Or someone so open-minded their brain has fallen out

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[url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2273857/Neurologist-discovers-dark-patch-inside-brains-killers-rapists.html#axzz2KEUUN0Cr]Neurologist discovers 'dark patch' inside brains of killers and rapists | Mail Online[/url]

i've always enjoyed the nature vs nuture arguement in criminology. good stuff

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[quote=Chico23231;993547][url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2273857/Neurologist-discovers-dark-patch-inside-brains-killers-rapists.html#axzz2KEUUN0Cr]Neurologist discovers 'dark patch' inside brains of killers and rapists | Mail Online[/url]

i've always enjoyed the nature vs nuture arguement in criminology. good stuff[/quote]

Agreed. I have always said the mind is by far the biggest weapon on the planet. Amazing how it can turn one man into a mass murder and another man into a brilliant scientist.

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[url=http://www.nature.com/news/small-molecule-drug-drives-cancer-cells-to-suicide-1.12385]Small-molecule drug drives cancer cells to suicide : Nature News & Comment[/url]



Anybody who's suffered through cancer or had a loved one die from it, you'll be happy to see progress in the fight against cancer. Huge news I'd say.

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[quote=NC_Skins;993625][url=http://www.nature.com/news/small-molecule-drug-drives-cancer-cells-to-suicide-1.12385]Small-molecule drug drives cancer cells to suicide : Nature News & Comment[/url]



Anybody who's suffered through cancer or had a loved one die from it, you'll be happy to see progress in the fight against cancer. Huge news I'd say.[/quote]

I hope we see a cure in our lifetime, or at least a very significant advancement in treatment.

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I was listening to Science Friday on NPR and there was talk about how caffeine's influence changes as you age. The gist I took from it was that as I age I get to drink more wine with dinner to counter balance the increased effects of my one cup of coffee. [url=http://sciencefriday.com/segment/02/08/2013/science-of-slumber-how-sleep-affects-your-memory.html]Science of Slumber: How Sleep Affects Your Memory[/url]

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[url=http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/348232/description/A_pox_upon_cancer]A pox upon cancer | Body & Brain | Science News[/url]

A pox upon cancer. Retooled virus extends survival in terminal patients

By Nathan Seppa
[url=http://www.sciencenews.org]Science News[/url]

A tweaked virus that invades malignant cells has allowed patients with advanced liver cancer to survive for months longer than usual. Scientists report online February 10 in Nature Medicine that the virus can sabotage tumors and expose them to attack by the immune system....

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[url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/15/world/europe/russia-meteor-shower/index.html]Report: Russian meteor blast injures at least 1,000 people - CNN.com[/url]

Pretty incredible watching this meteor blazing through the sky.


Just in time to see the big boy that's going to bypass us.

[quote]Asteroid DA14 is due to fly past Earth in a few hours. It's 50 metres across and will pass just 17,100 miles above our heads. Although there is no danger of a collision, it's still passing much closer than any other known asteroid and closer than many man made satellites.

NASA will be doing a live stream of the asteroid as it passes us by, so don't despair if it won't be visible from your area. The stream will begin at 19:00 GMT/14:00 EST/11:00 PST. You'll be able to watch it here:[/quote]


[url=http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2]NASA JPL Live, Ustream.TV: UPCOMING EVENTS: NASA Follows Asteroid Flyby Friday, Feb. 15, 2013 at 11 a.m. PST (2 p.m. EST) For more information, including ...[/url]


[IMG]http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/16987_551371284883887_439926539_n.jpg[/IMG]

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Anxiety drugs may lead to behavior changes in fish. The bigger concern is that despite our best efforts many pharmaceuticals are making their way into our drinking water. At least tap is still cleaner than bottled water.

[URL="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/15/science/traces-of-anxiety-drug-may-affect-fish-behavior-study-shows.html?ref=science&_r=0"]http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/15/science/traces-of-anxiety-drug-may-affect-fish-behavior-study-shows.html?ref=science&_r=0[/URL]

Interesting look into the evolution of human genes.

