Crows react to threats in human-like way

post from Top stories on 11 September 2012 11:51:05 AM. © Top stories

Story Source

Cross a crow and it'll remember you for years.

Read The Full Article:
http://machineslikeus.com/news/crows-react-threats-human-way

Digg this

Who (and what) can you trust

post from Top stories on 11 September 2012 11:41:22 AM. © Top stories

Story Source

People face this predicament all the time?can you determine a person's character in a single interaction? Can you judge whether someone you just met can be trusted when you have only a few minutes together? And if you can, how do you do it?

Read The Full Article:
http://machineslikeus.com/news/who-and-what-can-you-trust

Digg this

Edible panties where lust and gluttony intersect

post from Sciencebase Science Blog on 11 September 2012 11:41:17 AM. © Sciencebase Science Blog

Jessica Hagy did an enneagram a while back that hooked together pairs of the seven deadly sins. She kindly let me publish a few years back and also answered a few of my questions about it. Check out where lust and gluttony meet (edible undies), greed and sloth (get rich quick schemes), gluttony and pride [...]

Edible panties – where lust and gluttony intersect is a post from: Sciencebase Science Blog

Read The Full Article:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SciencebaseScienceBlog/~3/u0NSUZaJEFg/edible-panti
es-where-lust-and-gluttony-overlap.html

Do vitamin C and beta-carotene protect against
dementia

post from Top stories on 11 September 2012 11:19:34 AM. © Top stories

Story Source

Forgetfulness, lack of orientation, cognitive decline? about 700, 000 Germans suffer from Alzheimer's disease (AD).

Read The Full Article:
http://machineslikeus.com/news/do-vitamin-c-and-beta-carotene-protect-against-dem
entia

Digg this

TED: Vikram Patel: Mental health for all by
involving all - Vikram Patel (2012)

post from TEDTalks (video) on 11 September 2012 11:00:45 AM. © TEDTalks (video)

Nearly 450 million people are affected by mental illness worldwide. In wealthy nations, just half receive appropriate care, but in developing countries, close to 90 percent go untreated because psychiatrists are in such short supply. Vikram Patel outlines a highly promising approach -- training members of communities to give mental health interventions, empowering ordinary people to care for others.

Read The Full Article:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TEDTalks_video/~3/RxdlNbICnaw/vikram_patel_mental_
health_for_all_by_involving_all.html

Digg this

Seven Scientists Win 2012 Lasker Award

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 11 September 2012 10:45:00 AM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

From NYT > Science: The Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation announced that seven scientists would be honored with the 2012 Lasker Award, one of the world's most prestigious scientific prizes.Read the whole article

Read The Full Article:
http://cr4.globalspec.com/blogentry/21029/Seven-Scientists-Win-2012-Lasker-Award?
from_rss=1

Digg this

Proof Claimed for Deep Connection Between Prime
Numbers

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 11 September 2012 10:43:55 AM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

From Scientific American: The usually quiet world of mathematics is abuzz with a claim that one of the most important problems in number theory has been solved. Mathematician Shinichi Mochizuki of Kyoto University in Japan has released a 500-page proof of the abc conjecture, which pro

Read The Full Article:
http://cr4.globalspec.com/blogentry/21028/Proof-Claimed-for-Deep-Connection-Betwe
en-Prime-Numbers?from_rss=1

Digg this

Liquid Robotics Aims to Usher in Era of Smart
Oceans With Autonomous Robots

When Liquid Robotics? Ed Lu dreams, he sees thousands of his firm?s Wave Gliders blanketing the sea?a smart grid for [...]

Read The Full Article:
http://singularityhub.com/2012/09/11/liquid-robotics-aims-to-usher-in-era-of-smar
t-oceans-with-autonomous-robots/

Digg this

More Planets Could Harbour Life

From BBC News - Science & Environment: New computer models suggest there could be many more habitable planets than previously thought. Scientists have developed models to help them identify planets in far-away solar systems that are capable of supporting life. Estimates of habitable p

Read The Full Article:
http://cr4.globalspec.com/blogentry/21027/More-Planets-Could-Harbour-Life?from_rs
s=1

Digg this

New Spray Containing Neonatal Cells Helps Skin
Heal Faster

Another group of scientists are trying to bottle the miracle of regenerative medicine. A new skin cell spray was shown to [...]

Read The Full Article:
http://singularityhub.com/2012/09/11/new-spray-containing-neonatal-cells-helps-sk
in-heal-faster/

Digg this