This short film by the duo Terri Timely explores the neurological phenomenon of synesthesia. Synesthetes experience the cross-stimulation of different senses. For some people, numbers may seem inherently colored, for others spoken words appear to have a flavor.
08:13 AM | Tags: music, video, film, short, science, synesthesiaGreat quote from David Attenborough, one of my personal heroes:
06:08 PM | Tags: attenborough, science, philosophy, religion, god, evolution[…] he was asked why he did not give “credit” to God, Attenborough added: “They always mean beautiful things like hummingbirds. I always reply by saying that I think of a little child in east Africa with a worm burrowing through his eyeball. The worm cannot live in any other way, except by burrowing through eyeballs. I find that hard to reconcile with the notion of a divine and benevolent creator.”
Another great NPR piece, this time it’s Krulwich speaking about gut bacteria. Science for the masses.
08:16 PM | Tags: npr, science, bacteriaInteresting tidbit from one of the Genius Grant recipients, neurobiologist Rachel Wilson:
Something that is interesting about olfaction is it seems to have a very intimate connection with the sense of emotion and memory. We’re interested in why it is that it seems to be such a visceral and emotional sensory modality.
As I’ve started living in California, the scent of the evening air has evoked the great memories of my childhood visits. Smell is without a doubt the sense I am most acutely aware of. It’s interesting to learn that there’s scientific evidence behind the vivid memories smells can conjure for me.
09:06 AM | Tags: science, smell, memory