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New Statesman Right-Wing Blog article
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:: STARTED BY Someone Else
:: 4 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:34 03.10.02
Randi again.
Debunking James Randi.
:: STARTED BY Enamon
:: 3 REPLIES, LAST AT 19:51 02.10.02
Is there a reverse Placebo Effect?
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:: STARTED BY Enamon
:: 4 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:49 02.10.02
MIT OpenCourseWare
MIT OpenCourseWare - an evolution in learning or just another website?
:: STARTED BY Fist Fun
:: 0 REPLIES, LAST AT 11:55 02.10.02
Pineal adventures
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:: STARTED BY feh
:: 4 REPLIES, LAST AT 20:34 01.10.02
Female Circumcision: the good news and the bad news.
"Circumcised" women can still have normal sexual function, according to a new study.
This means that there's *really* no reason to do it, since the main rationale is to lower women's libido so they're less likely to engage in "improper" sex.
:: STARTED BY grant
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:58 01.10.02
More tech?
Are you interested in more tech oriented posts?
:: STARTED BY tSuibhne
:: 3 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:20 27.09.02
Acupuncture, acupressure, & Reiki
Looking for info and pros/cons of these healing methods, especially personal accounts where applicable for help in dealing with on again/off again lower back problems.
:: STARTED BY nutella23
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 00:55 26.09.02
Is it hot in here? Temperature turns fruit flies gay.
A new study shows mutant fruit flies, when subjected to high temperatures, start practicing the love that dares not speak its name.
:: STARTED BY grant
:: 8 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:06 25.09.02
Anyone read Wolfram's new book?
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:: STARTED BY iconoplast
:: 1 REPLIES, LAST AT 21:08 25.09.02
The Antikythera Mechanism
Dare I mention... no, I should't, and yet.... ATLANTIS!?!?!?
:: STARTED BY gridley
:: 5 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:43 25.09.02
Malcolm Gladwell on FACS: reading (and shaping) the mind through the face.
<B> "I knew someone who was on his communications staff. So I contacted him. I said, 'Look, Clinton's got this way of rolling his eyes along with a certain expression, and what it conveys is "I'm a bad boy." I don't think it's a good thing. I could teach him how not to do that in two to three hours.' And he said, 'Well, we can't take the risk that he's known to be seeing an expert on lying.' I think it's a great tragedy, because . . ." Ekman's voice trailed off. It was clear that he rather liked Clinton, and that he wanted Clinton's trademark expression to have been no more than a meaningless facial tic. Ekman shrugged. "Unfortunately, I guess, he needed to get caught—and he got caught."</B>
and, most excitingly,
<B>Ekman said that there was nothing magical about his ability to pick up an emotion that fleeting. It was simply a matter of practice. "I could show you forty examples, and you could pick it up. I have a training tape, and people love it. They start it, and they can't see any of these expressions. Thirty-five minutes later, they can see them all. What that says is that this is an accessible skill."</B>
:: STARTED BY grant
:: 1 REPLIES, LAST AT 00:25 25.09.02
How Does Human Consciousness Work?
"I cannot exaggerate how far we are from being able to construct a robot with the real-world cognitive capacities of a simple mammal."
"Aw, c'mon... not even a little?"
:: STARTED BY gridley
:: 36 REPLIES, LAST AT 01:05 23.09.02
Scientists create antimatter
The antimatter universe is here at last. Rejoice.
:: STARTED BY Sax
:: 10 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:23 22.09.02
Has anyone tried sleep learning?
No summary available
:: STARTED BY GreatForm
:: 2 REPLIES, LAST AT 00:10 19.09.02
Greek govt bans electronic games
A ban is placed on public gaming by Greek government
:: STARTED BY E. Randy Dupre
:: 5 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:16 18.09.02
Big Brother's Magic Lantern
The FBI has moved from privacy-violating email readers like Carnivore to keystroke recorders. Has the PATRIOT Act brought about complete open-season on the Bill of Rights or any semblance of constitutional civil liberties?
:: STARTED BY Hieronymus
:: 15 REPLIES, LAST AT 20:55 17.09.02
Superman to fly again?
Christopher Reeves
Superman
c2 spinal chord injury
recovery?
:: STARTED BY bio k9
:: 11 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:12 17.09.02
Chipping's too good for 'em!
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:: STARTED BY Lullaboozler
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 19:36 12.09.02
Godel's Incompleteness Theorems
Discussion on Godel. What does it mean?
:: STARTED BY Lurid Archive
:: 12 REPLIES, LAST AT 22:07 11.09.02
On The Techno-Rapture
Soon, it is thought by computer scientists, the intelligence of our computers will be so superior to us that we can not even begin to understand the social and technological consequences of such an occurance before it happens. Regardless, it's curiosity is natural instinct and it only seems proper to ask -- what might this mean?
:: STARTED BY Francine I
:: 37 REPLIES, LAST AT 16:38 11.09.02
Triassic Park: manufacturing dinosaur proteins.
Scientists have created a protein - not DNA, but almost - from an archosaur, a 240-million-year-old dinosaur ancestor.
:: STARTED BY grant
:: 1 REPLIES, LAST AT 04:03 11.09.02
EBlaster = Mini-Echelon?
No summary available
:: STARTED BY H3ct0r L1m4
:: 1 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:16 10.09.02
Solar Tower to be built in Australia
New tech that's great for the enviro, designers and engineers are pushing to see it happen, and the government looks like they're starting to shine towards it.
:: STARTED BY netbanshee
:: 1 REPLIES, LAST AT 21:50 06.09.02
Is Safe Email A Myth?
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:: STARTED BY H3ct0r L1m4
:: 1 REPLIES, LAST AT 16:45 04.09.02
There was no 'Missing Link'
The skull is thought to be around seven million years old and evidences a radical mixture of ape-like and human-like features that suggests that the change between then and now might have been a gradual development between the species over the years...
:: STARTED BY Tom Coates
:: 16 REPLIES, LAST AT 00:19 04.09.02
Second Law of Thermodynamics Does Not Apply to Small Systems
Second Law of Thermodynamics Does Not Apply to Small Systems
:: STARTED BY Lionheart
:: 1 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:21 03.09.02
New Source of Hydrogen: Veggies.
Corn and other organic stuff - wood pulp, potatoes - could be a great source of hydrogen fuel for fuel cell vehicles. File under "alternative energy."
:: STARTED BY grant
:: 0 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:05 03.09.02
Asteroid Defense: the Big Windbag?
They're generating more wind about defending the planet against asteroids. Why? Should they?
:: STARTED BY grant
:: 6 REPLIES, LAST AT 03:08 31.08.02
Sustainable computers?
Computer design is wasteful. Where's the future?
:: STARTED BY Nick's Experimental Wrongness
:: 5 REPLIES, LAST AT 02:41 31.08.02
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