Friday, February 26, 2010

New URMA issue on my desk

Volume 9, No. 2: the Spring 2010 issue of Washington State magazine


New URMA issue on my desk

Vol. 23, No. 1: the February 2010 issue of HHMI Bulletin


Monday, February 15, 2010

New URMA issue on my desk

The 2010 issue of Binghamton Research (Binghamton University, SUNY)


The Patch

A personal history by the incomparable John McPhee. (New Yorker)


Friday, February 12, 2010

Headlines gone wrong

Crashblossoms: headlines gone wrong (ex.: "Jessica Hahn Pooped After Long Day Testifying")


Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Scott Brown on How Movies Activate Your Neural G-Spot




Get ready for the optimized moviegoing experience, where every instant is calculated to tickle your neural G-spot — all thanks to functional magnetic resonance imaging, soon to be every director’s new best friend.

That's the dream of MindSign Neuromarketing, a fledgling San Diego firm with an ambitious, slightly Orwellian charter: to usher in the age of 'neurocinema,' the real-time monitoring of the brain's reaction to movies, using ever-improving fMRI technology.

From Wired


Monday, February 1, 2010

New URMA issue on my desk

Volume 26, No. 2: the Winter 2010 issue of (ahem) Endeavors (University of North Carolina)


New URMA issue on my desk

Volume 2, No. 1: the Winter 2010 issue of Explore (Boise State University)


New URMA issue on my desk

The Winter 2010 issue of Research Life (University of Manitoba)