by admin | May 14, 2017 | Articles
In 2004 Rolling Stone magazine celebrated 50 years of rock n roll with a list of the top 500 songs from the era. Their top two were ‘Like a rolling stone’ by Bob Dylan, and ‘I can’t get no satisfaction’ by the rolling stones. A corporate publishing version of the fact...
by admin | Apr 28, 2017 | Articles
Aside from the pleasure of reading, books themselves, as objects, have their own pleasures. I find it strange how differently I feel about different formats of books. For example, I generally prefer paperbacks over hardbacks. I don’t mind hardbacks if they are...
by admin | Mar 18, 2017 | Articles
A summary of ‘The Relativistic Brain: How it works and why it cannot be simulated by a Turing Machine’, by Ronald Cicurel and Miguel A.L. Nicolelis “I strongly suspect our brains are analogue rather than digital. I think it would be rather surprising if it turned out...
by admin | Sep 17, 2016 | Articles
I was recently looking around Europe’s largest bookshop: Waterstones in Piccadilly, London. It’s a spacious, six-story old art-deco building, housing nearly a quarter-of a million books. Looking around a large real-life bookshop is an increasingly rare pleasure; so...
by admin | Sep 16, 2016 | Articles
3 hidden neuroscience tricks behind Instagram’s new logo Instagram, the photo sharing app, has launched a new logo. Early reactions are dividing fans, but I believe it will become well-loved in the long run as it uses some clever neuroscience tricks to appeal to our...
by admin | Aug 20, 2015 | Articles
Infographics have become popular over the last few years. As the web becomes increasingly visual, and people want to absorb information quickly they are a great way of visualising facts and data. They are also more likely to be shared on social media than a text...
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