Where is the Life we have lost in living?
Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?
Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?

T.S. Eliot, from "The Rock" (1934)
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ABOUT THIS BLOG I report on the latest trends in science and the arts. I search the literature and news (and the world, in my travels) for instances where the two touch - inside the human body, sometimes quite funny. Check out the site...click the tag cloud... ENJOY. Happy travels! Read More »

Memory is What Art is Made of – Images

Surrealism to too-Realism... Fallible memory makes memorable art... Read More »

Blind Tennis to Dolphin Dance – William Forsythe’s Ballett Frankfurt

The visual brain involved in hearing echoes… Echolocation in bats and men… Read More »

Serious Science, Awesome Art – The Difference?

Which one of these images is art? Read More »

NEWS: WINTER 2013 – Happenings in Art, Science and Other Stuff

Molecular chic of DNA ... Read More »

Life’s Mysteries & Howard Hughes – HHMI’s Science is for Everyone

Allowing the singular voice to sing… Can robots take over the world? Read More »

Why Action Painters are Mostly Male? Neurobiologists May Have Found an Answer

Male-dominated physical comedy… Hunter vs. gatherer… Jackson Pollock… Read More »

What’s Pain Got to Do with It? In Art, It’s Everything

No pain, no pleasure, no art... No brain. Read More »

NEWS: AUTUMN 2013 – Happenings in Art, Science and Other Stuff

Listening to your pain... Warhol's true legacy lives in Pittsburgh... Read More »

2013 Carnegie International – A Quick Tour of a Must See

Why art matters...Museums are places of learning...Play and creativity... Read More »

Brain Game Race – Has NeuroRacer Won?

Cross-task transfer of cognitive enhancement appears to have been achieved, but... Read More »