Fixing Prisons.
PhysOrg has some advice from the American Psychological Association on how to make prisons actually work – by punishing less and keeping convicts from coming back:
… Read the rest “Fixing Prisons.”“The current
sociology
Smart Soldiers Die First.
Sounds grim, but New Scientist says it’s true. The more intelligent soldiers were the most likely to die in combat:
… Read the rest “Smart Soldiers Die First.”The unprecedented demands of the second world war – fought more
Terror warnings undermine conservative candidates.
PhysOrg enters the presidential fray with a new UC Berkeley study that finds playing the terror card can backfire on political conservatives:
… Read the rest “Terror warnings undermine conservative candidates.”…[A] new national field study conducted
*More* spouses?
New Scientist has just given me stress-induced palpitations with their finding that the more wives, the longer-lived the man:
… Read the rest “*More* spouses?”After accounting for socioeconomic differences, men aged
Just don’t put their faces on bubblegum cards.
Science News reveals the latest success story in political prediction – from a guy using tools from baseball picking:
… Read the rest “Just don’t put their faces on bubblegum cards.”He creates his baseball predictions by matching current players
Anti-evolutionary Bayou Seeping Into US Politics.
So New Scientist tells us that the forces that believe God made Man (but a monkey never provided the glue) are celebrating an Intelligent Design victory in Louisiana that could have national… Read the rest “Anti-evolutionary Bayou Seeping Into US Politics.”
Beijing 2008: Robot drones and Segway police.
Guests at the Summer Olympics might get an idea of what “technological superiority” means nowadays, according to AP’s report on China’s new security measures… Read the rest “Beijing 2008: Robot drones and Segway police.”
Whistles of death and healing.
Wired takes a musical trip to ancient Mexico, with the help of an engineer who has recreated the sounds of the Aztecs and Mayans and their whistles of death and healing:
… Read the rest “Whistles of death and healing.”Noisemakers made of