These words were uttered by V. S. Ramachandran at Friday’s ‘Skepticism and Open-Mindedness in Science’ event, co-sponsored by Science Studies. He was telling us a story about examining an amputee. When he touched different spots on the man’s cheek with a Q-tip, the patient reported a tingling sensation in his phantom thumb and fingers. This…[Read more]

Last time I posted a round-up, we were about to find out what a Trump presidency would really mean on the ground. It turned out that his will to enact his promised agenda was even stronger than many of us anticipated. Pictured here is the headline news from two day’s ago — the executive order undoing Obama’s most far-reaching climate…[Read more]

In honor of Halloween, here’s the first X-ray, of Frau Röntgen’s hand, showing her wedding ring eerily circling the bones of her finger.

The fall quarter is upon us. Our first order of business at the Program m […]