by Craig Marker | Jul 20, 2007 | Uncategorized
An excerpt from Slate.com:On May 15, Fox News host Brit Hume brought excitement to an otherwise dull presidential debate with this question:”Here is the premise: Three shopping centers near major U.S. cities have been hit by suicide bombers. Hundreds are dead,...
by Craig Marker | Jul 20, 2007 | Uncategorized
From Mahalonbis’ Blog:Take the idea that we thought we would crack the origin of life. Stanley Miller did an experiment showing you could create simple amino acids in an environment that seemed to mimic an early earth atmosphere. That same year, 1953, Crick and...
by Craig Marker | Jul 18, 2007 | Uncategorized
I couldn’t resist the site that allows you to make yourself into a Simpson’s character. Maybe not as fun as the Church Sign Generator, but still a good way to procrastinate.
by Craig Marker | Jul 18, 2007 | Uncategorized
From Livescience.com:In a new study, 26 male Harvard students were presented with ultimatums. Each was offered $5 out of a possible $40 by another person. A student could either take the $5 and leave the rest to the offerer, or both parties got nothing. The experiment...
by Craig Marker | Jul 17, 2007 | Uncategorized
From livescience.com: For years, there has been clear scientific consensus that Earth’s climate is heating up and that humans are the culprits behind the trend, says Naomi Oreskes, a historian of science at the University of California, San Diego. A few years ago, she...
by Craig Marker | Jun 29, 2007 | Uncategorized
An excerpt from LiveScience.com: Brain scans show that putting negative emotions into words calms the brain’s emotion center. That could explain meditation’s purported emotional benefits, because people who meditate often label their negative emotions in an...
by Craig Marker | Jun 28, 2007 | Uncategorized
“These are the times that try men’s souls: The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it Now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily...
by Craig Marker | Jun 23, 2007 | Uncategorized
“It is like a finger pointing to the moon. Don’t concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory.””Be like water because it is soft, resilient, and formless. It can never be snapped.””Life is a constant process of...
by Craig Marker | Jun 22, 2007 | Uncategorized
From Slate.com:Eldest children have IQs three points higher than their siblings, on average, in a huge sample of young Norwegian men. The study shows this difference is due to family dynamics, not “prenatal gestational factors,” since “second- and...
