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No animal species preys on tigers--not because tigers are so formidable, but because they produce too few calories to make it worthwhile.
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OK Go - This Too Shall Pass - Rube Goldberg Machine version
Sun, 03/14/2010 - 21:44 - NLN -
The official video for the recorded version of "This Too Shall Pass" off of the album "Of the Blue Colour of the Sky." The video was filmed in a two story warehouse, in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA. The "machine" was designed and built by the band, along with members of Syyn Labs over the course of several months. Best watched full screen!
Psychopaths' brains wired to seek rewards, no matter the consequences
Sun, 03/14/2010 - 18:19 - NLN -
The brains of psychopaths appear to be wired to keep seeking a reward at any cost, new research from Vanderbilt University finds. The research uncovers the role of the brain's reward system in psychopathy and opens a new area of study for understanding what drives these individuals.
Mother's flu during pregnancy may increase baby's risk of schizophrenia
Sun, 03/14/2010 - 18:14 - NLN -
Rhesus monkey babies born to mothers who had the flu while pregnant had smaller brains and showed other brain changes similar to those observed in human patients with schizophrenia, a study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in collaboration with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has found.
Saturday movie: The Brain That Wouldn't Die
Sun, 03/14/2010 - 02:21 - NLN -
A scientist's girlfriend is killed in a car crash. She is decapitated and he keeps her head alive while he hunts for a new body. Shown here in its entirety.
Official trailer: 2001: A Space Odyssey
Sun, 03/14/2010 - 02:14 - NLN -
Here is the official movie trailer from the 1969 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, directed by Stanley Kubrick.
Steven Spielberg may be heading for Robopocalypse
Sun, 03/14/2010 - 01:43 - NLN -
STEVEN SPIELBERG's next directing venture is likely to be the futuristic sci-fi movie Robopocalypse, it's been reported.
Invention of the mouse
Sun, 03/14/2010 - 00:58 - NLN -
The gang at That Mitchell And Webb Look show us how the computer mouse was invented.
Biology, Religion - "A war on science"
Sat, 03/13/2010 - 21:59 - NLN -
One of science's greatest theories, evolution, is under attack. The threat is emerging from the only scientific superpower on Earth--provoking some of the biggest names in science to hit back.
The militarization of science and space
Sat, 03/13/2010 - 21:38 - NLN -
Noam Chomsky launches a savage, two-pronged assault on national economic policies and efforts at “global domination….By now the stakes are so high that issues of survival arise,” says Chomsky.
Paper: An Attempt to Generalize AI Part 3: Forgetting
Sat, 03/13/2010 - 20:57 - NLN -
In this paper (the third in a series) Paul Almond further explores how minds may work and how similar systems might be implemented in computers.
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