Control Your Marilyn Monroe Neuron

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.