[URL="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/15/science/studying-recent-human-evolution-at-the-genetic-level.html?ref=science"]http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/15/science/studying-recent-human-evolution-at-the-genetic-level.html?ref=science[/URL]

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The politics of bigfooting:

[url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/14/bigfoot-dna-results-final_n_2681135.html]Bigfoot DNA Tests: Science Journal's Credibility Called Into Question[/url]

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[quote=mlmpetert;994667]The politics of bigfooting:

[url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/14/bigfoot-dna-results-final_n_2681135.html]Bigfoot DNA Tests: Science Journal's Credibility Called Into Question[/url][/quote]

Scientists making sasquatch science look bad.

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We're all doomed.

[url=http://news.yahoo.com/subatomic-calculations-indicate-finite-lifespan-universe-225300183.html]Subatomic calculations indicate finite lifespan for universe - Yahoo! News[/url]


[quote]"It may be that the universe we live in is inherently unstable and at some point billions of years from now it's all going to get wiped out," said Lykken, who is also on the science team at Europe's Large Hadron Collider, or LHC, the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator.[/quote]


[quote] "This calculation tells you that many tens of billions of years from now, there'll be a catastrophe," Lykken said.

"A little bubble of what you might think of as an ‘alternative' universe will appear somewhere and then it will expand out and destroy us," Lykken said, adding that the event will unfold at the speed of light.[/quote]

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[quote=Lotus;994672]Scientists making sasquatch science look bad.[/quote]


I watched an episode of BigFoot Further Evidence last night. Its an interesting show that follows 3 guys and a young boy in their search for bigfoot. It reminded me of the people who like to chase storms and tornados.

How sweet would it be if they came out with movie just like Twister, but about bigfoot?

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[quote=mlmpetert;994687]I watched an episode of BigFoot Further Evidence last night. Its an interesting show that follows 3 guys and a young boy in their search for bigfoot.[B] It reminded me of the people who like to chase storms and tornados. [/B]

How sweet would it be if they came out with movie just like Twister, but about bigfoot?[/quote]

How? We actuall have clear pictures and video of storms and tornados.

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Wow even FD knows science when he sees it. Except for climate change of course. ;)

Interesting to note in my area every year they have a winter carnival on Lake George. The lake has failed to completely freeze over for the 9th time in the last 21 years. Prior to that, it only failed to freeze over 3 times in the last 83 years.

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[quote=Mattyk;994750]Wow even FD knows science when he sees it. Except for climate change of course. ;)

[B]Interesting to note in my area every year they have a winter carnival on Lake George. The lake has failed to completely freeze over for the 9th time in the last 21 years. Prior to that, it only failed to freeze over 3 times in the last 83 years.[/B][/quote]

Bigfoot is to blame for that.

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[quote=firstdown;994698]How? We actuall have clear pictures and video of storms and tornados.[/quote]


[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Well i dont know when the last time you watched Twister was, but it was more than just a rekindled romance love story action adventure. It was also about a group of storm chasers trying to release a bunch of electrodes, nicked named Dorothy, into a tornado in order to be the first ones to measure the structure of a tornado. So because of storm chasers the clear pictures, videos, and structural understanding of tornados we have now, exist.[/FONT][/COLOR]

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[url=http://www.businessinsider.com/50-sexy-scientists-2013-2]50 Sexy Scientists - Business Insider[/url]

Unfortunitly most scientists are dudes.

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[URL="http://www.disinfo.com/2013/02/are-you-a-neuro-throwback/"]Neuro-throwback[/URL]

[I]The essence of the Hunter vs. Farmer hypothesis is that behavior associated with ADHD helps people such as hunter-gatherers and pastoral nomads, and others who lead a peripatetic life. Since today’s sedentary city dwellers are recently descended from such people, natural selection may not have had time to purge the genes that cause it.

