Linketies (general stuff)
Nov. 15th, 2011 11:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
moominmuppetJustices Scalia, Thomas Honored at Fundraiser Sponsored by Health Care Reform Opponents
American Censorship Day, Nov 16th -- Tomorrow's my b-day, and I'm all psyched to have this as "my" day. Fuck censorship!
There’s not much variety in a food stamp diet. Just ask Rep. Marcia Fudge. She began Nov. 7, 2011, dining on less than $5 a day, a self-imposed restriction to raise awareness about poverty in America. -- My rep is awesome.
The FBI’s annual Hate Crime Statistics report was released on Monday, and the numbers show a dramatic spike in crimes against Latinos. In total, the study reported that 66.6 percent of victims of ethnically motivated hate crimes in 2010 were targeted because of anti-Latino bias. It is the highest percentage of victims targeted for their Latino heritage in almost a decade.
Leonardo’s Formula Explains Why Trees Don’t Splinter
5 Occuprint Posters Tell the Tale of Global Solidarity for 99 Percent
DREAMers Bring the Fight, And Their Parents, to Alabama
Do-Good of the Day: Support RH Reality Check! -- They are a, if not the, primary source for much of my reproductive health info, and they are AWESOME.
Dan Siegel gets major awesome points for quitting his position with the mayor's office rather than standing behind the latest Occupy Oakland eviction.
Video: Occupy Oakland in Spoken Word
The Disturbing Silencing of the Press in Last Night’s OWS Raid
Police raid Occupy Seattle, tear gas reported used on demonstrators
Occupy Cal: School-wide student strike at UC Berkeley
U.S. council of mayors discussed strategies to deal with OWS
Joe Biden: SOPA is Un-American - but not when America does it
Toxic Russian Satellite in Decaying Orbit
On Behalf of Occupy Boston Participants Who Fear Second Raid, ACLU of Massachusetts & NLG Attorneys File Suit
A Different Kind of Family.. On TV: Terisa Greenan, Sister Wives and Polyamorous Music
NYC Muslim Leaders Encourage Residents to Know Their Rights
Occupy the foreclosure crisis -- I absolutely think this is the next logical step. I've been very excited about what I've seen so far, including in Cleveland.
Occupy Wall Street Leaders: “Bloomberg May Have Done Us A Great Favor”
City of Seattle passes resolution supporting Occupy movement
Occupy DC Marches for Occupy Wall Street
Links about the OWS Library
OWS: Occupiers return to Zuccotti Park in force, watch it here
Future of Citizen Science: "honing the division of labour between professionals, amateurs and bots"
Occupy movement: city-by-city police crackdowns so far
Yale Bans Week Celebrating Consensual Sex To Eradicate Sexual Assault *headdesk*
Media Coverage Fails to Tell the Personal Stories of Occupy Protesters
Can’t Find the Protest Songs? Check Inside the Movement
Mimicking the brain, in silicon (I suspect a lot of the criticisms from On Intelligence apply here, but it's nifty progress nonetheless)
Sen. Tom Coburn targets 'welfare for the well-off' in new report -- Holy shit, I agree with Coburn. It might be the Apocalypse.
Usko Ayar
Art school in the Amazon: Drugs, nature and sustainable agriculture
Villa of 100 Views
Some land in Japan too radioactive to farm: study
Beardsley Zoo Welcomes a Chacoan Peccary Piglet
Hang A Dalek (or a TARDIS) on the Christmas Tree
New Book Dissects World’s Tallest Structures
5 Old-Timey Prejudices That Still Show Up in Every Movie -- Disconcertingly spot-on.
The Fire Island Fire: Surveying the Damage
Translucent shrimp on anemones, Kingman Reef, 2007
When Politics Meet Comic Books
25 Cool Items Made From Recycled Tires
Mysterious Google Earth Finds of the Day: Images on Google Earth have revealed some mysterious structures in the Gobi Desert, near an area that China has been using for its military, nuclear and space programs.
