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Aviation History Resources
St. Louis Public Library has a bumper crop of links for all sorts of information and resources concerning the history of aviation, with subsections on women aviators and WW2.Children Show Strong Preference For Lucky Individuals
"This phenomenon, the researchers say, could clarify the origins of human attitudes toward differing social groups and help explain the persistence of social inequality." How the hell do youAustralian Senate OKs Cloning Embryos
"The bill ... would relax rules on stem cell research and allow therapeutic cloning of embryos for medical research. The House of Representatives still needs to pass the bill before it becomes laCEO Survey - PR Week
A conference is coming for health care bloggers. The model of people looking to a single authoritative source for health information is giving way to a wisdom of the crowd approach, through blogs, etcToddlers learn complex actions from picture-book reading, says new research
"Parents who engage in the age-old tradition of picture-book reading are not only encouraging early reading development in their children but are also teaching their toddlers about the world arouThe Wikipedia and the Death of Archaeology
"Consider this: [...] a resource already exists that may not only sound the death knell of archaeology, but also the opportunity to enable a greater depth and sophistication of anthropology thanChemist to Lead Study of Titan's Atmosphere
"Titan's atmosphere is considered ideal for gaining a better understanding of the early days of Earth's atmosphere because it and proto-Earth are believed to have emerged with similar atmospheresBattle for supremacy made us intelligent
"...research supports the 'Machiavellian intelligence' hypothesis, which suggests that competition at a social level - and the ability to manipulate others for personal gain - is what drove an exLanguage center of the brain is not under the control of subjects who 'speak in tongues'
"Now, in a first of its kind study, scientists are shining the light on this mysterious practice -- attempting to explain what actually happens physiologically to the brain of someone while speakStay in bed that extra hour: it aids thinking, say researchers
"Psychologists ... pulled together more than 100 studies of the effects of sleep on cognitive tasks and found that staying out of bed for too long can have serious effects on ability to rememberJoy Programming Language
a purely functional programming language based based on composition of functions rather than lambda calculus.Vision-body link tested in robot experiments
"Experiments involving real and simulated robots suggest that the relationship between physical movement and sensory input could be crucial to developing more intelligent machines."How Safe Is Travel To Mars?
"As NASA lays plans for travel to the moon and Mars, the agency is exploring propulsion systems, crew modules, and habitat structures [and more]."What are the chances of aliens sniffing us out?
"[SETI] could potentially be risky for Earth and its inhabitants. So researchers are developing a Richter-like scale to assess the chance that extraterrestrials could detect – and potentially reaSKorean clone fake says can prove work genuine
"Hwang Woo-Suk, hailed as a national hero before a university inquiry ruled his work was bogus, blamed junior researchers for faking some research but said his now discredited claims were real.&qDo deadlines help procrastinators?
"To me the most interesting result of the study is that self-imposed deadlines don't appear to help procrastinators [as much as external deadlines]: they need rigid, externally-imposed deadlinesPoynter Online - E-Media Tidbits
"A new study from the Optometrics department at Buskerud University College in Norway shows that font size is very important. Readers do fine with a font size of 12 points (letters 3 mm tall) --University Study Reveals Rich Data on Bloglines Feeds
"Feeds That Matter is a fascinating new analysis project out of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) and a terrific way to find new RSS feeds to subscribe to." Coukl be worthAirport Defense: Lasers, Microwaves
"...the Department of Homeland Security is trying out instead a pair of new defenses, seemingly straight of science fiction: laser guns and microwave blasters." Sounds a bit cumbersome and e