Wild chimpanzees exchange meat for sex

post from Machines Like Us - Science at the speed of thought on 07 April 2009 10:45:35 PM. © Machines Like Us - Science at the speed of thought

Wild female chimpanzees copulate more frequently with males who share meat with them over long periods of time, according to a study led by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany, published in the open-access, peer-reviewed journal PLoS ONE April 8.

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Adult brain processes fractions 'effortlessly'

post from Machines Like Us - Science at the speed of thought on 07 April 2009 10:43:52 PM. © Machines Like Us - Science at the speed of thought

Although fractions are thought to be a difficult mathematical concept to learn, the adult brain encodes them automatically without conscious thought, according to new research in the April 8 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience.

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April 14, 2009: ESSDERC/ESSCIRC submission
deadlines

post from Sedemos News on 07 April 2009 10:42:00 PM. © Sedemos News

ESSDERC/ESSCIRC submission deadlines have been moved to April 14, 2009!

Visit the conference web site: http://www.essderc2009.org

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ESSDERC/ESSCIRC FRINGE POSTER SESSION

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Athens Fringe Poster Session

Following a successful 'fringe' event during last Conference in Edinburgh, ESSCIRC and ESSDERC will be holding also a "fringe" event in addition to the main conference in Athens. The Fringe forum is ideally suited for the submissions of recent progress which may, in some cases, not be ready for a full paper submission. The emphasis of fringe submissions should be on the presentation of the latest data (both measurement and/or simulation) and new ideas. This forum provides the opportunity to network with the ESSDERC/CIRC community to discuss these ideas and latest results. Reviewing will be undertaken by a sub-committee under the main Technical Programme committee, and a separate proceedings will be published on CD for this event. To attract the latest results, submissions close at the later date of 12 June 2009. Submissions will be in the form of abstracts of one page of text and two pages of figures. Submission will be via the website fridge section, where further details can be found.

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After MOS-AK at IHP in Frankfurt(O)

post from Sedemos News on 07 April 2009 10:35:00 PM. © Sedemos News

Arbeitskreis ?MOS-Modelle und Parameterextraktion? tagt im IHP. Europäische Experten beraten zu konkreten Problemen der Beschreibung von CMOS Bauelementen

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Better living through chemistry

post from Machines Like Us - Science at the speed of thought on 07 April 2009 10:32:17 PM. © Machines Like Us - Science at the speed of thought

Scientists have completed the first study of microbes that live within the plumbing of deep-sea mud volcanoes in the Gulf of Mexico, where conditions may resemble those in extraterrestrial environments and early Earth.

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Chambers Street/WTC Subway Art, 32

post from Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) on 07 April 2009 09:59:59 PM. © Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)

tags: Chambers Street, Park Place, World Trade Center, Oculus, Andrew Ginzel, Kristin Jones, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC

Oculus #32, 1998.

Stone mosaic on walls throughout Chambers Street station complex (A & C trains); also, there is a stone and glass floor mosaic at Park Place entrance, which connects to this station via a tunnel.

Artists: Andrew Ginzel & Kristin Jones.

Image: GrrlScientist, 3 January 2009 [larger view].

As you can see, even these artworks are not immune to the attentions of those who seek to destroy beautiful things.

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STD risks predicted better by partners behaviour

Risky sexual behaviour, such as having unprotected sex with multiple partners puts people at risk of catching sexually transmitted infections, but not as much as the characteristics of their sexual partners, according to a new study.The findings, which University of Florida and University of Pittsburgh researchers report in the April issue of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, [...]

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Meat now, sex later for Ivorian chimps

Male chimpanzees in Ivory Coast don't expect sex in return for providing dinner – not straight away, anyway

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I want this

It's a full-sized statue of a buxom pirate on display at an antique shop in Girardville, Pennsylvania. It would look fabulous by the doorway to my house.

This is not just an infatuation with pirates or cleavage, however. This pirate is special. A Catholic priest in Girardville was so irritated at it that he cursed the statue.

Father Commolly commanded the owners to remove it.
"He pointed to the statue and very dictatorially and said, 'I curse you. I curse this place. I want to see this destroyed. I want her destroyed,'" said pirate owner Peggy Kanigoski.

The madman! With one stroke, he has greatly increased the value of the object, and has probably moved it way out of my price range. Now it's not only a pirate statue, it's a cursed pirate statue. And it would be even more appropriate at my house.

<sigh> It would probably get me cursed by the Trophy Wife, anyway.

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