UPDATED: Former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky admitted to showering and horsing around with young boys, but said he is not a pedophile, in an exclusive interview with Bob Costas broadcast Monday night on NBC's Rock Center.
Fear of Fat Sex
14 Creative and Clever Soaps
New study finds that PROMETAT, a controversial methamphetamine treatment program, is ineffective
For more than 70 years, as the rest of the American workforce has stood on an earnings floor they could not fall through, disabled workers have largely served at the whim of their employers — and the federal government sanctioned it.
U.S. Rep. Cliff Stearns seeks to correct that. The Ocala Republican recently introduced legislation that requires employers to pay disabled workers the federal minimum wage.
Wisconsin Democrats Launch Governor Recall Effort
After years of photographing all aspects of life in Uganda, Will Boase shares a look rarely seen in the mainstream media.
Human Brain (out of ballet dancers)
This survey is specifically for ex-gay survivors to give voice to some of their experiences in ex-gay ministries and similar organizations.
It takes just a few minutes and you can stay as anonymous as you like. If you can't find answers that fit your experience, there are plenty of empty boxes for you to express yourself as accurately as possible.
Tesla coil hat: "a really bad idea" (but aren't all the best ideas?)
Top 10 Greatest LSD Quotes
Mayors’ Strategy Against Occupations: Let Them Eat Snow or Pepper Spray
Oxford city council: every cab must have a CCTV to record riders' conversations -- Creeeeeeepy.
Quiverfull, And Why I Don’t Like It.
Election Day Victories Sustain Transit Ballot Measure Successes for 2011
Protesters at London student rally capture police "snatch squad" on video
Anonymous Finland: 10% of Finnish email accounts nationwide compromised
HOWTO be more anonymous in your anonymous blog
ThinkUp: open/free app lets you harvest your social media activity
Something to be Thankful about: Real Turkeys Are Making a Comeback
Birthing Options Grow Scarce after C-Sections
The US congresswoman shot in the head in January has been speaking publicly about her recovery for the first time.
Project Seeks Your Tiny Squatters
The Wildlife of Your Home project seeks samples of your microscopic living companions. Cynthia Graber reports
Why is the Times running an op-ed from professional antifeminist Katie Roiphe declaring that sexual harassment isn't serious?
Seven initial reactions (to OWS crackdown)
GAME OF THRONES Nabs Its Lord Of Bones — Casting Report
On Wednesday 16th November, the image of Mary Wollstonecraft – the mother of British feminism – will be beamed over the Thames, lighting up the Houses of Parliament.
The Fate of Obamacare
Conservative columnist Matthew Vadum explained to the Texas-based King Street Patriots on Monday night that his “Registering The Poor To Vote Is Un-American” article may have been “indelicately worded” but said his larger point stands.
What’s Your Slavery Footprint?
Abstract Preferences and Real Choices
The Danse Macabre Collection
Bert and Ernie are recording their voices for the TomTom GPS company. They can tell you how to get, how to get to Sesame Street!
The video is meant to remind viewers that the Internet is a physical, geographically anchored thing. It features a tour inside Telx’s 9th floor Internet exchange at 60 Hudson Street in New York City, and explores how this building became one of the world’s most concentrated hubs of Internet connectivity.
Can one angler’s story change California’s river politics?
The Census Bureau posted some information about the economic payoff of a college degree on their blog, Random Samplings. A recent report indicated that educational level had a bigger impact than any other demographic factor on lifetime earnings. More education leads to both higher incomes not just because those with more education receive higher salaries, but also because they are more likely to be in full-time jobs. (lots o' charts)
6 countries that aren’t really countries
Bringing Up Baby: The Overrepresentation of Fatherhood in TVLand
Susie Bright's Journal : A Brief History of On Our Backs, 1984-1991 -- *sigh* I miss On Our Backs. I managed to get a subscription right as it was going out of print. I still have an issue or two floating around the house.
