Big wave theory
Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:22:11 -0700 (PDT)
This may be of interest to some (Mark, Peter .......).
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090817-dark-energy-alternative.html ...
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The importance of dead authors by Einstein
Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:05:39 -0700 (PDT)
?Somebody who only reads newspapers and at best boks of conteporary
authors looks to me like an extremely near-sighted person who scorns
eyeglasses. He is completely dependent on the preudices and fashions
of his times, since he never gets to see or hear anything else, when
at any given time there are only a few e ...
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Whipping dog for the yanks?
Sat, 15 Aug 2009 03:18:52 -0700 (PDT)
Are we so whimperingly dependent on Uncle Sam that he can just take us
out into the back yard and whip us whenever he wants? Do we just let
him get away with insulting the NHS when he imposes medical service on
his own poor that you wouldn't impose on a rabid dog? The latest is
that Uncle Sam is now offering to se ...
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Baby minding
Sat, 15 Aug 2009 02:08:58 -0700 (PDT)
http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/families/article6793658.ece
From Times Online
August 15, 2009
Babies' brains are more sophisticated than we ever believed
A baby?s mind is quite brilliant, a psychologist says in her new book.
Far from being irrational, children are more astute than ma ...
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Group selection (again)
Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:14:05 -0700 (PDT)
In this brief and relatively simple article, D S Wilson and E O
Wilson explain why they think group selection has contributed to human
evolution:
http://evolution.binghamton.edu/dswilson/resources/publications_resources/New%20Scientist.pdf ...
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Freud in America
Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:44:00 -0700 (PDT)
One Hundred Years of Freud in America
By DANIEL AKST
Sigmund Freud hated America. He couldn?t stand being called ?Sigmund?
by his informal hosts. He believed that Americans had channeled their
sexuality into an unhealthy obsession with money. And he seethed at
his own need for the dollars that we had in such un ...
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America's Sex Offender Laws
Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:16:31 -0700 (PDT)
Sex laws
Unjust and ineffective
Aug 6th 2009 | HARLEM, GEORGIA
From The Economist print edition
America has pioneered the harsh punishment of sex offenders. Does it
work?
ONE day in 1996 the lights went off in a classroom in Georgia so that
the students could watch a video. Wendy Whitaker, a 17-year-old p ...
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UK's energy crisis - dependence of Russia?
Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:34:07 -0700 (PDT)
see
http://www.economist.com/world/britain/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14177328 ...
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'Artificial leaf ' project
Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:59:28 -0700 (PDT)
This article may be of interest..........
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/aug/11/artificial-leaf-energy
Scientists explore how the humble leaf could power the planet
Researchers at Imperial College London embark on 'artificial leaf'
project to produce power by mimicking photosynthesis
Alok Jha, ...
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Type of work unbdertaken and changes in IQ
Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:36:17 -0700 (PDT)
(PhysOrg.com) -- The more we work, the more we juggle a constant
bombardment of tasks, the brighter we become.
This is the thinking of Northeastern University?s distinguished
professor of economics and social policy William T. Dickens, a former
Russell-Sage Foundation scholar, current nonresident senior fellow a ...
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