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Rich Getting Richer, Poor Poorer
The old adage sung by black flag-waving anarchists', "There's no war but a class war" seems particularly relevant to a study released this week by the University of Michigan - "The rich are getting...
created by ScienceDave | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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1251 views | 20 recommendations | 4 comments
McDonald's Subverting Toddler Taste Buds
A recent study out of Stanford unequivocally shows the power of branding on the minds of young children (Robinson et al.; Effects of Fast Food Branding on Young Children’s Taste Preferences (2007) Arch. Pediatr....
created by ScienceDave | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
2087 views | 58 recommendations | 11 comments
2087 views | 58 recommendations | 11 comments
Hemp Helping The Everglades!
Hemp has been used in agriculture for thousands of years, primarily as a thread for making a variety of garments. Sunn Hemp (Crotallaria juncea) is used in green manure, suppresses weeds, and slows soil...
created by ScienceDave | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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1084 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
US Soldier Yields 110 Years For Rape & Murder
This just in from msnbc - Pfc. Jesse Spielman netted the longest sentence among his prosecuted cohort convicted of the rape and murder of a teenage Iraqi girl."The sentence was part of a plea agreement attorneys for Pfc. Jesse Spielman had made with prosecutors that set the...European Heat Waves Twice As Long - Study
Tens of thousands of people died during the 2003 and 2006 heat waves in Europe. Unfortunately, the summer heat might not be cooling down anytime soon.A study led by climatologist P. M. Della-Marta was...
created by ScienceDave | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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1025 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"Mind Reading" Babies Discovered - Study
Never mind Babies with Super-Strength, mind reading babies have been discovered in Italy - and they are likely all around the world....but what IS mind reading (there is always a catch, isn't there)? Might...
created by ScienceDave | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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1328 views | 42 recommendations | 3 comments
Flood Forecasting For Bangladesh
A flooding foreceasting pilot system has been developed by research scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research and Geaorgia Tech."The pilot program began this summer with the aim of delivering 1-...
created by ScienceDave | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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821 views | 6 recommendations | 2 comments
The Real Reasons 'Why Humans Have Sex' - Study
That's right folks, a recent study (Why Humans Have Sex (2007) Archives of Sexual Behaviour, DOI 10.1007/s10508-007-9175-2) has compiled over 230 reasons why we get that 'funny feeling' of 'burning desire'...or...
created by ScienceDave | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
1361 views | 63 recommendations | 8 comments
1361 views | 63 recommendations | 8 comments
Riding The Brain Wave - A New Take on Sensory Perception
Neurologists at Georgetown University Medical Center have discovered that the brain doesn't process visual information as you might think.Typically, most people think neurons, one of the basic building blocks of...
created by ScienceDave | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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599 views | 36 recommendations | 2 comments
Harmful Cannabis Trumps Tobacco
Here's another hit to the proverbial groin of cannabis advocates. A recent advanced copy of scientific journal Thorax published a study claiming cannabis was 2.5-5 times worse than cigarettes. I downloaded a...
created by ScienceDave | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
2996 views | 59 recommendations | 9 comments
2996 views | 59 recommendations | 9 comments
GE'd Schizophrenic Mice
Yes, scientists have finally produced the first strain of mentally ill mice (although not the first strain of mentally disabled mice - click here) - their illness: schizophrenia, a form of psychosis.Schizophrenia...
created by ScienceDave | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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313 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Cannabis and Psychosis - More 'Hand Waving'
"A fifteen-year-old lad apprehended in the act of staging a holdup - fifteen years old and a marijuana addict. Here is a most tragic case.Yes. I remember. Just a young boy... under the influence of drugs... who...
created by ScienceDave | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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1123 views | 22 recommendations | 4 comments
Floods and Forest Fires From Space
The European Space Agency released photos today from its Envisat satellite, documenting from space the worst flooding of the river Thames last week. (click here for NowPublic Article)You can plainly see the...
created by ScienceDave | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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1996 views | 58 recommendations | 6 comments
Circumcised Men Feeling Just Fine
If you've attended or even been to a university for that matter, no doubt you've come across one of the many psychology flyers taped to doors, tacked to bulletin boards, or strewn outside your student union...
created by ScienceDave | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
2885 views | 34 recommendations | 8 comments
2885 views | 34 recommendations | 8 comments
New Life Form Discovered in Yellowstone
A novel bacterium capable of photosynthesis was discovered in Yellowstone national park. Typically when you discover a new bacterium, you must isolate it, grow it, get to know its habits, etc. However,...
created by ScienceDave | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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2362 views | 52 recommendations | 9 comments
