Guest Thinkers — December 12, 2010

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Ok, I really do love the Hyphy Movement… I love getting hyphy at shows, I love watching people get hyphy, and I love watching the movement documented through YouTube. I’ve been spreading this video around — because it’s GREAT.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlTvSUCCqPo

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Thinking

How to reclaim meaning in a changing world

What if the barrier to a fulfilled life isn’t technology but culture?

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Neuropsych

Do spiders dream? What about cuttlefish? Bearded dragons?

Researchers are finding signs of multiple phases of sleep all over the animal kingdom. The ‘active’ sleep phases look very much like REM.

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Neuropsych

Can near-death experiences prove the afterlife?

Millions of people have had a near-death experience, and it often leads them to believe in an afterlife. Does this count as good proof?

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The Future

Why NASA is turning to lasers for next-gen space comms

The first tests of optical communications far from Earth will take place aboard the asteroid-bound Psyche spacecraft

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The Future

Ex-NASA engineer Mark Rober created the world’s smallest Nerf gun — from DNA

It’s not just fun: DNA origami has the potential to revolutionize engineering at the nanoscopic scale.

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