Been too busy to post anything in some time, busy figuring out how to rebuild people’s brains. Being so enthralled with my new environment, I assumed I would post something sooner or later related to my work, but what do you know, science is unpredictable. Today we’re talking the Moon, inspired by the recently released...

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In lieu of the coming school year, and my new start at the University of Alberta, I’m preparing a hopefully cool post on brain plasticity and all it means to you. Brain plasticity is one of the most remarkable capacities your brain possesses, in the sense that it underlies all (in some way or another)...

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It’s about time I get to talking some brains, and there is a lot to talk about. I guess this will be more of a preview post than anything; an extended introduction one might call it. My interest in the brain borders absolute (as a nearly absolute rule - there are never absolutes), and I...

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Today we are going to try to step out of the solar system. As the late Carl Sagan would put it, we have waded through the cosmic shore that is our solar system, and now swim into the vast ocean of space. While the distances required of such a journey will unfortunately make ours an...

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Space, the final frontier…. well not quite. To presume that science has a singular frontier, or that space alone is said frontier would be a major disrespect to the breadth and complexity of science. Yes, we are expanding our gaze deeper and with greater clarity than ever into the depths of space, but science has...

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Guess I’m not going to make this your typical science blog. With some time to burn after my recent convocation, and after numerous congratulations from the numerous leading gentlemen in my life I thought I would give some credit where it is due.  After all, each of us is blessed in that every single preceding...

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The unfortunate reality is that the world we are growing up in today can often seem like its pretty dark. Your television and radio depict a world that is filled with war, crime, natural disasters, and every different form of hate. The first and unfortunate truth you should realize is that most of these things...

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