2007 November :: Medical News Week

Thou churlish crook-pated boar-pig! [The Scientific Indian]

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Hence rotten thing! Or I shall shake thy bones out of thy garments.

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Talented roaches [Pharyngula]

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Talented roaches

Category: Art
Posted on: November 30, 2007 4:04 AM, by PZ Myers

Cute, weird collection of bug art. This was painted by a cockroach?

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Would you die for your religion? part 2 (What about the children?) [Respectful Insolence]

Friday, November 30th, 2007

It looks as though the Jehovah’s Witnesses have claimed another life. This time, though, it wasn’t an adult, as it was recently. This time, though, through the indoctrination inherent in the Jehovah’s Witness religion and, incredibly and inexcusably, the acquiescence of our legal system to their irrational and dubious interpretation of a text written thousands of years before blood transfusion was ever contemplated, the life lost was that of an adolescent:

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When Control Hurts: Better Rule Learning in Subjects With Lower Memory Span [Developing Intelligence]

Friday, November 30th, 2007

The ability to actively maintain more information in memory, known as “working memory,” seems to benefit performance in a variety of tasks. One idea is that these tasks require controlled attention, allowing for better control over behavior.

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When Control Hurts: Better Rule Learning in Subjects With Lower Memory Span [Developing Intelligence]

Friday, November 30th, 2007

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When Control Hurts: Better Rule Learning in Subjects With Lower Memory Span [Developing Intelligence]

Friday, November 30th, 2007

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Venusian datafest in Nature [Highly Allochthonous]

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Anyone interested in Venus will be very happy with this week’s issue of Nature, which has published a raft of papers detailing the latest findings of the European Space Agency’s Venus Express probe, which has been orbiting our inner planetary neighbour for the last 19 months. Even better, they’re freely accessible to all.

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The nefarious email itself [Thoughts from Kansas]

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Chris Comer’s firing has been getting a lot of attention, and one question keeps getting asked: “What kind of soul-torturing electronic missive about an academic talk could be so dastardly as to result in someone getting fired merely for forwarding it?”

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Let’s hear it for un-American nonsense!! [The Questionable Authority]

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Apparently, the Virginia Republican Party has been getting nostalgic for the good old days at the end of the Cold War. You remember those days, right? Ronald Reagan was saying things like, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall” and “we begin bombing in five minutes” . Ollie North was sitting in front of Congress and claiming to have the memory of a repeatedly concussed goldfish. And the Republicans looked likely to hold onto the White House forever. Given present circumstances, it’s easy to see why the Virginia GOP might be getting a wee bit nostalgic. Unfortunately, in their enthusiasm to channel some of that good old Cold War mojo, they seem to have somehow forgotten just which side they’re supposed to be on:

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Memory Loss May Not Mean Loss of Sensitivity to Others

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Contrary to current thinking, people that have lost their personal memories due to a brain injury may still be able to understand the feelings and intentions of others. It is commonly believed that such understanding is based on our own memories. It’s known as the “Theory of Mind” and it is thought to be the basis of our ability to socialize.

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