What is life?" The question has been asked innumerable times but has been answered to the satisfaction of few. Science is based on the experience that nature gives intelligent answers to intelligent questions. To senseless questions, nature gives senseless answers - or no answers at all. If nature h...

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE Imagine that a family is sitting in a doctor's office, waiting to find out the results from medical tests that were performed on a loved one. As they sit and patiently wait, the elderly person with them grows more and more uneasy and will no longer sit quietly, mu...

Psychosurgery 2 The Rise and Fall of Psychosurgery Just imagine, "a hole of 2.5 to 5 cm of diameter, drilled by hand into the skull of a living man, without any anesthesia or asepsis, during 30 to 60 long minutes. This is maybe the most ancient form of brain surgery known to man: it is ...

When people hear the word "drug," they usually think of illegal substances such as marijuana, cocaine, heroin, or any other drug that can be found on the street. Most never categorize alcohol as a drug, primarily because it is socially ac...

The Enlightened Machine Brain Science, also known as nerve science, has been classified as an adventure. It mostly deals with our behavior, as well as speech, movement, coordination, and basically any part of our life in general is associated with it. As we study the brain more and more over ...

Eric Fingerman By a "superintelligence" we mean an intellect that is much smarter than the best human brains in practically every field, including scientific creativity, general wisdom and social skills. This definition leaves open how the superintelligence is impl...