A little bit about irrational behavior

June 5th, 2009 No comments

Very intersting presentation and it makes you laugh.

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Where the Web became harmful

June 5th, 2009 No comments

Sites what can make your computer or your bank account ill.

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Provocation as an art

May 29th, 2009 No comments

The Dutch “artist” who in 2004 turned her pussy into a handbag under the performance art title “My dearest cat Pinkeltje (2004)” has published personal details of those who emailed her expressing their disgust.

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Everything is a black holes (no pun intended)

May 28th, 2009 No comments

In trying to understand how gravity behaves on the quantum scale, physicists have developed a model that has an interesting implication: mini black holes could be everywhere, and all particles might be made of various forms of black holes.

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Speech and lang processing in the brain

May 28th, 2009 No comments

both human and non-human primate studies have confirmed that speech, one important facet of language, is processed in the brain along two parallel pathways, each of which run from lower- to higher-functioning neural regions.

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Then time of recovering from injure is matters

May 27th, 2009 No comments

Article on Physorg about what cutting age medical technology can give to athletes then they broke something and need to be repaired.

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Daydreaming not a lost time

May 20th, 2009 No comments

“Mind wandering is typically associated with negative things like laziness or inattentiveness,” says lead author, Prof. Kalina Christoff, UBC Dept. of Psychology. “But this study shows our brains are very active when we daydream – much more active than when we focus on routine tasks.”

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Five heresies of Freeman Dyson

May 16th, 2009 No comments

Lecture from one of famous mind of our time Freeman Dyson. It is about not what waiting us in the Future but what we can begin looking at today.

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Моторозированная броня уже скоро

May 8th, 2009 No comments

Экзоскелет позволяет человеку не прилагая больших усилий нести вес до 100 кг.
Если 70 из этих 100 кг потратить на броню из современных материалов, то получиться чтото вроде моторизированной брони из Fallout.

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Positive stereotype win the battle

May 5th, 2009 No comments

In a new study, cognitive scientists have shown that when aware of both a negative and positive stereotype related to performance, women will identify more closely with the positive stereotype, avoiding the harmful impact the negative stereotype unwittingly can have on their performance.

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