Out of Touch, But Not Out of Sync

Down but not out

By his mid-forties, Darwin had established his scientific reputation, was married with a young family and had built on the solid connections that came with his and his wife's well-known middle class families. 'He was one of the kindest and truest men that it was ever my good fortune to know,' said his influential scientific colleague, Thomas Huxley. With no need to seek employment, Darwin took ...

"Down but not out".

Out but not down

his research partner Nico Forraz. He plans to open the world's biggest institute devoted to cord blood and adult stem cells. McGuckin has been a leader of researchers working in the UK on stem cells derived from babies' umbilical cord blood. The method is less controversial than embryo-derived stem cells as no embryo is destroyed in the process. He told the Times Higher Education that France ha...

Out of the body, but not out of mind.

‘‘. some of the delusions of the insane have their origin in what may justly be called motor hallucinations; a disorder of the nervous centres of the motor intuitions generates in consciousness a false conception or delusion as to the condition of the muscles, so that an individual lying in his bed believes himself flying through the air, or imagines his legs, arms, or head, to be separated fro...

Neuroscience: Out of Sight but Not Out of Mind

How does the brain hold information about multiple stimuli online after they have disappeared? A new study shows that neurons in the human medial temporal remain active while images are memorized, demonstrating that spiking activity keeps multiple memories online.