I’m not sure how I feel about the science behind this, but it’s probably worth a closer look. LA Times reports on a new study showing people with fancier cars tend to “cheat” at 4-way stops:
“There is a strong notion that when people don’t have much, they’re really looking out for themselves and they might act unethically,” said [...]
The Atlantic reveals just how bad it is for you, your family and your company when you’re stuck working for a bad boss:
The more negative the bosses’ management style, the less happy the workers — not a surprising finding. When bosses were controlling rather than encouraging, employee well-being was low. On the other hand, when employees felt that their [...]
Cornell is offering the opportunity of a lifetime for an astronaut fan:
We are seeking participants for a 120 day Mars exploration analogue mission (Hawaii Space Exploration Analogue & Simulation, or HI-SEAS), to take place in early 2013 on the Big Island of Hawaii. DEADLINE: FEB 29 2012.
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Crew Selection
We are seeking participants for this study with qualifications similar to [...]
An angioma is a benign tumor. This one is on a finger.
Image made by Dr. Michel Royon, apparently by using digital subtraction angiography – taking an X-ray of some body part, injecting fluorescent stuff into the vessels, then taking a second X-ray. Overlay the two images, subtract the non-fluorescent stuff, and you’ve got [...]
And yes, it’s what you expect. LiveScience reports on the giant penis that’s redefining world history:
The time frame during which humans first reached the Americas remains hotly debated. One key to settling this controversy would involve uncovering early examples of human artifacts, such as art.
Scientists discovered one ancient sample of such art in a cave named Lapa [...]
Or so the Belfast Telegraph says, with a report on scientists devising a document outlining dolphin rights:
A small group of experts in philosophy, conservation and dolphin behaviour were canvassing support for a “Declaration of Rights for Cetaceans”.
They believe dolphins – and their whale cousins – are sufficiently intelligent and self-aware to justify the same ethical considerations given to [...]
Nature eases no one’s mind when the revered journal explains it’s actually more efficient for some squid fly than to swim:
Squid of many species have been seen to ‘fly’ using the same jet-propulsion mechanisms that they use to swim: squirting water out of their mantles so that they rocket out of the sea and glide through the air. [...]
Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen did away with Terra Australis Incognito for good in December 1911. (It was more than a decade later that he went after Santa Claus in his polar fortress.)
He credited his success with not wasting much time surveying and mapping – he went to the South Pole, took two photographs, claimed it [...]
SONG: “Antarctica Awakes!” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)
ARTIST: grant.
SOURCE: Based on “Scientists close to entering Vostok, Antarctica’s biggest subglacial lake”, Washington Post, 31 Jan 2012, as used in the post “Lovecraft report: Scientists set to disturb primordial lake, deep under Antarctic ice.” (cf. 2011)
ABSTRACT: This is an anthem, written (as [...]
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