The Science of Life

Here are the sources for my video "Lucy and the Ten Percent Myth", which can be seen here . The Fair Use Clause:   Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. § 107 . Evolutionary argument against this myth: Rosenberg, K.R., "The Evolution of Modern Childbirth" in American Journal of Physical Anthropology 35, 1992, p. 89–124 Energy consumption argument against this myth: Swaminathan, Nikhil (29 April 2008). "Why Does the Brain Need So Much Power?". Scientific American. Scientific American, a Division of Nature America, Inc. Retrieved 19 November 2010. Twenty Percent energy usage: Carpenter's Human Neuroanatomy by Malcolm B. Carpenter, Oliver Smith Strong, and Raymond Carl Truex; Ch. 1 Evidence for 100% use of the brain: Radford, Benjamin (8 February 2000). "The Ten-Percent Myth". "Do People Only Use 10 Percent Of Their Brains". Scientific American. 7 February 2008. Clips taken from the following movies and episodes: Lucy (20...

In my last blog, I mentioned I would include four topics in this weeks blog: First, my plan for this blog. Second, the tracers for PET scans, in particular fluorine-18 tracers Third my answer to my prompt from last week Forth, a new prompt. I will do these topics in this order. I am starting my next semester on the 16 th of January. My courses will be Biology 196, Environmental Science 206, Math 286, and Chemistry 402. After todays blog, my plan is to post every week during the weekend (somewhere from Friday to Sunday) with a real world application of a topic from one of these courses for the next 17 weeks, starting next week (the weekend prior to the beginning of the semester). It is likely that I will post later in the weekend, but early-weekend posts are possible. Now, as promised, the tracers used for PET scans. PET scans are positron emission tomography, which makes a three-dimensional mapping of the functional processes of one aspect of the body, typically the brain....