January 2010
142 posts
DNA from 2,000 year-old skeleton MAY support the... →
“What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
Study found that drinking Green Tea and exercising... →
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An easy way to learn statistics! →
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Lebron James to endorse McDonalds. →
Another extremely fit individual, who looks like he doesn’t eat any junk food at all, to endorse arguably the biggest seller of junk food!
C’mon kids, if you wanna play like ‘The KIng’, eat McDonald’s!!!!
Run barefoot! It's better than wearing... →
Something to be happy about: Study shows an... →
David Cameron: Children should be taught... →
I agree!
To Chocolate lovers: Ascientific study found that... →
Bye bye cognitive dissonance! Hello dark chocolate!!!
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University of Virginia study found that Facebook... →
The social components of self-control →
psychotherapy:
For the most part, self-control is seen as an individual trait, a measure of personal discipline. If you lack self-control, then it’s your own fault, a character flaw built into the brain.
However, according to a new study by Michelle vanDellen, a psychologist at the University of Georgia, self-control contains a large social component; the ability to resist temptation is...
Teenage alcohol and drug use in England is... →
I hope this is true. One question though: what replaces these habits?
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A study has found that cigarettes carry germs that... →
Cutting funding for widening access schemes is a... →
I agree! Such schemes provide more benefits than losses.
50 Interesting Facts
somethingintellectual:
1. If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on your right side. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on your left side. 2. If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. For when a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off. 3. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying. 4. Your tongue is germ...
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Whoa! Amar'e Stoudemire to Cleveland Cavaliers??? →
I can only imagine the highlights!!!
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Tsunamis could telegraph their imminent arrival →
A study by Bellock and Levine (2010) found that... →
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About 3,000 A-level students complain about... →
Non-believers care too! →
Michael Shermer is bragging about the fact that contrary to what everyone else believes, ‘believers’ are not more generous than ‘non-believers’.
Shut up and stop bragging!
“Unlike actual law, Internet software has no capacity to punish. It doesn’t...”
– David Pogue
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Study shows ambidextrous children are likely to do... →
Pay close attention to this tudy’s methodology before accepting its findings
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Sexual images from TV and internet forces children... →
As if we do not yet know!
Ever wonder how an "X" came to represent a kiss?...
(via kaustubha)
now i know!
is this true? Facebook users score lower in exams... →
what do you think??
Dunbar's number still holds true even in Facebook... →
from timesonline.co.uk
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Tips on how to make a woman feel special
Your presence should not leave her with tensions. It should rather make her feel relaxed.
Be friendly. Share everything with her, just like a good friend. Discuss matters pertaining both to her professional and personal life. When she opens up the problems and seeks solutions for them from you, she will feel more attached to you.
Nothing can make a woman feel special than being protected by...
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Headmaster think studying 'softer' subjects won't... →
One of the most old-fashioned, pessimistic and narrow-minded ideas I have ever read. This headmaster thinks that only by studying subjects such as Sciences and Maths, and by going to private schools, can a child gain the necessary knowledge to become successful.
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Protein SIRTUIN 6 new target for obesity and... →
A new study in mice finds that a protein that plays a role in responding to certain kinds of stress may help regulate a metabolic pathway important for controlling blood sugar, burning fat and even making tumors grow.
from www.sciencenews.org
what to do when you're bored →
“I’ve found that when you want to know the truth about someone that someone...”
– Dr Greg House
Obesity drug REDUCTIL suspended due to suspected... →
What a brilliant idea! →
Secondary schools in the UK are planning to screen a film about homophobic bullying. Please read this article and watch the trailer on the same link.
Source: The Guardian
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Wanna know more about Social Networking Sites? →
A pioneering research article by Boyd and Ellison (2007) about the definition, history and scholarship of social networking sites.
Rice responsible for Asians' alcohol flush... →
madeofstarstuff:
The mutation responsible for the alcohol flush reaction, an unpleasant response to alcohol that is relatively common in people of Asian descent, may have occurred following the domestication of rice. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology traced the history of the version of the gene responsible, finding that the ADH1B*47His allele appeared...
What makes a great teacher? →
Another Guardian Article. I felt quite good after reading this!
Top 15 chemical additives in your food
madeofstarstuff:
We don’t just want our food to taste good these days: It also has to look good. As a result, food producers use any of 14,000 laboratory-made additives to make our food appear fresher, more attractive or last longer on the shelf.
Read More
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Fewer students are opting to study foreign... →
an article from The Guardian
Bill Gates joins Twitter!!! →
Scientists show how brain tumors outsmart drugs →
madeofstarstuff:
Researchers at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research (LICR) at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Moores UCSD Cancer Center have shown one way in which gliomas, a deadly type of brain tumor, can evade drugs aimed at blocking a key cell signaling protein, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR),that is crucial for tumor growth. In a related finding,...
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Benefits of bedtime stories...aids children's... →
An article from this month’s The Psychologist (BPS)
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The Drugging of our Children →
An interesting documentary about childhood mental illnesses and the use of drugs for these disorders.
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Neuroskeptic: A Brief History of Bipolar Kids →
psychotherapy:
It depends who you ask. It’s “controversial”. Some say that, like schizophrenia, bipolar strikes in adolescence or after, and that pre-pubertal onset is extraordinarily rare. Others say that kids can be, and often are, bipolar, but their symptoms may differ from the ones seen in adults. You know a 20 year old’s manic when they stay up for 3 days straight writing a book about how...
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Alligators breathe like birds! →
from sciencenews.org