Great. LJ has some new posting format that covers the first 2 lines of my posting window. UNGGGH. Gah. Whatever. WAIT! Switching back & forth between the Visual editor tab & HTML tab seems to have fixed it. Stupid interface ( Read more... )

"It may well be our brains are wired up to be slightly more optimistic than they should be." - V.S. Ramachandran ( Read more... )

This is for all my dog-crazy friends (I know you're out there... I've seen the pictures ( Read more... )

I'm looking for one, maybe two General Science Magazines to subscribe to, to keep up with scientific happenings in the world. I'm looking for something like The Week or The Economist for science - brief summaries of new discoveries or changes to thinking, with in-depth articles around a page long, not much more.

Poll General Science Magazines
If your favorite isn't listed ( Read more... )

Ganked from matociquala (who found it by way of neutronjockey), boosting signal for the July 2006 Scientific American article on "The Expert Mind" by Philip E. Ross.

Studies of the mental processes of chess grandmasters have revealed clues to how people become experts in other fields as well. EFFORTFUL STUDY is the key to achieving success in chess, classical music, ( Read more... )