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Altruistic Rats: First Evidence For Generalized Reciprocal Cooperation In Non-humans
"... rats who received help in the past were more likely to help another unknown partner." There's a joke in there somewhere.10 Essential Habits for Freelance Workers
Does what it says on the tin.How to Find and Target Long Tail Keywords for More Search Engine Traffic
Does what it says on the tin. Good list of tips and tools.One Of The Only Certainties In Life: South Korea To Tax Virtual Assets
"The Korean National Tax Service has announced they will be tacking on value added tax (VAT) to real-money transactions (RMT) in virtual worlds beginning 1 July." Yeah, good luck policing thCarbon Nanotubes Hold Potential For Synthetic Tissue, Muscles
"When paired with the strong electrical conductivity of carbon nanotubes, this ability to endure wear and tear, or fatigue, suggests the materials could be used to create structures that mimic arHormones affect men's sense of fair play
"A new study shows that men with high levels of testosterone are more likely to turn down low offers, even if they stand to gain money by accepting them." Confirms a theory I've held since s33 Rules to Boost Your Productivity
Does what it says on the tin. #34 - stop reading productivity blogs and do some fracking work.Web 3.0: No humans required
"On the semantic Web, a person ... isn't just a name that comes up on webpages when you google him. He's a fully described object endowed with certain well-defined properties: a date of birth, aThe new age of ignorance
"50 years on from CP Snow's famous 'Two Cultures' essay, is the old divide between arts and sciences deeper than ever?" Little from column A, little from column B.What happened before the Big Bang?
"Using this new math, something amazing happens: at T=0, the volume of the Universe is not zero, and the density is not infinite. In other words, the math still works, even at The Big Moment.&quoSnail-venom pain relief
"The venom of the predatory marine snail Conus Magus is one of the most potent painkillers on the planet. It has a greater potency than morphine, but works in an entirely different way."Israel Wants Robotic Guns, Missiles To Guard Gaza Border
"Once a target is verified and authorized for destruction, operators sitting safely behind command center computers push a button to fire the weapon." It's just like a computer game! PagingProject Aims To Make Sodium-cooled Nuclear Reactors Safe, Efficient
Laudable, certainly. Missing the point? Possibly.The MMOG Moneysellers Respond To Your Questions
Metaversal moneytraders take the flak at Slashdot. If what they're proposing makes it through the legal whitewater, they're on to a serious winner. I wonder what Castranova has to say about this?This are serious thread
The LOLcats/macros meme has peaked. This is that peak. Everything from here on in is made of FAIL.Sentient world: war games on the grandest scale
"... the US Department of Defense (DOD) may already be creating a copy of you in an alternate reality to see how long you can go without food or water, or how you will respond to televised propagHow Not To Suck At Socializing - Do’s & Don’ts
Does what it says on the tin. Not that *I* need this advice, of course. Hell no.Potential cure for HIV discovered
"A customized enzyme that effectively excises integrated HIV-1 from infected cells in vitro might one day help to eradicate (the) virus from AIDS patients ..." Fingers crossed.Second inflatable spacecraft launched
"The firm Bigelow Aerospace has launched its second inflatable space module, Genesis 2, taking another step towards its goal of building crewed, inflatable space stations that could be leased toTaberu Me: Peanuts as business cards
Does exactly what it says on the tin, er, jar. Only in Japan!Wordpress Plugins & Tutorials: Your Pick
Reader-submitted list of good plug-ins and hacks. Useful resource.On the Origin of Circuits - Hardware evolution
"As predicted, the principle of natural selection could successfully produce specialized circuits using a fraction of the resources a human would have required. And no one had the foggiest notionTactile sensor acts as a human finger in minimally invasive surgery
"... it can sense the magnitude and the position of an applied force, slippage of a grasping tool, and the softness of an object, such as a cancerous tumor."The Record Industry's Decline
"In 2000, U.S. consumers bought 785.1 million albums; last year, they bought 588.2 million (a figure that includes both CDs and downloaded albums), according to Nielsen SoundScan." Digging t