Lack of Soap Means Illness, Death for Millions of Children
Archival collection of pioneering sex researchers Masters and Johnson donated to The Kinsey Institute
In the Game of Thrones, You Win or You Die (Mostly Die, Though)
?"You adamantly oppose gay rights... but you've also been married three times and admitted to having an affair with your current wife while you were still married to your second. As a successful politician who's considering running for president, who would set the bar for moral conduct and be the voice of the American people, how do you reconcile this hypocritical interpretation of the religious values that you so vigorously defend?"
- Isabel Friedman, president of the Penn Democrats, to Newt Gingrich
At Penn State’s stadium, profanity, scorn greet one father’s protest
Cholera has broken out in the world's largest refugee camp in Kenya, home to nearly 500,000 Somali refugees, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
MANY AMERICAN WOMEN USE BIRTH CONTROL PILLS FOR NONCONTRACEPTIVE REASONS
One-Third of Teen Users Rely on the Pill Exclusively
for These Purposes
The Abortioneers has a blog post up about the 10-year-old who gave birth in Mexico
A subgroup affiliated with the National Organization for Marriage is outwardly condemning adoption for gay parents while attempting to provoke African-Americans to take a stand against the practice.
Tara Parker-Pope at the New York Times’s Well blog begins a recent post with a provocative question: Has the power of the mammogram been oversold?
IAA says 'Yes We Can' to power plants in orbit
‘Community’ on Hiatus: Why NBC Is Making a Mistake -- NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Gay, bisexual and trans women in Lithuania have written postcards to all the country’s MPs with the slogan, “Let’s speak”.
Hollywood's 5 Saddest Attempts at Feminism
Early Morning Sun on Llyn Ogwen (North Wales)
In 1988, a federal program made Elvy Musikka one of the first Americans to receive medical marijuana. Now a marijuana activist, she shares her inspiring -- and enraging -- story.
New light shed on world`s deadliest pandemic mystery
Can Algae Feed the World and Fuel the Planet? A Q&A with Craig Venter
The geneticist and entrepreneur hopes to use synthetic biology to transform microscopic algae into cells that eat up carbon dioxide, spit out oil and provide meals
Update: Delta still running anti-vax ads in-flight
The federal government abruptly steamrolled dozens of medical marijuana providers in Montana last March. Unlike their California counterparts, they received no warning.
Advocates Fear Consequences of Nigerian Antigay Bill
Gallery: High Weirdness of Lowbrow Art (NSFW)
21 Notable Comings Out (in 2011)
Flex Your Rights: 3 Things To Do in Every Police Encounter
Law enforcements experts share tips for smartly dealing with cops and avoiding life-altering consequences.
Consider the OXTR gene. It creates a docking station for a hormone called oxytocin, which has far-ranging effects on our social behaviour. People carry either the A or G versions of OXTR, depending on the “letter” that appears at a particular spot along its length. People with two G-copies tend to be more empathic, sociable and sensitive than those with at least one A-copy. These differences are small, but according to a new study from Aleksandr Kogan at the University of Toronto, strangers can pick up on them after watching people for just a few minutes. (includes substantial critique, especially of the very small sample size)
A high childhood IQ may be linked to subsequent illegal drug use, particularly among women, suggests research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. -- Based on personal experience, I have a one-word response to this: Curiosity.
Barbapapa -- Oh, hey! Another of my favorites from childhood is a bigger phenomenon than I ever knew!
Official Barbapapa website
I think I had "Barbapapa's Ark" -- it was all eco-friendly and sweet.
A transgender woman in Tennessee is asking the state to make a consistent ruling about her gender after a government office labeled her a male but police arrested her on a female-specific charge.
A new study shows just how important gay-straight alliances are in middle and high schools, and the positive long-term effects they engender in participants.
