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Basics - The Biology Behind the Milk of Human Kindness - NYTimes.com
New research suggests that oxytocin underlies the twin emotional pillars of civilized life, our capacity to feel empathy and trust.
Movie Review - The Road - Father and Son Bond in Gloomy Aftermath of Disaster - NYTimes.com
Political views may skew perception of skin tone, new study finds
(PhysOrg.com) -- Political affinity could influence how some people view the skin tone of biracial political candidates, according to a new study from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, New York University and Tilburg University in The Netherlands.
Highest jobless rate in three decades causes drop in consumer confidence
(PhysOrg.com) -- Florida's consumer confidence fell three points to 69 in November amid continued concerns over the state?s high unemployment rate, according to a new University of Florida survey.
Gasoline Fumes May Fuel Road Rage | Autopia | Wired.com
Paying through the nose to fill up the car is enough to send anyone into a rage, but it might be the fumes you're inhaling while pumping gas that make you
The Road Takes Desolate Journey From Page to Screen | Underwire | Wired.com
Novelist Cormac McCarthy sets up grim stakes early on in his post-apocalyptic parable The Road. The Woman tells the father of her son: Sooner or later they
BBC - Gavin Hewitt's Europe: Europe's identity crisis
The blog of Gavin Hewitt, the BBC's correspondent
Urbanites Explore the Primal Lure of Hunting - NYTimes.com
Seeking a primal connection with what’s on the table, food-obsessed urbanites are forming classes and clubs to learn how to hunt.
Mythbusters at the White House! | GeekDad | Wired.com
After seven years of promoting experimentation, education, and the scientific method on Mythbusters, Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman visited the White House
YouTube - Rory Sutherland: Life lessons from an ad man
http://www.ted.com Advertising adds value to a product by changing our perception, rather than the product itself. Rory Sutherland makes the daring assertion...
Cormorant fishing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Instead of Walking Miles, Indian Farmers Use Cellphones to Operate Irrigation Pumps : TreeHugger
Photo: Flickr, CC Better for Farmer and Saves Lots of Water Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL), a telecom company in India, has launched a new service that allows farmers to operate their irrigation pumps remotely using a SMS-capable cellphone. This
Why is Phase-Changing Drywall in the News Instead of in the Home Depot? : TreeHugger
Americans think of themselves as innovators, but when it comes to green products they are not even in the ballpark. Take phase-changing drywall; we wrote about it almost five years ago in TreeHugger. It works by embedding 'phase-changing microcapsules'
Fighting Water Scarcity with GPS : TreeHugger
Has your GPS ever led you to water? Image credit: pizzodisevo/Flickr The western United States has a problem: water. Droughts brought on by climate change and population explosions have already had shocking effects on agriculture and drinking water reserves
New Method to Measure Snow, Soil Moisture With GPS May Benefit Meteorologists, Farmers | News Center | University of Colorado at Boulder
The official source for news and information on the University of Colorado at Boulder
Sand dams voted best solution in water crisis debate | Environment | guardian.co.uk
Roman water-saving technique that could save millions of people from drought has been voted the best solution to the global water crisis at a public debate in London
Dubai Sovereign Fund Asks for Time to Reorganize Debts - NYTimes.com
The Dubai government, in a blunt acknowledgment of the severity of its financial position, said that it had asked its banks for a six-month stay on its schedule of debt repayments.
Observatory - People Hear With Their Skin as Well as Their Ears, Study Says - NYTimes.com
Researchers have added to evidence that suggests an innate ability among humans to integrate different sensory cues.
Researchers discover biological basis of 'bacterial immune system'
Bacteria don't have easy lives. In addition to mammalian immune systems that besiege the bugs, they have natural enemies called bacteriophages, viruses that kill half the bacteria on Earth every two days.
The Gruesome Power of Raptor Talons | Wired Science | Wired.com
The most thorough study to date of raptor talons reveals their feet to be extraordinarily specialized hunting tools, perfectly suited to their gruesomely
Are Your Siblings Really Your Siblings?: Scientific American Podcast
What's Your Christmas Card List Got to Do With the Development of the Human Brain? - Boing Boing
BBC News - Device spells doom for superbugs
Researchers have demonstrated a device that can kill off superbugs such as MRSA in just seconds - and could help with body odour.
The Year of the Sex Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Salahis, White House Dinner Crashers, Met the Obamas - NYTimes.com
The disclosure that a celebrity-seeking couple who sneaked into a state dinner came face-to-face with the president underscored the seriousness of the security breach.
Edible Schoolyard (Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School)
For Indians Trained in the West, It Can Be Hard to Go Home - NYTimes.com
India wants its emigrants and their offspring back, but many say the business climate is frustrating, and the workplace culture makes them feel unexpectedly foreign.
Why the hammerhead shark got its hammer - life - 27 November 2009 - New Scientist
Its widely separated eyes give it super-vision that can judge distance and so track prey better than other sharks
Gittes,
ReplyDeleteYet another collection of thought stimulating blog delights.
Thanks, they definitely help.
I am currently finishing my Potemkin Village domestic dwelling floor plan assignment.
Following that I will be assisting a student in the summarization of 120 pages of Health & safety legislation into a six to ten slide power point presentation which itself was assigned in week #1 of this semester. The student's presentation (which was rescheduled twice previously) is to be delivered at 9:00 am tomorrow.
claudio
Gittes,
ReplyDeleteI returned to ponder the magnificance of the blog linked article entitled,
"Sand dams voted best solution in water crisis debate"
Technique developed by the Romans has potential to give up to 3 million people access to clean water in the drylands of Africa, says winner.
The Romans, the ancient engineers, what marvelously practical thinkers they were.
How I wish I could discuss this water collection and storage technique with my father. He may well have studied it in his day.
Thanks for yet another valuable link.
claudio