A timely piece in the Times this weekend saw John Cornwell meeting with brain scientist Susan Greenfield to explore the thesis of her forthcoming book, The Quest for Identity in the 21st...

A post on the consistently interesting British Psychological Society Research Digest blog has got my head spinning somewhat. It seems that a team of researchers in Berlin have used brain imaging...

We are falling in love with trains all over the place at the moment. As this piece by Stephen Bayley in sunday's Observer correctly observed, "What a horrible, inhuman, artless culture air travel has...

Last time I posted on this subject, back in November 2007, it was to mourn the loss of the local beauty salon, after a takeover by a cosmetic surgery firm. Where, I asked, was I going to have my...

Why do you have the moral beliefs you do? You will probably be able to clearly articulate your beliefs and the reasons you have for holding them—and even to use these reasons to try to persuade...

Fresh from savouring the dismal level of scientific literacy on display in the world of brain gyms, while flicking through Metro on my commute this morning I came across a gem of popular science...

The latest trend in American psychiatry—re-diagnosing the clinically depressed as victims of bipolar disorder—is on its way to Britain. Patients previously prescribed drugs like Prozac or Seroxat...

As I type, about five thousand miles to my west one of the largest events in the computer world is winding down in a bloodbath of after-parties. The event is the Game Developers Conference, an annual...

And it's not lots of other things too, according to this page of imploring guidance for contributors (as all of us potentially are): it's not a soapbox, a link repository, a dictionary, a publisher,...

Entertainment has always been instrumental to innovation in computing. Gamers are hungry for newer and faster graphics, sounds and interfaces—and, while the adage "if it ain't broke don't fix it"...