I’ve been driving all day and I’ll be teaching all night. I so wish I could write about each of the following very interesting stories:
Key to False Memories Uncovered from PhysOrg.com
Duke University Medical Center neuroscientists say the places a memory is processed in the brain may determine how someone can be absolutely certain of a past event that never occurred.[…]
PCs Could Run Multiple Operating Systems from PhysOrg.com
(AP) — Tired of Windows? The next generation of laptops may let you jump from one operating system to another to play movies, surf the Web or read e-mail.[…]
(Note: You can do this now with a multi-boot system. But why not just run one good OS, like, say, LInux?)
Kitten-cuddling mice explain the science of smell from PhysOrg.com
Japanese scientists have created genetically-modified mice that, shorn of their ability to sense dangerous smells, will even snuggle up to a kitten, according to a study released on Wednesday by the journal Nature.[…]
Direct gaze makes you more attractive from PhysOrg.com
Looking directly at someone makes you more attractive to them according to research published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, today (Wednesday 7 November, 2007).[…]
This one, I will absolutely return to at a later time:
When animals evolve on islands, size doesn’t matter from PhysOrg.com
A theory explaining the evolution of giant rodents, miniature elephants, and even miniature humans on islands has been called into questions by new research published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.[…]
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