#futureofscience

Brain science is the study of the brain and how it controls thought, emotion, memory, and behavior. This field is known as neuroscience. Scientists study the brain to understand how billions of nerve cells work together to control the human body and mind. 🧠🔬

The brain is the most complex organ in the body. It contains billions of cells called neurons, which send and receive signals. These signals travel through networks in the brain, allowing people to think, learn, experience emotions, and react to their surroundings. Researchers study these processes to understand how the brain performs everyday tasks such as making decisions, moving, and forming memories. ⚡🧠

Scientists use many tools and methods to study the brain. One important method is brain imaging. Technologies such as magnetic resonance imaging allow scientists to see detailed images of the brain's structure. Another technique, functional magnetic resonance imaging, helps researchers see which parts of the brain are active when a person is thinking, reading, or solving a problem. 🧪📊

Researchers also use electroencephalography to measure electrical signals in the brain. This method helps scientists study brain waves and understand processes like sleep, attention, and concentration. 📉⚡

Brain science is also important for understanding disorders of the nervous system. Scientists study diseases like Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease to develop better treatments and therapies. 💊

12,500 Years Later Dire Wolves Reborn : Return of the Ice Age Predator

Colossal Biosciences has produced three dire wolf pups—two males and one female—using gene editing, cloning, and ancient DNA from fossils dated 13,000 to 72,000 years old. By editing 14 genes in gray wolf cells to match dire wolf traits like thick fur, stronger jaws, and broader skulls, scientists recreated the dire wolf phenotype. The embryos were implanted into domestic dogs.

The March for Science at first seems to be a direct result of an election. Yet it is a reflection of how our U.S.A. has yet to truly face the scarred roots of its legacy. Nor the ignored ills of its present. The physicist, J. Robert Oppenheimer said after the first successful test of a nuclear bomb that he was instrumental in creating, “I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.” He was quoting the Vedas, from ancient scriptures of the main religion, Hinduism, of my family from India. I read this quote many times after I graduated proudly from the Campuswide Honors Program at UC Irvine in June 2002, Double Bachelors in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineeering. Summers working as a U.S. Space Camp California Counselor & Simulated Space Shuttle Mission Director- such joy! Senior Honors Thesis called “Flight Dynamics of Reusable Launch Vehicles” – the exploratory kind, NASA-related fun. But by the time of my graduation day, the reality of my being part of the first graduating class since 9/11 hit me hard. Job offers shifted quickly from exploration to defense. A “Destroyer of Worlds” I would not be. So when I gave my Commencement speech “Where Are All the Flying Cars?” I warned my fellow graduates to use their newly granted degrees & power wisely in the years to come.

Indeed, many bombs and missiles our world continues to endure. I could have been wealthy and “secure” by now. As the young, reluctant caregiver for my immigrant family right after my undergrad, money from the military industrial-complex would have been useful. Yet a more meaningful, albeit lonely path towards Intersectional Futurist Art over the next 15 years led me to my beloved Nima, & now here. We’ve all entered a new era of political turmoil. Not so new though. The questioning of U.S. bombings abroad and of how “American” we Americans of Color are escalates again. Haunting flashbacks to my early childhood staving off (most) bullies in Orono and Bangor, Maine as one of the very few children of color. Surviving through reruns of Original “Star Trek” to dream of Queer & Trans Brown & Black Female futures. Before such utopias, I March for a new Science amidst so-called “Science Bros” who would deny such visions to me and to other People of Color. And among well-intentioned allies who often don’t understand those of us who rep #MarginSci. That to #DecolonizeScience is not a metaphor. Earth Day 2017 is the next turning point toward the futures our species shall choose. Which one is yours?

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