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Is Time Real?

Is Time Real?

Some physicists and philosophers would say no, time is an illusion; time is not real. How can that be? Is our sense of time all wrong?

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In other news...

Science Educator Award

David has won the Science Educator Award from the Society of Neuroscience.

The secret life of the lab

Want to know more about the inner workings of a neuroscience lab? Watch a video profile of David and his students on NOVA Science Now.
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Neurolaw: The Brain on Trial

Want to know how neuroscience will force major changes in our criminal justice system? Read David's article The Brain on Trial in The Atlantic. Now anthologized in 2012 Best American Science and Nature Writing.
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