‘Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings–always darker, emptier, simpler.’~ Nietzsche

Image via Wikipedia Grab a timer and set it for one minute. Now list as many creative uses for a brick as you can imagine. Go. The question is part of a classic test for creativity, a quality that scientists are trying for the first time to track in the brain. They hope to figure [...]

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I come from the future. Thank you past peasants, you have brought us Futurons great guffaws.

Image via Wikipedia Aeroplanes will be too afraid to crash, yoghurts will wish you good morning before being eaten and human consciousness will be stored on supercomputers, promising immortality for all – though it will help to be rich. These fantastic claims are not made by a science fiction writer or a crystal ball-gazing lunatic. [...]

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Pass me the speech center of the brain.

For middle-aged and older people at least, using the internet helps boost brain power, research suggests.

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