Mich. Bullying Bill to Drop Religious Exemption
Thai Flood Hacks
The Story Behind the American Family Association's Bryan Fischer
You gotta admit... In for a penny, in for a pound. Truth Wins Out staffer John Becker exposed Marcus Bachmann's ex-gay therapy business when he went undercover as a client. Now Bachmann is leaving voicemails demanding payment for missed appointments!
Fever can play a variety of roles, such as inhibiting pathogen replication. It also apparently increases the population of killer T cells of the immune system.
The Ohio student who was beaten while being videotaped says the school district knew about bullying that led up to the attack and did little about it. And now he's trying to stop that from ever happening again.
Europe Bans X-Ray Body Scanners Used at U.S. Airports
So… I guess, when the question of how social issues like trans-feminism and skepticism are important to one another, or when people wonder about the connections between my being a skeptic, a feminist and an advocate for trans rights, I just reflect upon the fact that I was able to transition without ever once having to lie to my doctor or distort the truth. And I can go to my appointments in a t-shirt and jeans, rather than dressing up like I’m going to a cocktail party or trying to seduce the poor guy. Honestly, I don’t know how I could possibly be a skeptic, a feminist or a trans-rights advocate without the other two.
TARDIS Refrigerator Is Remarkably Roomy
Blooming Waters off Argentina
Occupy Wall St: You cannot evict the evolution
Updated -- World of Change: Burn Recovery in Yellowstone
Miami's Newest Giant Otter Babies!
Meet Shane, Cincinnati Zoo's Baby African Pygmy Hedgehog!
Paul Bettany: 'Masters Of Sex' Star For Showtime
As confirmed by Variety, the British actor has signed on for the Showtime pilot, "Masters of Sex." Bettany will play William H. Masters, a gynecologist who, along with Virginia E. Johnson, formed the Masters & Johnson team that made groundbreaking advances in the study of human sexuality and sexual disorders.
13 Images from National Geographic’s Photo Contest
10 popular misconceptions about astronomy explained
Cartoon: The Ten Stupidest Objections to the Occupy Wall Street Movement
Police: Teens drinking bleach to pass drug tests
The Constitution guarantees everyone the right to own deadly weapons, but not the right to decide who governs and represents us, and hardly anyone seems to mind.
The Large Hadron Collider may have discovered why we don’t live in a universe of antimatter
The lost lake that was rediscovered by lasers and genetics
Scifi illustration picture of the day
Moderate beer drinking could have the same health benefits as wine
Fish enjoy a good massage as much as humans
The most dangerous place to be a park ranger
Inside Police lines at Occupy Wall Street eviction: "Destroying things never felt so good"
An important new study from the Laboratory for Developmental Genetics at USC has confirmed cytomegalovirus (CMV) as a cause of the most common salivary gland cancers. CMV joins a group of fewer than 10 identified oncoviruses — cancer-causing viruses — including HPV.
Loss of weight associated with chronic illness may soon have first treatment
In the first clinical trial of a vaginal ring combining two antiretroviral (ARV) drugs, researchers from the Microbicide Trials Network (MTN) are collaborating with the International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM) to evaluate whether the ring is safe for use in women. If the ring does prove to be safe, it could be considered for further testing, and eventually be evaluated for its effectiveness as a microbicide for protecting women against HIV infection through vaginal sex.
How can a world without air have an ionosphere? Somehow the Moon has done it.
Majestic manta ray designated vulnerable species
Welsh mudstones reveal ancient sponge ecosystem
A remarkably complete record of a prehistoric seabed ecosystem of a kind never discovered before has been revealed with X-ray scanning.
High school health classes fail to help students refuse sexual advances or endorse safe sex habits when teachers focus primarily on testing knowledge, a new study reveals.
Milk thistle extract stops lung cancer in mice
Internet heavyweights Facebook, Google, Twitter and Yahoo! joined ranks on Tuesday to oppose legislation in the US Congress intended to crack down on online piracy.