Let me construct a narrative as to just how might this have happened. For much of recent human history there has been the State. Powerful Political polities, that have effected recent human evolution. In the language of French Philosopher Gilles Deleuze, the State “over codes” everyone, and thus People aren’t self existent human beings in their own right, but cogs in a vast utilitarian machine. Those born to eccentric shapes are soon pounded into concentric shapes. It’s an extractive process akin to sculpting: People don’t become more under the influence of civilization, they become less.

Not everyone bears the yoke gladly and there are those who resist. Historically there have been wastelands on the periphery of Civilizations. Rebellious and enterprising souls, escaped slaves, criminals, religious ascetics and other misfits have taken to these areas to make lives for themselves. The Steppe areas around the Baltic Sea and Central Asia have been such a place. Nomadic cultures, organized around pastoralism (and also piracy and brigandry) formed again and again.[/I]

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A particularly interesting article regarding my neck of the woods:

[URL="http://www.clui.org/newsletter/winter-2013/photo-calibration-targets"]The Center for Land Use Interpretation[/URL]

[IMG]http://www.clui.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/clui-image/clui/post_images/fort_huachuca.jpg[/IMG]

[I]THERE ARE DOZENS of aerial photo calibration targets across the USA, curious land-based two-dimensional optical artifacts used for the development of aerial photography and aircraft. They were made mostly in the 1950s and 1960s, though some apparently later than that, and many are still in use, though their history is obscure.

Most of them follow the same general form established by the Air Force and NASA (and prior to 1958, its precursor agency, NACA): a concrete or asphalt pad constructed flat on the ground, 78 feet by 53 feet, coated in a heavy black and white paint. The pattern painted on the targets is sets of parallel and perpendicular bars duplicated at 15 or so different sizes, and, sometimes, a large white square. The configuration is sometimes referred to as a 5:1 aspect Tri-bar Array, and follows a similar relative scale as a common resolution test chart known as the 1951 USAF Resolving Power Test Target, conforming to milspec MIL-STD-150A. This test pattern is still widely used to determine the resolving power of microscopes, telescopes, cameras, and scanners.
[/I]
Possibly just of interest to me

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[quote=RedskinRat;995720]Possibly just of interest to me[/quote]It's all very cool. Thanks!

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[quote=RedskinRat;995720]A particularly interesting article regarding my neck of the woods:

[URL="http://www.clui.org/newsletter/winter-2013/photo-calibration-targets"]The Center for Land Use Interpretation[/URL]

[IMG]http://www.clui.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/clui-image/clui/post_images/fort_huachuca.jpg[/IMG]

THERE ARE DOZENS of aerial photo calibration targets across the USA, curious land-based two-dimensional optical artifacts used for the development of aerial photography and aircraft. They were made mostly in the 1950s and 1960s, though some apparently later than that, and many are still in use, though their history is obscure.

Most of them follow the same general form established by the Air Force and NASA (and prior to 1958, its precursor agency, NACA): a concrete or asphalt pad constructed flat on the ground, 78 feet by 53 feet, coated in a heavy black and white paint. The pattern painted on the targets is sets of parallel and perpendicular bars duplicated at 15 or so different sizes, and, sometimes, a large white square. The configuration is sometimes referred to as a 5:1 aspect Tri-bar Array, and follows a similar relative scale as a common resolution test chart known as the 1951 USAF Resolving Power Test Target, conforming to milspec MIL-STD-150A. This test pattern is still widely used to determine the resolving power of microscopes, telescopes, cameras, and scanners.

Possibly just of interest to me[/quote]

This is how the aliens will calibrate their targeting systems. Thanks Air Force.

