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Deceptively Moral
A woman admitted Monday that she coached her two children to fake retardation starting when they were 4 and 8 years old so she could collect Social Security benefits on their behalf.The mother is obviously wrong for doing this, but at least one of the children (now an adult) have also been arrested. My question is, since they were essentially ( Read more... ) -
Follow the dots
By injecting quantum dots into tumors, investigators at Carnegie Mellon University have been able to image sentinel lymph nodes in animals using near-infrared light. These results could lead to a simple, non-invasive method for detecting metastasis.Quantum dots are already finding practical applications, and the process is non toxic. I have mixed ( Read more... ) -
How far apart are the contractions?
"I was sitting with my feet on my desk, half-asleep and puzzled, and I almost fell out of my chair when I realized there was a much, much simpler possibility."Epiphanies happen ( Read more... ) -
Brain waves . . .
Do dreams consolidate and reinforce memories?
Who knew that some physicists are strange?
Just wait until we have holodeck technology . . . .
Watch out for excited brains . . .
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Read a great book this weekend - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. The main character has Asperger's Syndrome and it's quite interesting to see him interact with the world without all the pretense and emotional baggage. . . with this character, the internal dialog is not hidden. Understanding this, you are never caught off-guard ( Read more... ) -
Bits and Pieces
This is one of the more ridiculous things I've read lately. The car was economical and environmentally sound . . . so it failed a few safety standards, but the end result, and charging customers for damages?
Wink, wink. Hint, hint.
My impression of most people who voted this past Tuesday . . . but at least they got this one right ( Read more... )