Science and technology links

Aug 28, 2008 07:02

Blinking as an indicator of whether someone is lying.

In praise of reality TV.

I never use IE in any version. Another post on just one of the reasons why one does not click on the blue E.

Shape-shifting, remote resonance powered robots. Via catsidhe.

Reminder of the importance of clean drinking water and how much of the world does not have it. Via mishymoocow.

Fertility rates and the status of women.

The US has notoriously high infant mortality rates by developed world standards. What you do (and do not) count as a live birth rather affects the numbers.

The difficulties of (pdf) typesetting Arabic. Via comment by catsidhe.

About the devastation of the American chestnut and attempts to restore it.

Study concludes that World Trade Center 7 collapsed due to fire.

US Presidents since Truman have been wildly disproportionately left-handed. Since both McCain and Obama are left-handed, the trend is just getting stronger.

Cyber attacks on Georgia might be politically motivated hackers. More. Both via comment from dputiger.

Obama’s text message system did not perform, but the database involved is very useful.

Arguing that not being fat is about eating less and exercising more.

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