Followers following fables, philosophies that enable them to rule without regard. There's no point for democracy when ignorance is celebrated. Majority rule don't work in mental institutions. Sometimes the smallest softest voice carries the grand, biggest solutions.
Mosquito Duet Leads To Love : NPR Together, the two tones create what musicians call an overtone " a third, fainter tone at 1200-Hz. Only then will the mosquitoes mate.
Supermen of Color: The Non-White Kryptonians In issue #239, a two-page map showed that Kryptonians Of Color had an island all to themselves, which is pretty embarrassing, says Mark Waid, Boom! Studios Editor-in-Chief, occasional DC Comics writer, and pretty much expert in all things Superman. I cringe to tell you this, but the Kryptonians of Color were all on Vathlo Island, Home of a Highly Advanced Black Race. It wasn't until the mid-70s, when more World of Krypton back-up stories ran more regularly, that we really saw any ethnicity whatsoever on the planet.
Gender differences are a laughing matter, study reveals Need more evidence that men and women are different? Look no further than the Sunday funnies. According to a new School of Medicine study, gender affects the way a person's brain responds to humor.
The first-of-its-kind imaging study showed that women activate the parts of the brain involved in language processing and working memory more than men when viewing funny cartoons. Women were also more likely to activate with greater intensity the part of the brain that generates gratifying feelings in response to new experiences.
Pharyngula: Evolutionary gems This week, Nature magazine published a short list of recent important developments in evolutionary biology that support the theory of evolution
Documentary - The Genius of Charles Darwin The opening is something that I can't imagine flying by on American television: he simply says that evolution is a vastly superior explanation to anything religion has ever provided.
Antivaxxers and the media These are people who (very incorrectly) think that vaccines are linked to autism. It has been shown, conclusively, that no such link exists. Every time an antivaxxer is shown this data, they move the goalposts, claiming its some other vaccine feature cau
gladwell dot com - the ketchup conundrum So Heublein put Grey Poupon in a bigger glass jar, with an enamelled label and enough of a whiff of Frenchness to make it seem as if it were still being made in Europe (it was made in Hartford, Connecticut, from Canadian mustard seed and white wine).
I fear that when I start reading dilbert comics, my conversion from regular person who just works in a cubicle to cubicle dwelling engineer who just sleeps at home will be complete, and my life will be over.
