MSU’s Center for Mitochondrial Science and Medicine funded modest research into TSPO, which recently turned out to be an important brain protein. The National Institutes of Health has now taken on much of the funding. So what’s this hot new discovery? A protein that has lead the psychiatric, medical and neuroscience communities to a new […]

Neuroscience is an exciting young field where the emerging applications are going through a unique experimental phase that show commercial promise but also render it susceptible to pseudoscientific claims. Cosmoso attempts to sort the facts from wishful thinking by examining a few aspects of BCI(Brain Computer Interface), including prototypes and outrageous claims. EEG EEG machines […]

Panspermia is the (hilarious) name given to a theoretical discussion about terrestrial life originating from someplace extraterrestrial, beyond Earth. The panspermia argument began with Francis Crick, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA molecules. If “panspermia” sounds like a science fiction idea from the 70’s you aren’t thinking too far off. While Crick is famous […]

Will 2015 be the year a product augments our vision with enough mass appeal to live up to the hype of the last decade? Neither science fiction and nor market speculation has ever been able to truly predict what will happen in tech markets. It’s one of the many things that make it such an […]

Rumors of tactical nuclear weapon detonation and related misinformation have plagued reports of Last Monday’s explosion in Donetsk, Ukraine. The incident had no casualties, unless you count 2 people killed during the shell fire that hit the city and started the fire at the chemical plant where the explosion later took place. Every report coming […]

What role would optical illusions, graffiti and QR code technology play in weaponizing an image, sound, video or string of words to influence or control the human mind? Jonathan Howard takes a look at technology and the theoretical future of psychological warfare with the second part of an ongoing series. This installment of Can Information […]

Can an image, sound, video or string of words influence the human mind so strongly the mind is actually harmed or controlled? Cosmoso takes a look at technology and the theoretical future of psychological warfare with Part One of an ongoing series. This installment of Can Information be Weaponized? Memetic Warfare and the Sixth Domain: […]

A new case study about fecal matter transplants shows a possible link between gut flora and obesity which has far reaching implications for treatment of obesity and other gastrointestinal disorders. Some scientists and medical professionals already seem convinced but how related is your gut fauna to your body weight? Emerging research on the practice has […]

There is no arguing that smartphones are amazing pieces of technology but how many of us have crossed the line from using the useful to abusing our smart phones? Smart phones are now an established, pervasive part of humanity.  You probably have a pattern of checking your phone compulsively, throughout the day. Do you ever […]

Yuki-Taro, AKA “the friendly snowbot” was publicly revealed in Japan back in 2007. This anthropomorphic snowplow came out of Japan’s Research and Development, Inc. (RDI) laboratory and production team. The robot is really cute~! It uses camera technology along side GPS coordinating tech to navigate streets.  Intensely compacted igloo-style bricks come out of the back […]