Thursday, April 7, 2011

Patrick Lockberby - The Artice Decade - March 2011

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Great piece of work by Patrick. 
Monday, March 28, 2011

Patrick Lockberby - Artice Ice Update - March 2011

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Hmmm, this is not good: "Arctic sea ice extent for February 2011 tied with February 2005 as the lowest recorded in the satellite reco...

Apocalypse 2012: An Investigation into Civilisation's End

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Book Review: Apocalypse 2012: An Investigation into Civilisation's End. Lawrence E. Joseph. Broadway Books, New York, 2007 I find th...
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Sunday, March 13, 2011

A Counter Intuitive Study on Longevity

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There is no easy way to establish strategies for living a long life. This news release adds to our confusion. I proffer the following caut...
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The Brain's "Reward" Centre Also Responds to Fear

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One of my pet hates in neuroscience is the propensity to attribute highly specialised functions to currently identified brain regions. If on...
Friday, November 12, 2010

Our Vagabond Minds

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Be warned, I'm calling shenanigans on this one. ScienceDaily (Nov. 11, 2010)  — People spend 46.9 percent of their waking hours thinkin...
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Nature Beats Monsanto

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In genetics there has been of late considerable interest in a phenomenon known as " horizontal gene transfer ". This news release ...
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Tuesday, November 9, 2010

The Bright Side of the Fish Oil Component - DHA

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This news release from ScienceDaily directly contradicts the findings of just a a few weeks ago. In my earlier post I was addressing resea...
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Thursday, November 4, 2010

Black Man Wins Genius Award

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A friend of mine sent me this clip of John Dabiri . Great clip. If you have ever wondered what is the point of studying jellyfish movement a...
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Microglia as Regulators of Neural Transmission

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This study, freely available here(4.61MB) , has some striking implications. These are listed below. The Science Daily news release can rea...