UC research suggests focusing on property owners to reduce police calls to rental properties
American Censorship Day, Nov 16th -- Tomorrow's my b-day, and I'm all psyched to have this as "my" day. Fuck censorship!
There’s not much variety in a food stamp diet. Just ask Rep. Marcia Fudge. She began Nov. 7, 2011, dining on less than $5 a day, a self-imposed restriction to raise awareness about poverty in America. -- My rep is awesome.
The FBI’s annual Hate Crime Statistics report was released on Monday, and the numbers show a dramatic spike in crimes against Latinos. In total, the study reported that 66.6 percent of victims of ethnically motivated hate crimes in 2010 were targeted because of anti-Latino bias. It is the highest percentage of victims targeted for their Latino heritage in almost a decade.
Leonardo’s Formula Explains Why Trees Don’t Splinter
5 Occuprint Posters Tell the Tale of Global Solidarity for 99 Percent
DREAMers Bring the Fight, And Their Parents, to Alabama
Do-Good of the Day: Support RH Reality Check! -- They are a, if not the, primary source for much of my reproductive health info, and they are AWESOME.
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Dan Siegel gets major awesome points for quitting his position with the mayor's office rather than standing behind the latest Occupy Oakland eviction.
Video: Occupy Oakland in Spoken Word
The Disturbing Silencing of the Press in Last Night’s OWS Raid
Police raid Occupy Seattle, tear gas reported used on demonstrators
Occupy Cal: School-wide student strike at UC Berkeley
U.S. council of mayors discussed strategies to deal with OWS
Joe Biden: SOPA is Un-American - but not when America does it
Toxic Russian Satellite in Decaying Orbit
On Behalf of Occupy Boston Participants Who Fear Second Raid, ACLU of Massachusetts & NLG Attorneys File Suit
A Different Kind of Family.. On TV: Terisa Greenan, Sister Wives and Polyamorous Music
NYC Muslim Leaders Encourage Residents to Know Their Rights
Occupy the foreclosure crisis -- I absolutely think this is the next logical step. I've been very excited about what I've seen so far, including in Cleveland.
Occupy Wall Street Leaders: “Bloomberg May Have Done Us A Great Favor”
City of Seattle passes resolution supporting Occupy movement
Occupy DC Marches for Occupy Wall Street
Links about the OWS Library
OWS: Occupiers return to Zuccotti Park in force, watch it here
Future of Citizen Science: "honing the division of labour between professionals, amateurs and bots"
Occupy movement: city-by-city police crackdowns so far
Yale Bans Week Celebrating Consensual Sex To Eradicate Sexual Assault *headdesk*
Media Coverage Fails to Tell the Personal Stories of Occupy Protesters
Can’t Find the Protest Songs? Check Inside the Movement
Mimicking the brain, in silicon (I suspect a lot of the criticisms from On Intelligence apply here, but it's nifty progress nonetheless)
Sen. Tom Coburn targets 'welfare for the well-off' in new report -- Holy shit, I agree with Coburn. It might be the Apocalypse.
Usko Ayar
Art school in the Amazon: Drugs, nature and sustainable agriculture
Villa of 100 Views
Some land in Japan too radioactive to farm: study
Beardsley Zoo Welcomes a Chacoan Peccary Piglet
Hang A Dalek (or a TARDIS) on the Christmas Tree
New Book Dissects World’s Tallest Structures
5 Old-Timey Prejudices That Still Show Up in Every Movie -- Disconcertingly spot-on.
The Fire Island Fire: Surveying the Damage
Translucent shrimp on anemones, Kingman Reef, 2007
When Politics Meet Comic Books
25 Cool Items Made From Recycled Tires
Mysterious Google Earth Finds of the Day: Images on Google Earth have revealed some mysterious structures in the Gobi Desert, near an area that China has been using for its military, nuclear and space programs.
UPDATED: Former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky admitted to showering and horsing around with young boys, but said he is not a pedophile, in an exclusive interview with Bob Costas broadcast Monday night on NBC's Rock Center.
