24 December 2006

Liberalism and neurology | Free to choose? | Economist.com: "Modern neuroscience is eroding the idea of free will"

15 December 2006

Empty-Stomach Intelligence - New York Times: "The stimulation of hunger, the researchers announced in the March issue of Nature Neuroscience, causes mice to take in information more quickly, and to retain it better — basically, it makes them smarter."

12 December 2006

All but Ageless, Turtles Face Their Biggest Threat: Humans - New York Times: "“Turtles don’t really die of old age,” Dr. Raxworthy said. In fact, if turtles didn’t get eaten, crushed by an automobile or fall prey to a disease, he said, they might just live indefinitely."
Elizabeth Bolden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Bolden (August 15, 1890 – December 11, 2006) was an American woman who, at the time of her death at age 116 years and 118 days, was recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living person. She was the last remaining documented person born in 1890."

10 December 2006

Cognitive Daily: Depressed? Think faster thoughts, and your mood may improve: "The notion that thinking faster could make you happy may seem on the face of it absurd. But consider some of the evidence. People with mania, who complain of racing thoughts, often find the sensation exhilarating. When you meet someone who's in a manic phase, they often seem cheerier and more pleasant than anyone you've known."

04 December 2006

Meteorite brings alien life to earth: "NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC reckoned that a meteorite that plunged into Canada's Tagish Lake contains organic matter older than our Sun."

02 December 2006

Polychronic Time: "The goals of this investigation are to identify behaviors and attitudes that are predictive of an individual's polychronic or monochronic time use and to relate these findings to individuals' time management approaches. "