Worthy causes of the day: “Tell Congress: Stand firm on energy” and “Tell the Candidates: America is Going Broke!”.
Today’s news and commentary:
- “Poland and Russia (1980)”
- “Fruit Juices Block Some Drugs” (This is not fun, on the bright side, I keep hearing warnings these days about drinking too much fruit juice. I was even told personally by my doctor to lower my fruit juice intake, because it was raising my blood sugar level too high. Note: The implication is that one should drink more water, not more soda or anything else known to be bad for you.)
- “Mirror test shows magpies aren't so bird-brained”
- “Bigfoot expert on the big hoax: "It's really comical"”
- “States throw out costly electronic voting machines” (Now, if only they’d do this here in Charleston, SC... The last time I voted (the Republican primary, hedging my vote against some of the truly odious candidates) the people running the place had no clue that electronic voting machines without printed backup are an evil hacker’s dream come true.)
- “Could stem cells make blood donation unnecessary?” (I keep suggesting the idea of culturing hemopoietic (blood-making) cells in the laboratory whenever I donate blood, and finally someone actually works on the problem! I pray this technology comes to fruition soon, because everyone hates being jabbed in the arm with a needle.)
- “Illinois sheriff goes to jail for an education” (Interesting approach.)
- 2008 Science Idol Finalists
Aaron
1 comment:
The thing about magpies is not that impressive. The alleged self-concept test has been seriously questioned. As I recall, Epstein and Skinner were able to teach a pigeon to do it, and no one claims pigeons have a self-concept.
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