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After school shootings: Why mental illness matters

Written by David Eagleman
After school shootings: Why mental illness matters

School shootings spark debate ranging from gun control to bulletproof windows. But the most fruitful approach may be to prioritize our discussion of mental illness.

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  • Adam Lanza
  • Mental illness
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Will Self

Will Self

The author Will Self and I appeared on stage together to discuss life, death, and what makes good writing.

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  • Intelligence Squared
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A note about head shape in mummies

A note about head shape in mummies

Not too long ago, I scanned a 3,000 mummy. What can (and can't) be concluded based on his perspicuously elongated skull shape, known as dolicocephy (elongated head)?  

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Why I am a Possibilian

Why I am a Possibilian

Our ignorance of the cosmos is too vast to commit to atheism, and yet we know too much to commit to a particular religion. A third position, agnosticism, is often an uninteresting stance in which a person simply questions whether his traditional religious story is true or not true. 
I call myself a possibilian. Find out why.

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Silicon Immortality: Downloading Consciousness into Computers

Silicon Immortality: Downloading Consciousness into Computers

Well before we understand how brains work, we may find ourselves able to digitally copy the brain's structure and able to download the conscious mind into a computer. What are the possibilities and challenges?

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  • Consciousness
  • Future
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The Brain and the Law

The Brain and the Law

Interested in the intersection of the brain and the legal system? Watch a talk I delivered at the Royal Society for the Arts in London, entitled "The Brain and the Law".

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  • Neurolaw
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Time to End the War on Drugs?

Time to End the War on Drugs?

To liberalise or prohibit?  I joined Eliot Spitzer, Julian Assange, Vicente Fox, Russell Brand, Richard Branson and several others for an online debate.

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Discovering amulets inside the mummy

Discovering amulets inside the mummy

I posted before about my scanning of a 3,000 year old mummy, Neskhons. Now, by analyzing the data in several different ranges of electron density, I've found something unexpected: inside the mummy's torso are 4 small funerary amulets.

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Synesthesia lecture at the University of Sydney

Synesthesia lecture at the University of Sydney

Interested in synesthesia? Watch a lecture I gave at the University of Sydney in Australia.

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Q & A in New Scientist magazine

Q & A in New Scientist magazine

Read a Q&A with David in New Scientist to find out his ideas and advice to young scientists.

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  • Science
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Philip Pullman

Philip Pullman

The Mystery of Expertise

The Mystery of Expertise

Time perception on the Discovery Channel

Time perception on the Discovery Channel

Documentary on the History Channel

Documentary on the History Channel

Italy's STYLE magazine: Idea Guys

Italy's STYLE magazine: Idea Guys

Houston Modern Luxury's Men of Style

Houston Modern Luxury's Men of Style
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  • My TED talk: Can we create new senses for humans?
    My TED talk: Can we create new senses for humans?

    Designing how we would like to experience our universe...

  • Houston Modern Luxury's Men of Style
    Houston Modern Luxury's Men of Style

    I had the honor of being selected as one of Houston Modern Luxury's Men of Style.

  • Why public dissemination of science matters
    Why public dissemination of science matters

    Communicating science to the public can take time away from a busy research career. So why should scientists do it? I offer a manifesto of six reasons in the Journal of Neuroscience. 

  • Why I am a Possibilian
    Why I am a Possibilian

    Our ignorance of the cosmos is too vast to commit to atheism, and yet we know too much to commit to a particular religion. A third position, agnosticism, is often an uninteresting stance in which a person simply questions whether his traditional religious story is true or not true. I call myself a possibilian. Find out why.

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SUM at the Royal Opera House

ROHSUM has been turned into an opera at the Royal Opera House in London (Composer: Max Richter, Director: Wayne McGregor). The London Evening Standard hails the opera as "immersive, meditative and sweetly fascinating". Read about the background of the collaboration in Wired.

 

Barnes and Noble Best Book

Barnes and Noble selected SUM as one of the Best Books of the Year.

Why Brain Science Matters

Why should the US invest in brain science? See David's opinion in the New York Times.

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