Why the Net Matters

The Internet and Civilization: Will the internet save civilization from total collapse?

Click the image to watch a cliip in which I discuss "Six Easy Steps to Avert the Collapse of Civilization" at the Long Now Foundation in April, 2010.

Writing

From the Blog

A note about head shape in mummies

A few months ago I scanned a 3,000 mummy. What can (and can't) be concluded based on his perspicuously elongated skull shape, known as dolicocephy (elongated head)?
Ten books I love

I was recently asked to list ten books that have "inspired, moved, and enlightened" me. Here's my list:
Q & A in New Scientist magazine

Read a Q&A with David in New Scientist to find out his latest ideas and advice to young scientists.
TNT's new drama: Perception

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

Newsflashes

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.

Science Educator Award

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

SUM at the Royal Opera House

ROH SUM has been turned into an opera at the Royal Opera House in London (Composer: Max Richter, Director: Wayne McGregor). The London Evening Standard hails the opera as "immersive, meditative and sweetly fascinating". Read about the background of the collaboration in Wired.

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