New SciBling: Neurophilosophy

By neurontic on July 2, 2007.

Check out the latest edition of Encephalon at Neurophilosophy and note his new home! Welcome to the fold, Mo. We're happy to have you.

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Encephalon #37

It's been a long time since I last hosted a carnival, but who could resist Mo when he asked so nicely if I would be interested in hosting Encephalon? Of course I will! And here it is and I hope you enjoy it, with a great diversity of posts, linked in the order I received them: GrrlScientist of…

July Encephalon up at Neurophilosophy

Check out the 1st Anniversary edition of the Encephalon Blog Carnival at the brand spanking new home of the great blog Neurophilosophy!

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Welcome, everyone, to the 14th installment of the brain blogging carnival Encephalon. If you're in the United States, I hope you've got today off, and that you've at least taken a moment to think about the contribution that Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. made to our society. If you're not in the…

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Here at Encephalon's temporary North Carolina headquarters, we were miffed to learn that our long-scheduled Keynote address has been upstaged by some upstart computer company's manufactured "event" in California. Not to be outdone, we're giving Encephalon an upgrade of our own. Encephalon is now…

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