:cheeky-sm

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This would be incredible if it actually happens:

[URL="http://http://www.space.com/19981-private-mars-mission-married-2018.html"]http://http://www.space.com/19981-private-mars-mission-married-2018.html[/URL]

[quote]A new nonprofit led by the world's first space tourist is mounting an ambitious plan to launch the first manned mission to Mars in 2018, a voyage that could include an adventurous married crew.
[/quote]

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Since St. Patty's Day is coming, go ahead and drink up!
[url=http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/348839/description/Heavy_drinkers_get_extra_brain_fuel_from_alcohol]Heavy drinkers get extra brain fuel from alcohol | Body & Brain | Science News[/url]

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[quote=BaltimoreSkins;996968]Since St. Patty's Day is coming, go ahead and drink up!
[URL="http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/348839/description/Heavy_drinkers_get_extra_brain_fuel_from_alcohol"]Heavy drinkers get extra brain fuel from alcohol | Body & Brain | Science News[/URL][/quote]

That's bullshit. If that was true I'd be a Rocket Scientist.

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[quote=firstdown;996982]That's bullshit. If that was true I'd be a Rocket Scientist.[/quote]

Maybe you're not drinking enough.

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[quote=Mattyk;996985]Maybe you're not drinking enough.[/quote]

Maybe. You think there is that point where you don't drink enough and kill brain cells and if you drink just a little more you get smarter.

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[quote=firstdown;996982]That's bullshit. If that was true I'd be a Rocket Scientist.[/quote]

Perhaps you've reached the upper limits of your genetic abilities? I kid of course

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[quote=BaltimoreSkins;997004]Perhaps you've reached the upper limits of your genetic abilities? I kid of course[/quote]

No question about that.

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Happy Pi day!

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[url=http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130314102140.htm]New results indicate that particle discovered at CERN is a Higgs boson[/url]

CERN discovered a Higgs Boson particle

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^^good stuff.




[url=http://news.yahoo.com/extraterrestrial-life-may-common-around-binary-stars-145506511.html]Extraterrestrial Life May be Common Around Binary Stars - Yahoo! News[/url]

Meant to post this Monday.

[quote]Planets orbiting binary star systems have to deal with the stresses of more than one star. But new research reveals that close binaries could be as good as singles when it comes to hosting habitable planets. Low-mass twins could make the best hosts, because their combined energy extends the habitable region farther away than would exist around a single star.[/quote]

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Higgs Boson has been named the new Pope because he gives the best Mass.

A Higgs boson walked into a bar and caused a mass panic.

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The Higgs Boson is a great news reporter because it has positively no spin

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[quote=BaltimoreSkins;998811]The Higgs Boson is a great news reporter because it has positively no spin[/quote]

Nice.

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[url=http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130315151044.htm]Scientists produce cloned embryos of extinct frog[/url]

Crazy implications for biodiversity and medical advancements. I wonder if the cells would stay viable enough for us to begin mapping their genome.

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Higgs-Boson got into a fight the other day, it ended when it called "no mass".

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[URL="http://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/scientific-experiments/10-scientific-laws-theories.htm"]10 Scientific Laws and Theories You Really Should Know[/URL]
[I]
A scientific theory often seeks to synthesize a body of evidence or observations of particular phenomena. It's generally -- though by no means always -- a grander, testable statement about how nature operates. You can't necessarily reduce a scientific theory to a pithy statement or equation, but it does represent something fundamental about how nature works.

Both laws and theories depend on basic elements of the scientific method, such as generating a hypothesis, testing that premise, finding (or not finding) empirical evidence and coming up with conclusions. Eventually, other scientists must be able to replicate the results if the experiment is destined to become the basis for a widely accepted law or theory.[/I]

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[URL="http://eyes.nasa.gov/index.html"]Eyes on the Solar system[/URL]

Very yay!

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[URL="http://news.yahoo.com/strange-sleep-disorder-makes-people-see-demons-152946861.html"]Strange Sleep Disorder Makes People See 'Demons'[/URL]

[I]Sleep paralysis experiences are almost certainly behind the myths of the incubus and succubus, demons thought have sex with unsuspecting humans in their sleep. In many cases, MacKinnon said, the science of sleep paralysis explains these myths.[/I]

However it doesn't explain the stains or pubic hair and broken nails.