Okay, first there was the Marilyn Monroe gene, but that only worked on fruit flies. Now, there's the Marilyn Monroe neuron, which proves you can actually control a computer with your brain.
Actually, it doesn't have to be Marilyn. It can be any well-known image, like Michael Jackson or President Obama. Apparently, science can now identify individual neurons we use to recognize famous people (like Marilyn), hook us up to a computer, and tell us to think about the right image, which then appears. Because we thought about it. Cool. Creepy. Amazing.
Okay, the science is a little more complex than I've just described, but the durability of Monroe as an iconic image - and a subject for scientific research into human behavior - continues to astound.
Oh heck, just watch Seven Year Itch again.
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