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Fleeting Images Of Fearful Faces Reveal Neurocircuitry Of Unconscious
Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have found that fleeting images of fearful faces -- images that appear and disappear so quickly that they escape conscious awareness -- produce unconscious anxiety that can be detected in the brain with the latest neuroimaging machines. [Odd] A Romanian couple has named their son Yahoo as a sign of gratitu
Daily Libertatea said on Thursday Cornelia and Nonu Dragoman, both from Transylvania, met and decided they were meant for each other following a three-month relationship over the net.They married and had a baby this Christmas, whom they decided to name after one of the worldwide web's most popular portals."We named him Lucian Yahoo after my father and the net, the main beacon of my life,"Cornelia Dragoman was quoted as saying. Distance Learning Moves Into 'Second Life' Virtual Classroom
There's no excuse for being late to Paul Fishwick's class, even though it's held on an island, one that does not appear on the map of the landlocked University of Florida in Gainesville. That's because students can just teleport in. Fishwick, a computer science and engineering professor, is teaching one of at least two classes offered at UF this semester largely in cyberspace -- specifically, the trendy three-dimensional online world called Second Life. Engineers Develop Revolutionary Nanotech Water Desalination Membrane
Researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have announced they have developed a new reverse osmosis membrane that promises to reduce the cost of seawater desalination and wastewater reclamation. Regional Nuclear War Could Devastate Global Climate
Even a small-scale, regional nuclear war could produce as many direct fatalities as all of World War II and disrupt the global climate for a decade or more, with environmental effects that could be devastating for everyone on Earth. A team of scientists at Rutgers University, the University of Colorado at Boulder and UCLA conducted rigorous scientific studies reported at an AGU press conference today. Joe Janes, the Internet Public Library’s founding director, discusse
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbf9brsPew0 No Surgery for You, Smokers
An Aussie doctor thinks anyone who's addicted to cancer sticks should get in the back of the line when it comes to certain operations. In Bodyhack. Judge: NSA Case Can Proceed
In a landmark ruling, a judge rejects the Bush administration's argument that a suit against AT&T must be blocked on national security grounds. Now the EFF can press its lawsuit, accusing the telecom of helping the NSA illegally spy on internet customers. By Ryan Singel. Agriculture And Tropical Conservation: Rethinking Old Ideas
It's a long-held view in conservation circles that rural peasant activities are at odds with efforts to preserve biodiversity in the tropics. In fact, the opposite is often true, argue University of Michigan researchers John Vandermeer and Ivette Perfecto. Screening For Osteoporosis Prevents Hip Fractures In Older Adults
Researchers at Johns Hopkins have determined that screening for osteoporosis in men and women age 65 and older can prevent a large number of hip fractures, a debilitating, traumatic experience for 340,000 older adults annually.
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