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Documentary on the History Channel

Interested in issues of memory and the brain? Watch a clip of David on the History Channel.

Watch an experiment in which we studied time perception by dropping volunteer subjects from a 150 foot high tower. Free fall.

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

Documentary on the History Channel

Interested in issues of memory and the brain? Watch a clip of David on the History Channel.
Discovering amulets inside the mummy

I recently posted about my scanning of a 3,000 year old mummy, Neskhons. Now, by analyzing the data in several different ranges of electron density, I've found something unexpected: inside the mummy's torso are 4 small funerary amulets.
Remembering a trail blazer - Francis Crick

Francis Crick, one of the premier biologists of the 20th century, passed away July 28, 2004, in San Diego. On his 88th birthday last June, I brought him chocolates and spent the day with him in his home in La Jolla.
Time perception on the Discovery Channel

Watch an experiment in which we studied time perception by dropping volunteer subjects from a 150 foot high tower. Free fall.