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Science Friday: How you count on your fingers says what about your brain? | Why humans laugh? | Edison’s car battery is back

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 03:48:29 +0000

What does the way you count on your fingers say about your brain?

How did you do it? Did you start with the left hand, or the right? Did you begin counting on a thumb, or with a pinkie? Maybe you started on an index finger? And did you begin with a closed fist, or an open hand?

Sign of the Day

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 01:56:03 +0000

Tweet of the Day

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:48:14 +0000

Just got off the phone w a local homeless org, one of the biggest in LA, and they are seeing 300-400 new homeless people per month.

— Mark Horvath (@hardlynormal) June 26, 2012

Science Friday: Monsanto Contaminates Groundwater | The Word on the Tip of Your Tongue | Cheetahs' Speed Secret

Sat, 23 Jun 2012 04:00:37 +0000

Is GMO Farming Poisoning The World's Drinking Water?

In a groundbreaking study published in the journal Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry last year, evidence surfaced that glyphosate, the active ingredient in the Monsanto's patented herbicide Roundup, is flowing freely into the groundwater in areas where it is being applied.1 The researchers found that 41% of the 140 groundwater samples taken from Catalonia Spain, had levels beyond the limit of quantification – indicating that, despite the manufacturer's claims, glyphosate herbicide does not break down rapidly in the environment, and is accumulating there in concerning quantities.

Why Is Groundwater Contamination An Important Finding?

Groundwater is water located beneath the ground surface, that supplies aquifers, wells and springs. If a chemical like glyphosate is mobile enough to get into the groundwater and is intrinsically resistant to being biodegraded (after all, it is being used to kill/degrade living things – not the other way around), significant environmental exposures to humans using the water are inevitable. After all, according to the USGS, 88,000 tons were used in the US in 2007 alone.

Bank Yankers

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 23:23:59 +0000

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And Why are Financial Terrorists (JP Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley...etc.) getting away with attacking America?; and JPMorgan, Lehman, UBS Named in Municipal Bond Bid-Rigging Conspiracy; and SMUD Sues Financial Terrorists - Bank of America, UBS, and JPMorgan Over Derivatives; and Occupy Buffalo convinces city to withdraw $45 million from JPMorgan;

And last, but not least, Did Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase 'Naked Short Sell' California Bonds? Which Could Lead to a Greek Style Collapse?

Science Friday: In Good Health? Thank Your 100 Trillion Bacteria | How Deforestation Caused Easter Island's Society to Collapse

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 22:48:44 +0000

In Good Health? Thank Your 100 Trillion Bacteria
By GINA KOLATA

But now researchers have taken a detailed look at another set of bacteria that may play even bigger roles in health and disease: the 100 trillion good bacteria that live in or on the human body.

Resetting your Passwords Online

Sun, 10 Jun 2012 16:21:54 +0000

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Science Friday: What If the Yellowstone Supervolcano Erupts? | Taking a Lava Sample | Original Human Language Like Yoda Sounded

Sat, 09 Jun 2012 06:11:45 +0000

What If the Yellowstone Supervolcano Erupts?

Dream Cleaners

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 02:19:22 +0000

Dream Cleaners has already been shown at a number of festivals to great acclaim and once you watch it you will be left in no reason why. The creative team at SunnyBoy has really come up with something quite special here.

Science Friday: New Tahoe Quake Faults | Sierra 200-Year Megadroughts | Irish Mathematicians Solve Guinness Bubble Mystery

Sat, 02 Jun 2012 05:50:22 +0000