In a muddying of the waters that separate my full-time job and this self-indulgent hobby, I’ve appeared in print as the ‘founder of SciencePunk.com’ (as well as the somewhat dubious title ’science commentator’) in the Student and Young Professional Magazine (paywalled) published by the Institute of Engineering and Technology. I get to talk about the investigation of advertiser’s claims that I worked on last year at Sense About Science. Yay me.
February 12th, 2008
From last week’s Metro:
“IT’S EUREKA: Solving problems really is down to keeping an open mind. Brain scans showed that volunteers who hit a mental block during verbal tests gave off strong gamma rays, which are linked with being focussed and alert. However, those with high alpha rhythms - which are linked to a relaxed brain - were more likely to hit on the correct solution, researchers at the University of London discovered, the journal PloS ONE reports”
Yikes! I hope the researchers took adequate safety precautions. I think this calls for the introduction of lead-lined thinking caps.
February 12th, 2008
