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Washington State Magazine :: eLetter

May 21, 2010

Mount St. Helens, mouse pain, and your brain on Google
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This week we commemorated the massive eruption of Mount St. Helens three decades ago. Read about the volcano and see a gallery of WSU Vancouver ecologist John Bishop’s research:

DISCOVERY BLOG: Happy Anniversary, Mount St. Helens :: http://wsm.wsu.edu/discovery/index.php/2010/05/happy-anniversary-mount-st-helens/

GALLERY: Photographs of John Bishop’s work at the volcano :: http://wsm.wsu.edu/gallery/2004Spring-gallery.php

STORY: Mount St. Helens: The perfect laboratory (Spring 2004) :: http://wsm.wsu.edu/s/index.php?id=392

STORY: Leading the rebirth of the blast zone (Summer 2005) :: http://wsm.wsu.edu/s/index.php?id=352

Animal pain has intrigued scientists for centuries. The research took a leap forward with the first study of how a non-human animal's face can express pain. Read about WSU veterinary anesthesiologist Stephen Greene's take on the study over on DISCOVERY. :: http://wsm.wsu.edu/discovery/index.php/2010/05/a-better-mouse-pain-map/

Does searching on Google make us smarter? Read Eric Sorensen's look at new research that shows the brains of veteran searchers are more active, and watch a video of WSU neuroscientist Jaak Panksepp explaining how are brains get activated by Internet searches, over on DISCOVERY. :: http://wsm.wsu.edu/discovery/index.php/2010/05/but-wait-does-this-mean-were-smarter-on-google/

Experience the new Summer 2010 issue of Washington State Magazine and much more at http://wsm.wsu.edu.

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