Friday Coffee Break: 2,000 Year-Old Skull Operations, Toys Become Medical Devices, and More Medical Marvels

August 19, 2011

by agoldstein

Bits and pieces (largely but not always entirely related to life science) to muse over–or check out and save for later–while enjoying a well-deserved Friday coffee. Or tea. Enjoy!

	ANCIENT SAHARAN SKULL OPERATIONS
	Desert-society healers appear to have operated on skulls 2,000 years ago.
	MIRRORS AND THE BRAIN
	Experiments with a simple mirror setup reveal intricacies of the brain and self-representation.
	NIH RANTS WANTED
	Do you think PhDs take too long? Feel trapped in a postdoc with no job opportunities in sight? Worried about the state of biomedical research funding? The NIH wants to know now!
	SECOND (MEDICAL) LIFE FOR OLD TOYS
	Old toys become medical devices to help developing nations while recycling used materials.