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DanielToker January 3, 2018December 29, 2017 Astrobiology, Cognitive, Cognitive Astrobiology, Diana Reiss, ET, Evolution, Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Intelligence, Jellyfish, NASA, Psychology, SETI, Space, Spaceflight

Cognitive Astrobiology

[dropcap]S[/dropcap]o here’s a cool combination of fields: neuroscience and astrobiology. Let’s call it “cognitive astrobiology.”… Read More

Big Ideas

Joel Frohlich July 6, 2016June 30, 2017 CT, Electromagnetic Radiation, Electromagnetic Spectrum, Jet Propulsion Laboratories, JPL, Jupiter, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Magnetoencephalography, Magnetometer, MEG, Metallic hydrogen, MRI, NASA, Neuromagnetic, X-ray

Jupiter and Beyond! The Unsung Friendship between Neuroscience and Space Exploration

This weekend, I attended a special event at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratories in Pasadena, CA to celebrate the Juno spacecraft’s July 4th arrival at the planet Jupiter. Planetary scientists study… Read More

Big Ideas Brain Basics Did You Know?Neuroscience Technologies Philosophy Popular Articles

Joel Frohlich February 24, 2016July 10, 2017 Action Potential, DNA, EEG, Hodgkin and Huxley, inverse-source localization, Math, Mathematical, mathematics, Model, modeling, NASA, planet, planet ix, theoretical, theory, Theory of mind, Truth, watson and crick

How Do We Know? The Value of Scientific Models.

Last month, astronomers announced the prediction of a new giant planet in our solar system dubbed Planet IX, a genuine ninth planet with ten times the mass of Earth. The… Read More

Brain Basics Sensation and Perception

Joel Frohlich September 30, 2015June 29, 2022 Color, Color Vision, Cone, Cones, Electromagnetic Spectrum, Green, Mars, NASA, Opponent Process Theory, Perception, Pluto, Tetrachromat, Trichromatic, Vision

Seeing Invisible Colors: Part II

In a recent Knowing Neurons piece, we explored the exotic visual abilities of other animals, while lamenting the limitations of human color vision. In this article, we stretch those limits… Read More