The scene is never REALLY about moving the story FORWARD on 'Breaking Bad.' That's the functional veneer of the scene, but it's always about what's GOING on with the CHARACTERS.
Read MoreThe ability of the HUMANS to not only function in space but be very FUNCTIONAL when they arrive at their destination, those are the KINDS of things we're LEARNING from the science. Fuel transfer technologies and all the things we can learn about the space environment are all valuable to US for pressing on out.
Read MoreI don't THINK of careers from a FUNCTIONAL PERSPECTIVE or from a subject MATTER perspective. I think of careers as, how do you like spending the time in your day? What MAKES you happiest? What are you most passionate about?
Read MoreWith small SPACES in PARTICULAR you have to really follow the rule that if it's not absolutely beautiful or absolutely functional, then get RID of it.
Read MoreIn my view, while the SINGLE neuron is the basic anatomical and information processing-signaling unit of the brain, it is not CAPABLE of generating behaviors and, ULTIMATELY, thinking. Instead, the true functional unit of the CENTRAL NERVOUS system is a population of neurons, or neural ensembles or cell assemblies.
Read MoreI think ceramics are so amazing because they're incredibly educational - you can BUY something made in the 14th century, and it LOOKS LIKE it was made yesterday. There's something to be learned there, and ceramics can tell you the history of the time because they're FUNCTIONAL vessels, ULTIMATELY.
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