Wednesday, May 10, 2006

The galaxy gets healthier -- so where are the LGMs?

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Our galaxy is a safer place today: Gamma Ray Bursts--One Less Thing to Worry About. The Loom: A blog about life, past and future Posted by C...
Tuesday, May 09, 2006

Natural cancer resistance - in mice and men

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Scientists have bred cancer-proof mice . They basically can't get cancer. The trait is inherited and their white cells can destroy cance...

Sick Americans: cost and cause

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Years ago a Canadian study found the treatment of common surgical and medical diseases was significantly better in Canada than in the US. So...
Monday, May 08, 2006

Mother's Day - who's the worst?

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In the holiday spirit, the NYT reviews loving maternal behavior in birds and mammals . A cool antidote for Disney sappiness or penguin wish ...

An odd digression into mathematics: Physics and the Reimann-Zeta functions

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I'm listening to my favorite pocast, In Our Times -- this one's on Prime Numbers . They start with Euclid, and work their way up to ...

Humane execution

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The electric chair sometimes required a few flips of a balky switch. Injection has its own imperfections: Merciful (but messy) alternatives ...
Sunday, May 07, 2006

Anonymity achieved - of a sort

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This blog was once known by my true name . Problem was, periodically business contacts or interview subjects would google my name, and the f...

Schizophrenia is "hot". Why now?

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Schizophrenia is in the news. In the past week USA Today devoted much of their front section to this family of neurologic disorders, the Wa...
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What are spleens good for?

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In horses the spleen is an oxygenation turbocharger . In humans it's usually thought to be an almost disposeable part of our immune syst...

At what gas price would Americans make changes?

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From a comment on The Big Picture: More on Gas Prices : At what price would gas affect consumer behavior? I think gas in my birthplace, Queb...

Origami: Microsoft lays another brick egg

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Origami is now the "Ultra Mobile PC". You can buy one (Pogue, via Follow Me Here) , but I recommend CARE.ORG as a better way to di...
Saturday, May 06, 2006

The psychopathology of the CEO

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This was news a few years back, but I only recently came across reasonable essay on the topic. A Canadian psych professor, known for this ...

Dept of Homeland Security doesn't do background checks

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Talking Points underscores an amusing and disturbing aspect of the Cunningham/GOP/Bribery/Prostitution/DOD/CIA/Goss/Foggo/Wilkes mega-scand...
Friday, May 05, 2006

The new Iraq debate: how to retreat

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This is a topic I don't have a strong opinion on. Do we cut and run (per Lt. Gen. Odom) or withdraw and engage? What's the least ba...

Porter Goss resigns: Hookers, spies and the GOP

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When I metablogged on an Obsidian Wings post, I was too delicate to mention that the slander blogs were implicating Porter Goss, CIA direct...