Voynich manuscript
Tue, 3 Nov 2009 07:23:45 -0800 (PST)
Anyone with any thoughts on this mysterious manuscript?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voynich_manuscript
http://voynichthoughts.wordpress.com/stroke-theory/
On another group a programmer is attempting to write a program to test
the stroke theory. I'm not betting on his success. I'm inclined to
think it was e ...
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Meat and heat
Sun, 1 Nov 2009 01:56:40 -0800 (PST)
There seem to be two main questions here -- to what extent does meat
production contribute to climate change and what response is required:
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/meat-creates-half-of-all-greenhouse-gases-1812909.html
Dave Smith
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Bad driving may be in your genes
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:32:23 -0700 (PDT)
ScienceDaily (Oct. 28, 2009) ? Bad drivers may in part have their
genes to blame, suggests a new study by UC Irvine neuroscientists.
People with a particular gene variant performed more than 20 percent
worse on a driving test than people without it -- and a follow-up test
a few days later yielded similar results ...
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Govt sacks scientific advisor for telling the Truth
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:55:15 GMT
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8334774.stm
This looks like it could be a crucial stage in the battle for evidence
based policy-making in politics. It's quite clear that the current
Labout Government would rather reject scientific fact than risk the wrath
of hysterical tabloid newspapers. If this direction proves ...
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Rediscovering SQ3R - Or research based tips on how to study
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:01:21 -0700 (PDT)
Mind Matters - October 20, 2009
Getting It Wrong: Surprising Tips on How to Learn
New research makes the case for hard tests, and suggests an unusual
technique that anyone can use to learn
By Henry L. Roediger and Bridgid Finn
For years, many educators have championed "errorless learning,"
advising teachers ( ...
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Maybe our ideas about how the brain works were wrong
Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:23:23 -0700 (PDT)
Mind Matters - October 27, 2009
The Root of Thought: What Do Glial Cells Do?
Nearly 90 percent of the brain is composed of glial cells, not
neurons. Andrew
Koob argues that these overlooked cells just might be the source of
the
imagination
By Andrew Koob
Andrew Koob received his Ph.D. in neuroscience from ...
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Doctors without ethics
Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:49:31 -0700 (PDT)
http://www.utne.com/print-article.aspx?id=2147485570
Doctors without ethics
by Justine Sharrock, from Mother Jones
The memory of detainee No. 173379 still haunts Andrew Duffy. The 24-
year-old prisoner showed up in March 2006 at Abu Ghraib, where Duffy
was stationed as a medic. His job was to treat new ar ...
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Old STELAI and our comprehension
Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:55:33 -0700 (PDT)
Dear Friends,
we all know of the Greek word STELE, usually known to denote stone
objects of obelisk form, carved stones. However, attentive reading of
Septuagint translation easily alerts us that in Alexandria, the STELE
was something aiding to seeing, aiding to visions, they write of STELE
and GRAPHEIN not merel ...
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Violence between members of a couple is calculated
Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:41:00 -0700 (PDT)
Violence between couples is usually calculated, and does not result
from loss of control
October 19th, 2009 in Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Violence between couples is usually the result of a calculated
decision-making process and the partner inflicting violence will do so
only as long as the price to be pa ...
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Epilepsy and heart arrhythmia may have a common cause - perhaps of
interest
Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:45:03 -0700 (PDT)
Heart and Head Misfire Together
By Sam Kean
ScienceNOW Daily News
16 October 2009
Two medical problems caused by misfiring electrical signals, epilepsy
and heart
arrhythmia, probably have a common molecular cause, scientists report.
The
research points to treatments that could lower the chances of young
peo ...
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