Truemors
Memories - what size is yours?
As we become more like the machines that control our lives are our minds coming to serve less of a purpose - relatively speaking. What affect is this having on knowledge retention?.
Can we really transplant a human soul?
" Written by Danny Penman The progress of medical science in the past 30 years has been so rapid that yesterday's miracles are tomorrow's commonplace procedures. So it has proved with heart transplants, which have... 
What memories are made of
" As in, the actual physical creation in your brain. Researchers believe they have discovered evidence to suggest that when you experience something for the first time, like riding a bike or seeing...
Fourth anniversary of Beslan tragedy: Mix of anger and apathy
Today marks the fourth anniversary of siege and hostage taking at school No.1 in Beslan, North Ossetia. Three hundred thirty four people, half of whom were children, lost their lives during a military operation...
created by Yuliya Talmazan | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Ex-NYPD detective charged in 'Bling Bandit' bank robberies
"NEW YORK (AP) -- He was a respected former NYPD detective and a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War who struggled in recent months with inoperable liver cancer. But now Athelson Kelson is charged with bank robbery, identified by authorities as New York's so-called Bling...
Sleep on It: How Snoozing Makes You Smarter
The latest research suggests that while we are peacefully asleep our brain is busily processing the day’s information. It combs through recently formed memories, stabilizing, copying and filing them, so that...
Where the mould grows - Clayoquot Sound First Nations poor housing conditions
This is what the First Nations of Clayoquot Sound are facing, high unemployment, poor housing conditions and little hope. With logging and mining about to begin, resource extraction is looked to as the ways...
Senator Clinton: "Together, you and I changed America forever,"...
Senator Clinton sent out a new email on June 16th, attached to an online photo album filled with photos of the campaign. In her new email to supporters, Senator Clinton states: " “Together, you and I changed America forever,” Clinton says in the e-mail. “We... 
created by Rhonda J Mangus | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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456 views | 42 recommendations | 16 comments
Being brown in a city of black and white
" DETROIT - In a city that would become famous for segregation, Linda Hutcherson’s early memories of her household in Detroit are of carefree times amid a pastiche of skin colors. She had loving parents — a...
created by sweet east pearl | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Ways to be sure the kids are alright
" Youth violence has become a national puzzle. Everyone is searching for the solution, but before it can be found we have to understand why teenagers are spilling blood on Britain's streets. There are two types of...
created by sweet east pearl | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Why corporate America wants old people dead
"Their dying makes moneyMedicine, hospitals, medical paraphernalia, are all industries thatmake money from the dying. An old person in the hospital isn’t there toget better, but rather to be kept in a state of high-maintenancealmost-deadness for as long as possible. The...
Tips and Tricks to Improve Computer Speed
"A Little Bit of My HistoryThe very first time I have my hands on computer was almost 18 years back or so. It was an Apple computer given by my uncle who thought that I might be interested in it. The computer had no hard drive but with two 5 and a half inches floppy drive....
Northern Illinois University Debates Fate of Hall Where Gunman Killed 5
"SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Yellow police tape and wooden barricades no longer block the entrance to Northern Illinois University's Cole Hall, but it remains empty nearly two months after a gunman killed...
Bunnies, Fair Trade & Hotel Chocolat..Like Easter for Chocolate, 2008
Easter will be here before we know it and if you grew up in Europe as I did there would be no real Easter as a kid without an expedition in your parents or grandparents garden in search of Easter goodies. By that I mean all things chocolate, like Easter Bunnies, Eggs large...
OMG Flickr is Turning 4!!! Let's Celebrate.
The folks at Flickr are hosting a party in San Francisco for the company's fourth birthday on March 15. Since the vast majority of NowPublic contributors are Flickr users, and since most of us aren't lucky... 
created by Rob Peters | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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2502 views | 41 recommendations | 54 comments
