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When It Comes To Information Overload, Two Heads May Not Be Better Tha
In an age of e-mails, databases and online catalogues, two heads may no longer be better than one, according to new ESRC-sponsored research into the effects of information overload. Hunter S. Thompson Archive
This site provides a compilation of sports-related articles by "gonzo"journalist Hunter S. Thompson, author of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"and other works. Some articles only available to subscribers. From ESPN.com. Neuron Cell Stickiness May Hold Key To Evolution Of The Human Brain
The stickiness of human neurons may have been a key factor in why the human brain evolved beyond the brains of our primate relatives. In a study comparing the genomes of humans, chimpanzees and other vertebrates, researchers at the US Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and Joint Genome Institute (JGI) found a strikingly high degree of genetic differences in DNA sequences that appear to regulate genes involved in nerve cell adhesion molecules. Malnutrition And Obesity Increasingly Co-exist In Global Community
While nutritional status has improved worldwide over the past fifty years, new nutrition-related problems have also emerged. In an article published in The Journal of Nutrition, Eileen Kennedy DSc, RD, dean of the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, offers an updated view of global nutrition. She describes how global transitions have led to a unique situation in which food insecurity exists side by side with problems of obesity and chronic nutrition-related diseases, even in the same household. Breakthrough Streamlines Complex Work Assignments
Christodoulos Floudas and his students Stacy Janak and Martin Taylor have invented a mathematical formula that may transform the way that day-to-day work assignments are made across government and industry. Nanomaterials With A Bright Future
An innovative and inexpensive way of making nanomaterials on a large scale has resulted in novel forms of advanced materials that pave the way for exceptional and unexpected optical properties. The new fabrication technique, known as soft lithography, or SIL, offers many significant advantages over existing techniques, including the ability to scale-up the manufacturing process to produce devices in large quantities. Study Shows Long-term Benefits Of Psychotherapy For PTSD Among Youths
A study in the December 2005 American Journal of Psychiatry spotlights benefits of psychotherapy for children and adolescents after a natural disaster. The study examined response by treated and untreated children following the 1988 Spitak earthquake, and has a lesson for responders to this year's string of natural disasters. The Loh down on corrosion
Once more, a news story from the Sciencebase global offices features in Sandra Tsing Loh’s science news podcast out of Caltech. Click the little speaker icon, top left of this post to hear her voice.“…there’s a new way to stop corrosion: Put it to SLEEP.The secret, say Dmitry Shchukin of the Max Planck Institute in [...] Gizmondo's Spectactular Crash
Directors of the game device company went on living large long after their handheld flopped. Then a high-speed Ferrari accident blew their world to bits. By Randall Sullivan from Wired magazine. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB): Most Wanted Transportatio
Annotated list from 2005 of "critical changes needed to reduce transportation accidents and save lives,"according to the NTSB. Includes information about specific modes of transportation (aviation, highway, intermodal, marine, pipeline, and railroad), state issues, and the original "Most Wanted"list from 1990.
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