Pooya Karimian
Science
August 18, 2008
Research Sailboat daydream
http://the-edge.blogspot.com/2008/08/research-sailboat-daydr...
Postcards from the Bleeding Edge on what humans have done to the oceans.
May 18, 2008
Using Magnets To Turn Off the Brain's Speech Center
http://science.slashdot.org/science/08/05/18/1253258.shtml
on slashdot. watch the video.
March 17, 2008
How It Works: The Endoscope Camera in a Pill
http://www.popsci.com/node/19963
On Popular Science. Via Slashdot.
March 13, 2008
Jill Bolte Taylor: My stroke of insight
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/229
A video from the TED: Talks series the story of a neuro scientist who had a stroke herself. Via Richard.
July 03, 2007
Synthetic Genome / New Stem Cell
http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/2007/Jun/hour1_062907.htm...
Listen to the very interesting podcast from last week Science Friday. The link to the audio is on the right box.
June 30, 2007
Somewhere between birds and religious experience.
http://simra.net/blog/node/143
Rob Sim on senses and behaviors.
June 12, 2006
Teens use ringtone adults can't hear
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5434687
NPR : Teens Turn 'Repeller' into Adult-Proof Ringtone.
January 10, 2006
Exploring the Relationship Between Music and Memory
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5075918
NPR Science Friday interview with Dr. Oliver Sacks. "Oliver Sacks, the prominent neurologist, author and researcher, talks about the many mysteries of the human brain. He's working on a new book about music and memory, focusing on a musician whose memory lasts but for a few seconds but who can recall whole musical pieces, and even conduct an orchestra."
December 24, 2005
Iran Expecting Birth of Cloned Sheep
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051221/ap_on_sc/iran_cloning_1
"In less than two months, Iran is hoping to celebrate the birth of a cloned sheep, the first such cloning attempt in the Middle East and part of Iran's ambitions — along with its nuclear and space programs — to become a regional high-tech powerhouse."
May 19, 2005
Nature: Iranian neuroscience The brains trust of Tehran
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v435/n7040/full/435264a...
Nature on Science in Iran: Iran's long march
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v435/n7040/full/435247b...
March 12, 2005
How to destory the Earth: A feasibility study
http://ned.ucam.org/%7Esdh31/misc/destroy.html
February 24, 2005
Images: Regaining lost sight | CNET News.com
http://news.com.com/Images Regaining lost sight/2009-7337_3-...
February 18, 2005
Yahoo! News: Science Points to a 'Sixth Sense'
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=97&ncid=97&e...
February 13, 2005
New Scientist: Forget takeout, eat a print-out
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6983
from GeexLog
February 12, 2005
Can This Black Box See Into the Future?
http://www.rednova.com/news/display/?id=126649#121
Another Joke?!
December 05, 2004
BBC NEWS | 'Laser scam' gamblers to keep £1m
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4069629.stm
December 04, 2004
BBC NEWS | UK | 'We will be able to live to 1,000'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4003063.stm
from kottke.org