Fear of Fat Sex
14 Creative and Clever Soaps
New study finds that PROMETAT, a controversial methamphetamine treatment program, is ineffective
For more than 70 years, as the rest of the American workforce has stood on an earnings floor they could not fall through, disabled workers have largely served at the whim of their employers — and the federal government sanctioned it.
U.S. Rep. Cliff Stearns seeks to correct that. The Ocala Republican recently introduced legislation that requires employers to pay disabled workers the federal minimum wage.
Wisconsin Democrats Launch Governor Recall Effort
After years of photographing all aspects of life in Uganda, Will Boase shares a look rarely seen in the mainstream media.
Human Brain (out of ballet dancers)
This survey is specifically for ex-gay survivors to give voice to some of their experiences in ex-gay ministries and similar organizations.
It takes just a few minutes and you can stay as anonymous as you like. If you can't find answers that fit your experience, there are plenty of empty boxes for you to express yourself as accurately as possible.
Tesla coil hat: "a really bad idea" (but aren't all the best ideas?)
Top 10 Greatest LSD Quotes
Mayors’ Strategy Against Occupations: Let Them Eat Snow or Pepper Spray
Oxford city council: every cab must have a CCTV to record riders' conversations -- Creeeeeeepy.
Quiverfull, And Why I Don’t Like It.
Election Day Victories Sustain Transit Ballot Measure Successes for 2011
Protesters at London student rally capture police "snatch squad" on video
Anonymous Finland: 10% of Finnish email accounts nationwide compromised
HOWTO be more anonymous in your anonymous blog
ThinkUp: open/free app lets you harvest your social media activity
Something to be Thankful about: Real Turkeys Are Making a Comeback
Birthing Options Grow Scarce after C-Sections
The US congresswoman shot in the head in January has been speaking publicly about her recovery for the first time.
Project Seeks Your Tiny Squatters
The Wildlife of Your Home project seeks samples of your microscopic living companions. Cynthia Graber reports
Why is the Times running an op-ed from professional antifeminist Katie Roiphe declaring that sexual harassment isn't serious?
Seven initial reactions (to OWS crackdown)
GAME OF THRONES Nabs Its Lord Of Bones — Casting Report
On Wednesday 16th November, the image of Mary Wollstonecraft – the mother of British feminism – will be beamed over the Thames, lighting up the Houses of Parliament.
The Fate of Obamacare
Conservative columnist Matthew Vadum explained to the Texas-based King Street Patriots on Monday night that his “Registering The Poor To Vote Is Un-American” article may have been “indelicately worded” but said his larger point stands.
What’s Your Slavery Footprint?
Abstract Preferences and Real Choices
The Danse Macabre Collection
Bert and Ernie are recording their voices for the TomTom GPS company. They can tell you how to get, how to get to Sesame Street!
The video is meant to remind viewers that the Internet is a physical, geographically anchored thing. It features a tour inside Telx’s 9th floor Internet exchange at 60 Hudson Street in New York City, and explores how this building became one of the world’s most concentrated hubs of Internet connectivity.
Can one angler’s story change California’s river politics?
The Census Bureau posted some information about the economic payoff of a college degree on their blog, Random Samplings. A recent report indicated that educational level had a bigger impact than any other demographic factor on lifetime earnings. More education leads to both higher incomes not just because those with more education receive higher salaries, but also because they are more likely to be in full-time jobs. (lots o' charts)
6 countries that aren’t really countries
Bringing Up Baby: The Overrepresentation of Fatherhood in TVLand
Susie Bright's Journal : A Brief History of On Our Backs, 1984-1991 -- *sigh* I miss On Our Backs. I managed to get a subscription right as it was going out of print. I still have an issue or two floating around the house.
