November 2010
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Why Calories Taste Delicious →
Did you eat too much this past week? Here’s why, from a neuro perspective. Calories are just delicious.
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The Big Thanksgiving Science Linkdown
It’s gonna be a busy day before Thanksgiving, and a busy weekend where we might all consider unplugging … even if that means listening to Aunt Marge detail her foot problems and replacing good music with crying children. But if you aren’t unplugging (or you aren’t in the US, and you’re all “What’s with the Thanksgiving thing?”), here’s a nice...
Adam Savage: TSA Saw My Junk, but Missed These Two... →
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A Mystery: Why Can't We Walk Straight? : Krulwich... →
“Maybe … this is a form of left or right handedness where one side dominates the other? Or maybe this is a reflection of our left and right brains spitting out different levels of dopamine? Or maybe it’s stupidly simple: Most of us have slightly different sized legs or slightly stronger appendages on one side and this little difference, over enough steps, mounts up? Wrong, wrong...
Don't be a turkey . . . →
I don’t pay too much attention to the Directory … but I can’t be falling off the first page under “Science” … that’s just not right, is it? ;-)
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Thankgiving Myth: Turkey Makes You Sleepy →
“What’s making you sleepy after Thanksgiving dinner is any combination of booze, bad conversation and a carbohydrate-heavy meal, but not the turkey itself.”
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Why Four Loko's mix of alcohol and caffeine can be... →
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Scientist: X-ray scanners deliver “20 times the... →
Exactly how badly can one government agency screw the pooch in a 1-month period?
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WatchNow for today’s random science Tumblr find-
Everyone go tell this girl how awesome it is that she took the time to write a song (and dance, too) for mitosis! If you like science enough to make up a song and dance about it, you’re a friend of mine.
maryashouldbedoingsomethingelse:
my mitosis song :)
shout out to all my study-groupers for bio! :D
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“The best scientist is open to experience and begins with romance - the idea that...”
– Ray Bradbury (via kuyeng13theheartslogos)
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WatchHere’s a gadget that uses lasers to drag individual cells around. Why? They say to be extra-delicate, but I say so that you can play cell-based video games.
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Life is found in deepest layer of Earth's crust →
New bacteria have been discovered in the gabbroic layer, the layer just above the mantle. They have evolved to eat hydrocarbons like methane and benzene, and live at temperatures up to 102 Celcius!
blog at izs.me: TSA Success Story →
A little TSA grope-related rebellion story. Turns out, if enough people opt-out, then you’ll overwhelm the screeners in silent protest.
izs:
By now, if you haven’t heard the outrage at the TSA’s “enhanced” pat-down procedures, then you don’t use the internet, and you’re not reading this blog.
They grope children. They touch your junk. The procedures are ludicrously ineffective and...
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White Coat: Anonymous asked: →
white-coat:
do you think the human body was subject to macroevolution? i don’t really know myself, just wondering what you thought…:)
- yes, i do. this book does a very adequate job of explaining why evolution exists and why the human body is no exception to the evolutionary process.
+1 for that!
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Online Comments Show How News Spreads →
“It’s actually quite predictable how much chatter a post on Slashdot or Wikipedia will attract, according to a new study of several websites with large user bases. And the thread of an online conversation — whether it sticks to the original topic or users comment on each other’s comments — can be modeled as a tree with discussions veering off on branches”
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