Men are NOT from Mars after all

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Click here to Read:   Men are NOT from Mars after all:  Scientist claims male and female brains are the same and it’s gender stereotyping which makes us different by emily Kent Smith on the Mail Online website on March 8, 2014.

Neuroscientist Gina Rippon, a professor at Ashton University, said this week that she believes gender differences are caused by society stereotypes. She said that gender differences have no scientific grounding

‘Particle Fever,’ a terrific documentary, demonstrates that science is the most human of activities

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Click Here to Read:  ‘Particle Fever,’ a terrific documentary, demonstrates that science is the most human of activities. By Peter Rainer in the Christian Science Monitor on March 7, 2014.]

A worker at CERN, the particle-physics laboratory near Geneva, stands beneath the Large Hadron Collider.  CERN/BOND Strategy and Influence

The Brain’s Inner Language

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Click Here to Read:  The Brain’s Inner Language By James  Gorman in The New York Times on Febuary. 24, 2014.

When neurons in the brain of a live mouse, top, are active, they flash brightly. Dr. Clay Reid, above left, and colleagues at the Allen Institute for Brain Science are working with mice to better understand the human mind. Above center, areas of the mouse cortex related to vision, and connected to other parts involving visual perception. CreditZach Wise for The New York Times