Lack of Soap Means Illness, Death for Millions of Children
Archival collection of pioneering sex researchers Masters and Johnson donated to The Kinsey Institute
In the Game of Thrones, You Win or You Die (Mostly Die, Though)
?"You adamantly oppose gay rights... but you've also been married three times and admitted to having an affair with your current wife while you were still married to your second. As a successful politician who's considering running for president, who would set the bar for moral conduct and be the voice of the American people, how do you reconcile this hypocritical interpretation of the religious values that you so vigorously defend?"
- Isabel Friedman, president of the Penn Democrats, to Newt Gingrich
At Penn State’s stadium, profanity, scorn greet one father’s protest
Cholera has broken out in the world's largest refugee camp in Kenya, home to nearly 500,000 Somali refugees, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
MANY AMERICAN WOMEN USE BIRTH CONTROL PILLS FOR NONCONTRACEPTIVE REASONS
One-Third of Teen Users Rely on the Pill Exclusively
for These Purposes
The Abortioneers has a blog post up about the 10-year-old who gave birth in Mexico
A subgroup affiliated with the National Organization for Marriage is outwardly condemning adoption for gay parents while attempting to provoke African-Americans to take a stand against the practice.
Tara Parker-Pope at the New York Times’s Well blog begins a recent post with a provocative question: Has the power of the mammogram been oversold?
IAA says 'Yes We Can' to power plants in orbit
‘Community’ on Hiatus: Why NBC Is Making a Mistake -- NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Gay, bisexual and trans women in Lithuania have written postcards to all the country’s MPs with the slogan, “Let’s speak”.
Hollywood's 5 Saddest Attempts at Feminism
Early Morning Sun on Llyn Ogwen (North Wales)
In 1988, a federal program made Elvy Musikka one of the first Americans to receive medical marijuana. Now a marijuana activist, she shares her inspiring -- and enraging -- story.
New light shed on world`s deadliest pandemic mystery
Can Algae Feed the World and Fuel the Planet? A Q&A with Craig Venter
The geneticist and entrepreneur hopes to use synthetic biology to transform microscopic algae into cells that eat up carbon dioxide, spit out oil and provide meals
Update: Delta still running anti-vax ads in-flight
The federal government abruptly steamrolled dozens of medical marijuana providers in Montana last March. Unlike their California counterparts, they received no warning.
Advocates Fear Consequences of Nigerian Antigay Bill
Gallery: High Weirdness of Lowbrow Art (NSFW)
21 Notable Comings Out (in 2011)
Flex Your Rights: 3 Things To Do in Every Police Encounter
Law enforcements experts share tips for smartly dealing with cops and avoiding life-altering consequences.
Consider the OXTR gene. It creates a docking station for a hormone called oxytocin, which has far-ranging effects on our social behaviour. People carry either the A or G versions of OXTR, depending on the “letter” that appears at a particular spot along its length. People with two G-copies tend to be more empathic, sociable and sensitive than those with at least one A-copy. These differences are small, but according to a new study from Aleksandr Kogan at the University of Toronto, strangers can pick up on them after watching people for just a few minutes. (includes substantial critique, especially of the very small sample size)
A high childhood IQ may be linked to subsequent illegal drug use, particularly among women, suggests research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. -- Based on personal experience, I have a one-word response to this: Curiosity.
Barbapapa -- Oh, hey! Another of my favorites from childhood is a bigger phenomenon than I ever knew!
Official Barbapapa website
I think I had "Barbapapa's Ark" -- it was all eco-friendly and sweet.
A transgender woman in Tennessee is asking the state to make a consistent ruling about her gender after a government office labeled her a male but police arrested her on a female-specific charge.
A new study shows just how important gay-straight alliances are in middle and high schools, and the positive long-term effects they engender in participants.
Mich. Bullying Bill to Drop Religious Exemption
Thai Flood Hacks
The Story Behind the American Family Association's Bryan Fischer
You gotta admit... In for a penny, in for a pound. Truth Wins Out staffer John Becker exposed Marcus Bachmann's ex-gay therapy business when he went undercover as a client. Now Bachmann is leaving voicemails demanding payment for missed appointments!
