Category Archives: Lisa Paitz Spindler
When Do I Get My Own Flashy-Thing Memory-Messer-Upper?
Inception, The Matrix, Total Recall, Minority Report, Men in Black, Dollhouse. In science fiction we seem to have a fascination with manipulating memories. Now scientists have figured out a way to delete traumatic memories. According to DVICE, Johns Hopkins researchers have removed scary memories in mice: It’s generally thought that the amygdala is responsible for […]
Ultimate SciFi Mash-Up
Do you know how when your favorite TV show has a spin-off and the network hosts a crossover event to promo the new show? Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel did this so often that my friends and I started making up our own crossover events by mixing up TV shows you’d never see together: […]
Quantum Tango
Scientists recently came one step closer to confirming the existence of neutrino superfluids after examining changes in the heart of the 330-year-old supernova remnant Cassiopeia A. The leftovers of exploded stars, the core of a neutron star is so dense that atomic nuclei dissolve. Then all those itty bitty quantum parts are up for grabs. What […]
