Random Thoughts
- Why Do People Believe So Many Odd Things?
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A recent LiveScience article " Americans Believe in God, Astrology, and Ghosts " indicates that the beliefs people hold may actually be contradictory and a mix of a variety of themes. This tends to confirm the view that people will believe almost ...
Blog Post - Gerhard Adam - Dec 10 2009 - 2:47pm
- The Say Of The Week
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People who like sausage and people who trust 3-sigma peaks should not ask how these are made. T.D. ...
Blog Post - Tommaso Dorigo - Dec 11 2009 - 12:17pm
- The Spectre Of Authoritarianism Threatens Italy
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Be sure about one thing: in my very humble opinion it is not like Berlusconi would not deserve some kind of punishment, for the damage he has caused to my country. But violence is not the way. Yesterday's attack to the Italian premier by a deranged p ...
Blog Post - Tommaso Dorigo - Dec 14 2009 - 10:12am
- Alcohol Industry Designing Its Own Regulations In Sub-Saharan Africa
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Before the tobacco industry gave up the fight over the health effects of smoking, it was common for major cigarette manufacturers like Phillip Morris to fight advertising restrictions on their product in every possible way--even if that meant designing sof ...
Article - News Staff - Dec 19 2009 - 7:47pm
- Hank's Say Of The Week
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In honor of Scientific Blogging physics fave Tommaso Dorigo's inside-referenced-named "Say of the Week" I would, just this once, like to mimic him as best I can, because this was just too good to pass up. "It is very sad to see some val ...
Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Dec 16 2009 - 2:21pm
- Cephalopodifying Trees
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I have a few cephalopod ornaments to hang on the boughs, but nothing like these ninety-nine beautiful hand-sewn octopuses! Esty has a number of options when it comes to festive cephalopods. This is my favorite: ...
Blog Post - Danna Staaf - Dec 17 2009 - 4:37pm
- Adaptive Complexity Upgrade
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OK, it's not a blog upgrade but a family one: So please excuse the absence while we integrate girl number 4 into the the household. Read the feed: ...
Blog Post - Michael White - Dec 18 2009 - 11:35pm
- Music Turns Kids Into Potheads?
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Teens who frequently listen to music filled with references to marijuana are more likely to use the drug than their counterparts with less exposure to such lyrics, according to a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine study published online in the jo ...
Article - News Staff - Dec 22 2009 - 2:38pm
- Glæd Geol and Gesælig Niw Gear
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In Anglo-Saxon orthography, so we understand, the letters "ge" often represented the sound "ye". With that little bit of information, you should have no trouble in construing the following: And if you want to go back a bit further in ...
Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Dec 23 2009 - 4:48pm
- Is Your Political Party In Your Genes?
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According to a new study published in Political Research Quarterly, genetics play a pivotal role in shaping how we identify with political parties. the researchers examined the sources of party identification and the intensity of that identification usin ...
Article - News Staff - Dec 28 2009 - 4:02pm
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