World's lightest material made into muscle - Discovery.com- msnbc.com
Lightweight metallic glass is strong as steel - Discovery.com- msnbc.com
Videogame craving may rev up brain's addiction circuits
Report: cells "from space" have unusual makeup
Dolphins and the evolution of teaching
Drug may trick body into "thinking" you worked out
Tit-for-tat: birds found to repay wartime help
Dip in brainpower may follow drop in real power
A function for "gay genes" after all?
Stem cell recipe gets even simpler
A new report indicates one chemical can convert stem cells from adult mice into the desired type.
Google's kinship with the mind
Schizophrenia reassessed as fixation on self
On to Z! Quirky regional dictionary nears finish - Life- msnbc.com
It's a dictionary of regional American words and phrases. I'm excited about the online version - if it weren't for the promise of that, I'd probably order a set of these books.
Face Research » Demos » Make An Average
Combine faces to make them more "average". Apparently combining even ugly people's faces makes the "average" look better!
Spotify – A world of music. Instant, simple and free
It looks pretty good, but it's only available in Europe right now. Too bad.
This is why you're fat.
"Where dreams become heart attacks"
Pictures of food that is "deliciously gross", like Deep Fried Guacamole
40% of coma patients in a ‘vegetative state’ may be misdiagnosed, says a new report - Times Online
Mosquito laser gun offers new hope on malaria - Times Online
'Please help me,' Taliban hostage begs - World Blog - msnbc.com
Woman converts to Islam after 9/11, sets up a website to "provide an alternative voice to Western media", leaves for Pakistan to do some freelance journalism about a town hit by a drone strike, against everyone's better judgement and advice, and then is taken captive. Now she's made a video saying she will be killed by the Taliban unless $2 million is paid by the end of the month. If nothing is done, she says, "the responsibility of this will be on somebody's shoulders. I have done nothing wrong. Help me and save my life."
Three scenarios seem possible:
1. Her Taliban co-religionists do not feel especially obliged to treat her as their fellow Muslim, and she is stupid for what she did, but is telling the truth.
2. She is working with the Taliban to try to get money
3. She is not a Muslim at all, but someone with very poor reasoning skills, and the Taliban know this. Maybe they are trying to get money, maybe she's just been trying to get attention. Or maybe she's trying to get money. Whatever.
What's really frustrating about this is that even people like this, God has commanded us to love. That's hard. I guess I have a ways to go yet.
Brain cell type found to differ between man and mouse
If you know what an astrocyte is, this is exciting news: they don't do nothing. They actually do send signals, using calcium. And our brains are full of them. Time for more study!
Collective rituals spur support for suicide attacks: researchers
This study suggests that people who are more involved in their religious communities are more likely to support self-sacrificial efforts...and in the case of Jews and Muslims, to support suicide attacks.
Lightweight metallic glass is strong as steel - Discovery.com- msnbc.com
Videogame craving may rev up brain's addiction circuits
Report: cells "from space" have unusual makeup
Dolphins and the evolution of teaching
Drug may trick body into "thinking" you worked out
Tit-for-tat: birds found to repay wartime help
Dip in brainpower may follow drop in real power
A function for "gay genes" after all?
Stem cell recipe gets even simpler
A new report indicates one chemical can convert stem cells from adult mice into the desired type.
Google's kinship with the mind
Schizophrenia reassessed as fixation on self
On to Z! Quirky regional dictionary nears finish - Life- msnbc.com
It's a dictionary of regional American words and phrases. I'm excited about the online version - if it weren't for the promise of that, I'd probably order a set of these books.
Face Research » Demos » Make An Average
Combine faces to make them more "average". Apparently combining even ugly people's faces makes the "average" look better!
Spotify – A world of music. Instant, simple and free
It looks pretty good, but it's only available in Europe right now. Too bad.
This is why you're fat.
"Where dreams become heart attacks"
Pictures of food that is "deliciously gross", like Deep Fried Guacamole
40% of coma patients in a ‘vegetative state’ may be misdiagnosed, says a new report - Times Online
Mosquito laser gun offers new hope on malaria - Times Online
'Please help me,' Taliban hostage begs - World Blog - msnbc.com
Woman converts to Islam after 9/11, sets up a website to "provide an alternative voice to Western media", leaves for Pakistan to do some freelance journalism about a town hit by a drone strike, against everyone's better judgement and advice, and then is taken captive. Now she's made a video saying she will be killed by the Taliban unless $2 million is paid by the end of the month. If nothing is done, she says, "the responsibility of this will be on somebody's shoulders. I have done nothing wrong. Help me and save my life."
Three scenarios seem possible:
1. Her Taliban co-religionists do not feel especially obliged to treat her as their fellow Muslim, and she is stupid for what she did, but is telling the truth.
2. She is working with the Taliban to try to get money
3. She is not a Muslim at all, but someone with very poor reasoning skills, and the Taliban know this. Maybe they are trying to get money, maybe she's just been trying to get attention. Or maybe she's trying to get money. Whatever.
What's really frustrating about this is that even people like this, God has commanded us to love. That's hard. I guess I have a ways to go yet.
Brain cell type found to differ between man and mouse
If you know what an astrocyte is, this is exciting news: they don't do nothing. They actually do send signals, using calcium. And our brains are full of them. Time for more study!
Collective rituals spur support for suicide attacks: researchers
This study suggests that people who are more involved in their religious communities are more likely to support self-sacrificial efforts...and in the case of Jews and Muslims, to support suicide attacks.
