Jellyfish Just Proved You Don’t Need A Brain To Learn From Experience
Today we’re learning about new research on learning in jellyfish that suggests that you can learn even if you don’t have a brain!
When Phineas Gage’s Skull Met An Iron Bar, Things Got Weird
Today in 1848, a workplace accident caused an iron bar to go through the skull and brain of railroad worker Phineas Gage. Somehow, he lived, and ended up changing science forever.
Maybe Our Wildest Dreams Are Wild For A Reason
A neuroscience researcher at Tufts University has an idea that might help explain dreams, and it’s based on something that happens with artificial intelligence.
A Brain Implant That Can Bypass A Damaged Eye And Send Images To The Mind
The technology I like best is the technology that helps people do what they couldn’t do before, like a new brain implant that can put images from a camera in front of blind people.