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The Eagleman Blog

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Scanning a 3,000 year old mummy

Scanning a 3,000 year old mummy

I performed a CT scan on an Egyptian mummy, and found beautiful objects inside.  

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David appointed Fellow with Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies

David appointed Fellow with Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies

Posthumanism asks what happens when our technologies allow humans to enhance intellectual, physical, and psychological capacities beyond what biology can give us. Think bionics on crack.

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Breivik's Brain

Breivik's Brain

What could explain Anders Breivik's shooting attack in Oslo, Norway? While this was being debated from the angles of politics, religion, and sociology, I wanted to ask this from the viewpoint of neurobiology.

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Six Easy Steps to Avert the Collapse of Civilization

Six Easy Steps to Avert the Collapse of Civilization

Watch a talk I gave at the Long Now Foundation about my hopes that the advent of the internet will mitigate threats that brought down previous civilizations.

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My favorite New Yorker cartoon. Ever.

My favorite New Yorker cartoon. Ever.

I'm a sucker for time jokes.

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Profile in The New Yorker

Profile in The New Yorker

I had the pleasure of being profiled by my favorite magazine, The New Yorker.  Read the article here.

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Emily Blunt reads "The Cast" from Sum

Emily Blunt reads "The Cast" from Sum

 Hear actress Emily Blunt read the story "The Cast" from Sum.

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Radiolab fan? We are too.

Radiolab fan? We are too.

We love NPR's Radiolab. If you haven't listened to it yet, you should.  Check out several episodes featuring David's science or writing.

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Discussing dreaming with Henry Rollins

Discussing dreaming with Henry Rollins

I spent an evening speaking at the Rubin Museum in NYC with punk rock legend, writer, and spoken word artist Henry Rollins.  We discussed the origin, meaning, neuroscience, and bizarreness of dreams. 

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Possibilianism at PopTech

Possibilianism at PopTech

I spoke at PopTech on the limits of science, the problems of false dichotomies, and my new movement of possibilianism. See the video.

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Why public dissemination of science matters

Why public dissemination of science matters

Your brain constantly re-calibrates its timing.

Your brain constantly re-calibrates its timing.

Had a great time at the NYT summit with friend and fellow author Charles Duhigg.

Had a great time at the NYT summit with friend and fellow author Charles Duhigg.

Disinformation and "fake news"

Disinformation and "fake news"

Powers of the Subconscious

Powers of the Subconscious

The Brain and the Now

The Brain and the Now
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  • Q & A in New Scientist magazine
    Q & A in New Scientist magazine

    Read a Q&A with David in New Scientist to find out his ideas and advice to young scientists.

  • New Scientist time story
    New Scientist time story

    New Scientist magazine featured my time perception research as their cover story. 

  • Scanning a 3,000 year old mummy
    Scanning a 3,000 year old mummy

    I performed a CT scan on an Egyptian mummy, and found beautiful objects inside.  

  • Perception on TNT
    Perception on TNT

    I was the scientific advisor for the TNT television drama,Perception, starring Eric McCormack and Rachael Leigh Cook. Learn more about the show.

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Emily Blunt reads for the Sum audio book

Hear the actress Emily Blunt (Young Victoria, Devil Wears Prada) read "The Cast" from Sum. She is one of the dozens of terrific actors who read for the audio book.

How the Internet will save civilization

David's iPad app "Why the Net Matters, or Six Ways to Avert the Collapse of Civilization" was recently called a "superbook" by the New York Times Magazine. For a taste of the argument, read David's article in WIRED or watch a video of his talk at the Long Now Foundation. Don't have an iPad? The manuscript is now available as an eBook.

 

McGovern Award for excellence in Communication

David was honored to receive the 2014 John J. McGovern Award for Excellence in Biomedical Education from the American Medical Writers' Assocation. Noted past recipients include authors Oliver Sacks and Abraham Verghese.

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