The Purpose of Purpose

post from Pharyngula on 14 March 2009 10:41:10 AM. © Pharyngula

It's another long travel day for me, I'm afraid, and this after a long night of trying to keep up with a lively mob of 20 and 30 year olds at a bar in Champaign-Urbana (and giving a talk yesterday that I think went over fairly well — I even had protesters outside! For a talk on the history and philosophy of embryology!) So I'll leave you with a link to Wesley Elsberry's summary of Richard Dawkins' talk in Michigan. That'll give you something meaty to argue over until I get back to calm, quiet Morris.

And then, next week…Spring Break! We're just going to have wild parties every day here on Pharyngula! Bring sun screen and swimming suits.

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How To Increase Your Neuron Count

post from Science. Why not? on 14 March 2009 10:38:00 AM. © Science. Why not?

"The recent discovery that the hippocampus is able to generate new neurons throughout a human?s lifespan has changed the way we think about the mechanisms of psychiatric disorders and drug addiction," says Wen Jian and colleagues in a study published in[...]

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Let's Meet Atheist and Author, William Lobdell,
Today!

post from Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) on 14 March 2009 09:59:54 AM. © Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)

tags: books, memoir, godlessness, losing faith, William Lobdell

I am most pleased to tell you that William Lobdell, an award-winning journalist from the LATimes, who is also a new book author, as well as a blog writer, college lecturer and public speaker and media consultant, will be in NYC this coming Saturday to talk about and read from his hot-off-the-presses book, Losing My Religion: How I Lost My Faith Reporting on Religion in America -- and Found Unexpected Peace.

When: Saturday, March 14, 300pm - 430pm
Where: The third floor of the Muhlenberg Branch of the Public Library, 209 W. 23rd St (23rd & 7th) [map]
What: Meet the author for a book reading/signing
Cost: Free!

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Who Designs Cables in Your Company

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 14 March 2009 09:09:00 AM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

When I was an engineering manager, we assigned the cable design jobs to the junior engineers or the guys we didn't want to work on circuit design. After all, all you have to do is to make sure that the cable is long enough, has the right connectors on each end, and that the wires connect to the righ

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Will New Spending Boost Nanotech

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 14 March 2009 09:01:00 AM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

From the stimulus package to the omnibus spending bill to the new budget, U.S. government money is being allocated to green energy, healthcare research, and updating the electrical grid. Do you think any of those dollars are likely to trickle down to the nanotech sector? The preceding article i

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What <i>Should</i> You Be Reading

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 14 March 2009 08:59:00 AM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

Reading really is good for you, and not as passive a pastime as you might think. A brain-imaging study conducted at Washington University, MO, used functional magnetic resonance imaging to track brain activity as subjects read short stories. Activity in different brain regions increased depending on

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Hydraulic Whimsy

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 14 March 2009 08:49:00 AM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

In a departure from the current economic exigencies plaguing every industry everywhere, we choose to focus on some of the more fanciful hydraulics topics popping up in recent journals. Theme park attractions, energy-harvesting shock absorbers, and even the new New York Mets home run apple are some c

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Nobilon Advances First Vaccine Into Human Trials
- Intranasal Influenza Vaccine Begins Phase I Clinical Development

Nobilon, the human vaccine business unit of Schering-Plough Corporation (NYSE: SGP), announced that it has reached an important milestone with the initiation of its first-in-human clinical development program for SCH 900795, a new intranasal Live[...]

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Unemployment, Health Care Spending Affect
Mortality

At the Health Industries Council meeting on March 11, in Irving, Harvey Brenner, Ph.D. and professor of public health and behavioral sciences at the University of North Texas Health Science Center’s School of Public Health, announced new findings[...]

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Rigel Commences Phase 2 Trial Of R788 In
Peripheral T-Cell Lymphomas

Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: RIGL) announced the enrollment of the first patient in a Phase 2, multi-center clinical trial of R788 (fostamatinib disodium) in patients with refractory or relapsed peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL). The clinical[...]

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