Miller-McCune:
“Two Cornell psychologists found we have two separate systems for memories, which helps explain how we can “remember” things that never happened.”
CNN Technology:
Colliding with nature’s best-kept secrets.
Telegraph.UK:
Why beauty is an advert for good genes. Hmmm ... were all those young ladies of the past wrong to love Gary Cooper’s upside-down lopsided smile?
Science Mag:
“Anyone who dreams of a “classless society” may be disheartened by the results of a brain-scanning study reported today: Hierarchical awareness seems to be deeply embedded in the human brain, so much so that there are distinct circuits activated by concerns over social rank ...”
TED:
Paul Stamets: 6 ways mushrooms can save the world. View other videos there, too. Thanks, Jeremiah.
LA Times:
Does your brain have a mind of its own?
CNN:
“A survey of bee health released Tuesday revealed a grim picture, with 36.1 percent of the nation’s commercially managed hives lost since last year.” I’ve heard tell that organic bee farms are not affected. Only hearsay, however. Grim news, considering the food and grain crisis that is upon us.
NY Times Science:
Lots of Animals Learn, but Smarter Isn’t Better. “It takes just 15 generations under these conditions for the flies to become genetically programmed to learn better.” Contrast with the anti-Darwinism link, below.
SF New Mexican:
Anti-Darwinism film evolves into nationwide hit. “It’s the metaphysical atheists who are taking Darwin’s theory of evolution and they are using that as a bludgeon ...” A ‘bludgeon’ that gives us such useful things as advanced pharmaceuticals. Take away their meds, they’d change opinions in a heartbeat.
Science Daily:
Geochemists Challenge Key Theory Regarding Earth’s Formation.
Wired:
Want to Remember Everything You’ll Ever Learn? Surrender to This Algorithm.
NY Times Research:
Study Finds That Fat Cells Die and Are Replaced. Can’t you guys just get replaced with slimmer cells?
New Scientist Space:
Aquarids to peak on a moonless night. Gotta dig out the loungers ...
Reuters:
FDA bans certain cattle parts from all animal feed. Thank you, those who spy on prion(s) ...
Telegraph.UK:
Global warming may ‘stop’, scientists predict. “Researchers studying long-term changes in sea temperatures said they now expect a “lull” for up to a decade while natural variations in climate cancel out the increases caused by man-made greenhouse gas emissions.” So, warming may happen in fits and starts?
SF New Mexican/AP:
Reno, Nevada is being rocked and rolled by an increasing frequency of earthquakes. “What they can’t say [scientists] is whether the hundreds of temblors that have rattled the area for two months — the largest a magnitude 4.7 Friday night — are subsiding or a prelude to bigger things to come.”
NY Times Research:
Memory Training Shown to Turn Up Brainpower. So, play Concentration.
Daily Mail.UK:
Parachute that Da Vinci drew is made to work… after 523 years. Well, not literally. No wooden frame.
Harvard University Gazette:
First targeted therapy for melanoma brings hope.
Globe and Mail.CA:
Scientists link 17 living people to an aboriginal man found in glacier. Note, not an ice age individual. Title’s not especially clear. “… he’s believed to have died some time between the years 1670 and 1850.”
National Geographic:
Ancient Praying Mantis Found in Amber.
NY Times Environment:
Levels of Carbon Dioxide in Atmosphere Increase.
IHT:
Hatch of Soyuz capsule nearly burned up; crew was in serious danger. “Interfax quoted an unidentified space official as saying that the capsule entered the atmosphere improperly, with the hatch-first, instead of with its heat shields leading the way.” Wow, that says a great deal about the construction of the Soyuz, that it could survive such a situation.
New Scientist:
Life-changing books: Recommendations from 17 leading scientists. Incomprehensibly happy to see “Catch-22” here.
Wired:
Pay Attention! Brain Scanners Detect Slip-Ups Before You Do. “Researchers observed test subjects’ minds going on autopilot up to half a minute before the subjects actually made mistakes, even though the subjects weren’t aware of their own lapses of attention.” computers need I one of those ...
