Kurinji (Strobilanthes) and the quest for Plant Intelligence

Updated Again: 2006 is the year of the Kurinji (Strobilanthes Kunthiana), the plant that flowers every 12 years! I had …


FTOTW ending Dec 23 (#12) – Kitty Genovese Syndrome, Shakespeare’s impact on the brain..

1. Our friend Joe Kissell of ITOTD talks about the Kitty Genovese Syndrome – an interesting phenomenon where bystanders…


Me, Myself & My Blattiphobia

Priya Raju digs deep into her fear of cockroaches and comes up with some surprising possibilities…


Ann Druyan starts blogging

If you are wondering who that is – here is a snippet from her bio – Ms. Druyan was married …


Dr. Aubrey Daniels’s ABC Theory seems to be mimicing how the brain works!

Updated again Dec 20, 2006: I have written about Dr. Aubrey Daniels’s ABC Theory of Behavior (Antecedents, Behaviors, Consequences) in the past. I had requested April Holladay, a science columnist for USA Today newspaper to review this…