilly's Zyprexa was generating more revenue than Prozac. It remains the company's top-selling drug.

Rebecca Carroll: Piers Morgan believes that if rappers cleaned up their language, white people would stop using racial slurs. But black people don't have that kind of power

Rebecca Carroll: Piers Morgan believes that if rappers cleaned up their language, white people would stop using racial slurs. But black people don't have that kind of power

under the series - The Map Makers

under the series - The Map Makers

From almost the opening shot, the Great War has been fought over by historians wishing to interpret and understand what happened and why. Their conflict is not over yet.

From almost the opening shot, the Great War has been fought over by historians wishing to interpret and understand what happened and why. Their conflict is not over yet.

Analysis of 37 graphs from 2013 - analysis by economists

The Marvels and Flaws of Intuition (from the Brain Pickings Blog)

The Uncertain Biological Basis of Morality

"Science is unabashedly radical, willing to toss aside established wisdom and ideas to embrace mind-warping new concepts (if the data backs them up). Science is relentlessly conservative, deeply suspicious of new claims and determined to hold firm to cherished truths that have stood the test of time. As strange as it may seem, both these contradictory statements have held true throughout the 450-year history of "modern" science. In fact, they are what have given science the stability and creativity that root its cultural power."

Why we shun Asian words... for now

Functions of Art by Alain be Botton

this is from the Brain Pickings Blog

If fear is a natural survival response to a threat, or danger, why would we seek out that feeling?