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Harvard celebrates the goofy side of science
Darkfrog submitted, created time 16 hours 1 minute (www.nature.com)
The Ig Nobel prizes were given out last Thursday. Winners included the team that showed that a stripper's ovulatory cycle affected her tips (economics) and some folks who taught slime molds to solve mazes (cognitive). The archaeology prize went to a team who documented armadillos messing up their dig site. As to whether they found a way to keep the little dudes out ...not mentioned.
The evening culminated with "Win a date with Benoît Mandelbrot." 
Equilibrium theory doesn't make muster
Darkfrog submitted, created time 4 days 17 hours (www.nytimes.com)
This article discusses the flaws in the mathematical models that economists have been using to predict changes in the economy. The contributor believes that core idea, called "equilibrium theory," is what has been failing to predict changes in investors' behavior.
The difference between a liberal and conservative
sea-maid submitted, created time 1 week 4 days (esciencenews.com)
What do most scientific studies into the differences between liberals and conservatives have in common? They're usually performed by social scientists, who are usually liberals.
This may be why the prevailing idea among such scholars that conservatives are more fearful than liberals. However, a new study shows that it is different kinds of fear, not the magnitude of it, that is correlated with liberal and conservative views. To summarize, conservatives fear chaos and liberals fear emptiness
Baby's Little Smiles: Building a Relationship with Mom
jerry submitted, created time 1 week 5 days (www.sciam.com)
How smiles—and pouts—are helping researchers probe the essence of the complex mother-infant bond.
Feeling Cold? Maybe You're Lonely
marry submitted, created time 2 weeks 4 days (www.webmd.com)
Some psychologists find that social isolation makes people feel physically cold, and making people feel left out makes them more likely to choose hot soup or coffee over warm or room-temperature foods and beverages...
C-sections might affect a new mother's ability to bond
Darkfrog submitted, created time 3 weeks 4 days (well.blogs.nytimes.com)
This is interesting. It's a New York Times writeup of a study in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry showing that women who deliver their children vaginally as opposed to by C-section are more responsive to the sound of infants crying a short time after the birth takes place.
There are some flaws in this study. First off, it only involved a small number of women, which increases the likelihood of statistical errors. Second, it does not show how whether this is a case of delayed attachment or stunted attachment. C-section moms might well catch up as time passes
"We" Climate Campaign: Glossy, but Will It Work?
jerry submitted, created time 1 month 5 days (www.time.com)
Rather than focusing on scary symptoms, the We Campaign focuses on the cure for global warming — and motivates people to support sweeping change. Question is, will it be enough to effect any real change at all?
jerry submitted, created time 1 month 2 weeks (sciencenow.sciencemag.org)
Weight gain and moodiness top the list of the unpleasant side effects of birth control pills. But could the pill also desensitize a woman's sniffer? New research suggests that oral contraceptives can reduce a woman's ability to smell the best mate. Although birth control can't be blamed for every bad relationship, the findings could help explain how people find their ideal love.
Most guys splash on a little cologne before a first date, but past research shows that their natural scent may be the better attractant
Studies show that behavior modification works in the fight against AIDS
Darkfrog submitted, created time 2 months 17 hours (www.nytimes.com)
When I first read this headline, I thought that "behavior modification" meant only telling people to stop having sex, but it seems that delaying sex, using condoms and stopping drug abuse are here considered behavior modification as well.
"One is misplaced pessimism about the effectiveness of H.I.V. prevention strategies. A second is confusing the difficulty in changing human behavior with an inability to do so." Yeah, sing it! "They won't stop having sex just because we tell them to," does seem to be the assumption on the liberal side. It seems that, in this case, humility is misplaced.
Is religion good for your health?
sea-maid submitted, created time 2 months 3 days (www.nature.com)
Science and religion, anyone? Come now, stifle those yawns. A paper published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B1 this week claims to offer a fresh perspective, with the startling suggestion that religion is a way to protect us from disease.
The general idea behind this theory — that religion is mainly a social construct — is actually much older than the authors, Corey Fincher and Randy Thornhill of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, acknowledge
Genentech faces buyout by Roche. Will it be worth it?
Darkfrog submitted, created time 2 months 1 week (www.nature.com)
To the tune of $43.7 billion USD, Roche is about to buy out Genentech. Of course Roche already owns over 50% of Genentech stock, a good controlling interest, but up until now has taken a very hands-off approach, acting more like the other company's investor than its boss, content with its rights to market Genentech products outside the U.S. It seems as if that is about to change. The concern here is what the deal might mean for the culture of biotechs and the researchers who work for them
Psychiatric patients less violent when smoking restricted
jerry submitted, created time 2 months 3 weeks (www.bmj.com)
Violence and aggressive incidents were cut by almost half when a smoking ban was introduced at one English acute psychiatric hospital.
In data yet to be published, but seen by the BMJ, investigators at Harplands Hospital in North Staffordshire examined all recorded episodes of violence and aggression that staff experienced. They compared all incidents a year before the introduction of a smoke-free hospital policy in April 2006 with those in the year after
Mechanism and function of humor identified by new evolutionary theory
sea-maid submitted, created time 3 months 1 week (esciencenews.com)
A new publication answers centuries' old questions regarding the mechanism and function of humour, identifying the reason humour is common to all human societies, its fundamental role in the evolution of homo sapiens and its continuing importance in the cognitive...
Location, location, location. Voting sites affect voting outcomes.
Darkfrog submitted, created time 3 months 1 week (www.nature.com)
This study shows that people who vote in a certain type of building, such as a church or school, are more likely to vote for the canditate who is, say, better on education. I'm surprised that it took us this long to figure that out, but I have to say that I'm pleased. It means that at least a few American voters bothered to find out where their candidates stood on education.
Scientific conference held in World of Warcraft!
Darkfrog submitted, created time 3 months 2 weeks (www.sciencemag.org)
What better place to discuss computer science, really? For practicality reasons, it was a Horde-only conference. Any newb or Alliance player was required to create a new character and level up ahead of time so that older players wouldn't have to spend the whole time fending off monsters with the munchies
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