Sensoria

Scent

Like Us, They Kill and Consume. But Could They Save Us?

Gayil Nalls Ph.D. on June 29, 2017

Like humans, ants are eusocial and chemical communicators. However, we are just discovering their unique abilities that have cared for the planet for millennia.

Like humans, ants are eusocial and chemical communicators. However, we are just discovering their unique abilities that have cared for the planet for millennia.

Cognition

Thinking Beyond the Third Dimension

Gayil Nalls Ph.D. on April 7, 2017

What mathematicians know to be true is astounding, and none of it informs any of the discussions we're having.

What mathematicians know to be true is astounding, and none of it informs any of the discussions we're having.

Sex

Psychoanalyst Karen Morris Asks, “Where Is the Slave in Me?”

Gayil Nalls Ph.D. on February 28, 2017

“If I'm not free, no one can be free.”

“If I'm not free, no one can be free.”

Health

Don't Let the Swag Throw Off Your Swagger

Gayil Nalls Ph.D. on January 6, 2017

Hotel Amenities...why pay for them when they’re free? Read the ingredients (if you can find them) before you decide.

Hotel Amenities...why pay for them when they’re free? Read the ingredients (if you can find them) before you decide.

Addiction

Susan Silver: Job Justice

Gayil Nalls Ph.D. on June 28, 2016

We must help ex-offenders connect "with appropriate community resources to find jobs, housing, substance abuse, treatment, and mental health care."

We must help ex-offenders connect "with appropriate community resources to find jobs, housing, substance abuse, treatment, and mental health care."

Memory

Proustian Memory: Was It Really a Madeleine Tea Cake?

Gayil Nalls Ph.D. on April 15, 2016

Do we need to let go of the Proustian metaphor?

Do we need to let go of the Proustian metaphor?

Trauma

An Interview with Susan Firestone

Gayil Nalls Ph.D. on December 4, 2015

Throughout the world, there is a need to tell stories. This manifests in the objects we see left behind or preserved in some way.

Throughout the world, there is a need to tell stories. This manifests in the objects we see left behind or preserved in some way.

Scent

Do Social Odors Build Cities?

Gayil Nalls Ph.D. on October 2, 2015

Is your smell communicating everything about you, from your state of mind to the foods and drugs you take? Learn how the invisible sense of smell influences every aspects of your daily life.

Is your smell communicating everything about you, from your state of mind to the foods and drugs you take? Learn how the invisible sense of smell influences every aspects of your daily life.

Environment

Rachel Sussman

Gayil Nalls Ph.D. on June 18, 2015

Imagine you found out that the scrawny little plant inhabiting your back yard, the one whose value you’ve questioned so much that you’re always tempted to mow it over, was a continuously living organism millions of years old—a real relic of deep time!

Imagine you found out that the scrawny little plant inhabiting your back yard, the one whose value you’ve questioned so much that you’re always tempted to mow it over, was a continuously living organism millions of years old—a real relic of deep time!

Sex

The New Pleasure Principle

Gayil Nalls Ph.D. on February 17, 2015

Looking at sexual practices through the lens of geosocial sexual networking apps.

Looking at sexual practices through the lens of geosocial sexual networking apps.

Career

Cynthia Pannucci

Gayil Nalls Ph.D. on November 4, 2014

Amazing things can happen when artists and scientists come together. Cynthia Pannucci, founder and director of ASCI, speaks about these collaborations and the mounting of "The Brain" exhibition at New York Hall of Science.

Amazing things can happen when artists and scientists come together. Cynthia Pannucci, founder and director of ASCI, speaks about these collaborations and the mounting of "The Brain" exhibition at New York Hall of Science.

Scent

Where’d the Nose Go?

Gayil Nalls Ph.D. on August 12, 2014

“If you had to lose one sense…which one would it be? Sight, hearing, touch, taste or smell?”

“If you had to lose one sense…which one would it be? Sight, hearing, touch, taste or smell?”

Environment

Smell, Taste, and Sight in Space

Gayil Nalls Ph.D. on July 22, 2014

Space travel may have long-term effects on the health of our senses

Space travel may have long-term effects on the health of our senses

Environment

Do We Need to Make Science Social?

Gayil Nalls Ph.D. on June 26, 2014

"Climate communication is very important. We’re human. We don’t perceive climate, we perceive weather, and weather is the noise of the climate."

"Climate communication is very important. We’re human. We don’t perceive climate, we perceive weather, and weather is the noise of the climate."

Environment

The Global Call to Action

Gayil Nalls Ph.D. on June 4, 2014

In the gripping, anxiety-provoking mental landscape of the Anthropocene, mass humanity must move past the diatribes of denial and cast themselves urgently into epic transformative change. Luckily, humanity has an unexpected and powerful ally in the war on climate change from established social structures with a honed and heightened focus: climate crisis consciousness.

In the gripping, anxiety-provoking mental landscape of the Anthropocene, mass humanity must move past the diatribes of denial and cast themselves urgently into epic transformative change. Luckily, humanity has an unexpected and powerful ally in the war on climate change from established social structures with a honed and heightened focus: climate crisis consciousness.

Resilience

The Resilience Meme

Gayil Nalls Ph.D. on May 28, 2014

As climate changes and new threats arise, humans are not only hard-wired for survival–we are a networked, global society and know we are the generation that must act now.

As climate changes and new threats arise, humans are not only hard-wired for survival–we are a networked, global society and know we are the generation that must act now.

Sleep

Outside Looking In

Gayil Nalls Ph.D. on March 28, 2014

How do we know if anyone is home? Investigating theories of consciousness through intersections of art and science.

How do we know if anyone is home? Investigating theories of consciousness through intersections of art and science.

Genetics

Searching for the Science of Self

Gayil Nalls Ph.D. on January 14, 2014

Jennifer Ouellette explores the concept of identity through scientific, medical and psychological testing on her journey of self-discovery.

Jennifer Ouellette explores the concept of identity through scientific, medical and psychological testing on her journey of self-discovery.

Hormones

Unlikely Things Found in Babies and on Mountain Tops

Gayil Nalls Ph.D. on December 17, 2013

Pervasive and persistent chemical pollution of unborn children and remote natural environments: how might they be a prediction for our collective futures?

Pervasive and persistent chemical pollution of unborn children and remote natural environments: how might they be a prediction for our collective futures?

Scent

Birds Do It, Bees Do It

Gayil Nalls Ph.D. on October 22, 2013

This is no joke: There are copious amounts of unseen chemical messages around us! This horse wants to get a better read on them, and you should too.

This is no joke: There are copious amounts of unseen chemical messages around us! This horse wants to get a better read on them, and you should too.