Cyber self-harm: Why do people troll themselves online? -- "9% [of students] had anonymously cyberbullied themselves."

Love hormone 'helps autistic brain' -- oxytocin

Sounds are sound among dyslexics, but access may lag, study finds -- "[T]he white matter tracts connecting the phoneme area to a part of the brain that contains the Broca's area, ( Read more... )

Him: Alcoholism is not a disease. Diseases are caused by bacterial infections. If it were it could be cured with some penicillin. Alcoholism is a character weakness, it can only be "cured" by strengthening your character. It is a Liberal way of passing the blame for your own shortcomings on to anything but yourself ( Read more... )

How do you deal with someone who claims that only bacteria cause disease? I mean, how do you even start?

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When I was in college, I headed two hours of radio time. The music was eclectic & when I tried to describe it on the air, I would call much of it "my father's music". My dad's musical taste is certainly instilled in me.

One album I used to listen to all the time growing up was Brasil 88 by Sergio Mendes. In particular, the second song of the ( Read more... )

Anti-depressants 'linked to type 2 diabetes'

New York sets up special courts to handle prostitution and trafficking cases -- Better than the status quo, I suppose, but a far cry from reforming the system in sex workers' favor.

Jackson: Saxophone-Playing Wouldn't Help Obama -- Very true.

North Carolina school system lifts ban on Invisible Man

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Popular Science silences its comments section -- In contrast to the brouhaha over at Huffington Post, this move is one with which I agree. HP's entire model is driven by comments; at the same time, certain things, like scientific fact, are not up for debate.

New baby smell creates 'very strong' bond in mom's brain, study finds | more -- The scent ( Read more... )

Newton County Deputy Sheriff arrested on drug trafficking and firearms charges -- "[S]aid United States Attorney Sally Quillian Yates[,] 'Selling marijuana out of his police car while wearing a badge and uniform is outrageous.'"

Facebook 'liking' is protected free speech, federal court says

Battle plan is urged in effort to kill off invasive ( Read more... )

Cheerleader pleads guilty to prostituting girl -- This is despicable. Minors should not be coerced into the life.

CBS Houston blogger: Is this NBA cheerleader 'too chunky'? -- That's just vile (made even more so as the author of the article is female).

The Best Map Ever Made of America's Racial Segregation -- "Drawing on data from the 2010 U.S. ( Read more... )

Logging into Google News this morning, I discovered a featured video in the upper-right hand corner from CNN that Huffington Post was eliminating pseudonyms for users. I spent the majority of my day watching videos, reading articles from places off-site & going through as many of the comments over at HP about the impending change ( Read more... )

Oldest Globe To Show New World, 509-Year-Old Map Engraved On Ostrich Egg

Atheist parolee sent back to prison must be compensated, court says -- "California should compensate an atheist parolee for returning him to prison after he resisted participating in a religious-based drug treatment program, a federal appeals court decided unanimously Friday ( Read more... )