March 2010
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Magnets Can Manipulate Your Morality
A new study has found magnetic fields can be used to confuse a region in the brain that controls a person’s sense of morality.
Using a powerful magnetic field, scientists are able to scramble the moral centre of the brain, making it more difficult for people to separate innocent intentions from harmful outcomes.
The research, which appears this week in the journal Proceedings of the...
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“If we all do one random act of kindness daily, we just might set the world in...”
– Martin Kornfeld
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“I have always imagined that Paradise will be some kind of library.”
– Jorge Luis Borges
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Song of the day: “Short Bursts” by We...
More Bees Still Mysteriously Disappearing
The mysterious 4-year-old crisis of disappearing honeybees is deepening. A quick federal survey indicates a heavy bee die-off this winter, while a new study shows honeybees’ pollen and hives laden with pesticides. Two federal agencies along with regulators in California and Canada are scrambling to figure out what is behind this relatively recent threat, ordering new research on pesticides...
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“Men look at attractive women the way women look at pretty butterflies.”
– Louann Brizendine
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Man With Rare Blood Antibody Saves Over 2 Million...
An Australian man who has been donating his extremely rare kind of blood for 56 years has saved the lives of more than two million babies.
James Harrison, 74, has an antibody in his plasma that stops babies dying from Rhesus disease, a form of severe anaemia. He has enabled countless mothers to give birth to healthy babies, including his own daughter, Tracey, who had a healthy son thanks to her...
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“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read or write,...”
– A. Toffler
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It’s carissazupon’s birthday today! Wish her happy birthday!
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“There is always one person you love who becomes that definition. It usually happens retrospectively, but it happens eventually. This is the person who unknowingly sets the template for what you will always love about other people, even if some of these loveable qualities are self-destructive and unreasonable.
The person who defines your understanding of love is not inherently different...
Overheard...
Manager: My new BM is awesome!
Subordinate: You mean BMW...the W is important.
Manager: Why?
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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
– Marcus Tullius Cicero
New Experiment Uses Brain Scans To Eavesdrop on...
Scientists have used brain scans to delve into people’s minds and predict what films they are thinking about from one moment to the next.
This is the first time brain imaging has been used to decipher such complex thoughts, which take place in the base of the brain in a region known as the medial temporal lobe.
The work follows an earlier study in which neuroscientists at University...
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“Some of us say we’d rather have that something than absolutely nothing, But the...”
– Unknown
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La Cuisine D’Art has been posting a ton of food from Belgium lately. Makes me wish I still lived there so I could eat to my heart’s content. PS, if you don’t already (and you love food just as much as I do) I highly suggest you follow her. Every dish on there is just…heavenly.
NATASHA'S FAV 5
1. Beautiful Bookbinding - title says all
2. Regret The Error - reports on media corrections, retractions, apologies, clarifications and trends regarding accuracy and honesty in the press.
3. Chat Roulette - the newest/latest internet pastime
4. Once Wed - gorgeous photos and a must-stop for wedding ideas and inspiration
5. First Lines - a blog dedicated to the opening lines of your favorite...
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“What should I do about the wild and the tame? The wild heart that wants to be...”
– Jeanette Winterson