Fever can play a variety of roles, such as inhibiting pathogen replication. It also apparently increases the population of killer T cells of the immune system.
The Ohio student who was beaten while being videotaped says the school district knew about bullying that led up to the attack and did little about it. And now he's trying to stop that from ever happening again.
Europe Bans X-Ray Body Scanners Used at U.S. Airports
So… I guess, when the question of how social issues like trans-feminism and skepticism are important to one another, or when people wonder about the connections between my being a skeptic, a feminist and an advocate for trans rights, I just reflect upon the fact that I was able to transition without ever once having to lie to my doctor or distort the truth. And I can go to my appointments in a t-shirt and jeans, rather than dressing up like I’m going to a cocktail party or trying to seduce the poor guy. Honestly, I don’t know how I could possibly be a skeptic, a feminist or a trans-rights advocate without the other two.
TARDIS Refrigerator Is Remarkably Roomy
Blooming Waters off Argentina
Occupy Wall St: You cannot evict the evolution
Updated -- World of Change: Burn Recovery in Yellowstone
Miami's Newest Giant Otter Babies!
Meet Shane, Cincinnati Zoo's Baby African Pygmy Hedgehog!
Paul Bettany: 'Masters Of Sex' Star For Showtime
As confirmed by Variety, the British actor has signed on for the Showtime pilot, "Masters of Sex." Bettany will play William H. Masters, a gynecologist who, along with Virginia E. Johnson, formed the Masters & Johnson team that made groundbreaking advances in the study of human sexuality and sexual disorders.
13 Images from National Geographic’s Photo Contest
10 popular misconceptions about astronomy explained
Cartoon: The Ten Stupidest Objections to the Occupy Wall Street Movement
Police: Teens drinking bleach to pass drug tests
The Constitution guarantees everyone the right to own deadly weapons, but not the right to decide who governs and represents us, and hardly anyone seems to mind.
The Large Hadron Collider may have discovered why we don’t live in a universe of antimatter
The lost lake that was rediscovered by lasers and genetics
Scifi illustration picture of the day
Moderate beer drinking could have the same health benefits as wine
Fish enjoy a good massage as much as humans
The most dangerous place to be a park ranger
Inside Police lines at Occupy Wall Street eviction: "Destroying things never felt so good"
An important new study from the Laboratory for Developmental Genetics at USC has confirmed cytomegalovirus (CMV) as a cause of the most common salivary gland cancers. CMV joins a group of fewer than 10 identified oncoviruses — cancer-causing viruses — including HPV.
Loss of weight associated with chronic illness may soon have first treatment
In the first clinical trial of a vaginal ring combining two antiretroviral (ARV) drugs, researchers from the Microbicide Trials Network (MTN) are collaborating with the International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM) to evaluate whether the ring is safe for use in women. If the ring does prove to be safe, it could be considered for further testing, and eventually be evaluated for its effectiveness as a microbicide for protecting women against HIV infection through vaginal sex.
How can a world without air have an ionosphere? Somehow the Moon has done it.
Majestic manta ray designated vulnerable species
Welsh mudstones reveal ancient sponge ecosystem
A remarkably complete record of a prehistoric seabed ecosystem of a kind never discovered before has been revealed with X-ray scanning.
High school health classes fail to help students refuse sexual advances or endorse safe sex habits when teachers focus primarily on testing knowledge, a new study reveals.
Milk thistle extract stops lung cancer in mice
Internet heavyweights Facebook, Google, Twitter and Yahoo! joined ranks on Tuesday to oppose legislation in the US Congress intended to crack down on online piracy.
UC research suggests focusing on property owners to reduce police calls to rental properties
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2011-11-16 04:54 am (UTC)I have vague memories of my family using food stamps when I was 5 or 6. I found them exciting because they were brightly colored yet official looking, like an exotic sort of money.
no subject
Date: 2011-11-17 05:03 am (UTC)