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It’s time for another batch of research highlights. First up, fresh back from his trip to Korea, Steve writes about a counterintuitive approach to creating stereocentres: by destroying them first! Second, the story of greedy metal …

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ResearchBlogging.org In our discussions of violence associated with video game play, we’ve frequently noted that there appear to be different effects depending on the type of video game. Some games are more violent than others, …

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[Note:] I realized I posted this entry very recently, only three months prior to today, but since it is the anniversary of the Oxford debate/lectures I thought it would be fitting to throw this entry up again (with a few minor edits). …

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Dispatches from the Culture Wars: AFA’s Search/Replace Function Works Perfectly. This has got to be one of the funniest screw-ups I’ve run into in a very long time. There’s nothing like watching the American Family Association …

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Scientists have determined how to fortify the cassava plant, a staple root crop in many developing countries, with enough vitamins, minerals and protein to provide the poor and malnourished with a day’s worth of nutrition in a single …

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Brian’s post about Albert Koch reminded me that there is an interesting archaeology site just 30 miles from my house. I should mention, before going further, that Brian’s post leaves off just wwhen things at Kimmswick were getting …

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Here’s a highlight summarizing three new papers. Neural stem cells continuously form new neurons in the adult brain. But after injury, these stem cells seem able to become other cell types, such as glial cells that support neurons. …

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I rarely talk politics here, but I received this email from a cousin the other day:. According to the Book of Revelations the anti-christ is: The anti-christ will be a man, in his 40s, of MUSLIM descent, who will deceive the nations …

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Nanosaild_2. When Falcon 1 takes off in a few weeks, one of the “piggyback” payloads will be a 4 kg (less than 10 lbs) NASA satellite about the size of a bread box that can unfurl into a 10 meter square solar sail on orbit. …

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Today is the 100th anniversary of the Tunguska explosion, an event so unusual and unprecedented that even today, a century later,

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