Neuroscientist Takes the Quantified Self, and Own Brain, to the Next Level

Early this Tuesday morning, and every Tuesday morning through November 2013, neuroscientist Russell Poldrack will wake up, take off his headband-like sleep monitor, and tell it to wirelessly send data...

Virtual Gallery Reconstructs Art Exhibit Attended by Novelist Jane Austen

The Department of English at The University of Texas at Austin has launched an online reconstruction of a famous art exhibit visited by novelist Jane Austen on May 24, 1813 – exactly 200 years ago to the day. In...

The Appendix: Experimental Journal Showcases History of the Arcane

While sifting through the musty collections of ancient pages at the Smithsonian, Christopher Heaney stumbled upon some fascinating materials on an apocalyptic prophecy by "Benjamin, the Anti Christ,”...

Q&A: Graduating Senior Paulina Sosa Aims to End Extreme Poverty

Everything changed for Paulina Sosa, a philosophy and psychology double major, when she journeyed to a landfill community in Mexico on a church mission trip. At age 13, she was overwhelmed by a young boy’s...