Mouse with human immune system may revolutionize
HIV vaccine research

post from Top stories on 18 July 2012 07:04:56 PM. © Top stories

One of the challenges to HIV vaccine development has been the lack of an animal model that accurately reflects the human immune response to the virus and how the virus evolves to evade that response.

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NCBI ROFL: Effects of heavy drinking by maritime
academy cadets on hangover, perceived sleep, and next-day ship power plant operation.

post from Discoblog » NCBI ROFL on 18 July 2012 07:00:43 PM. © Discoblog » NCBI ROFL

“OBJECTIVE: The effects of an evening of heavy drinking on next-day occupational performance are mixed across studies and have not been investigated for ship-handling performance. Furthermore, it is not known whether the residual effects of alcohol on next-day performance are due to its effects on sleep. METHOD: Merchant marine cadets (N=61) who had been trained on a diesel power plant simulator and who drank heavily at least episodically were given placebo beer one evening and were randomized on a second evening to placebo or real beer that resulted in a mean breath alcohol concentration (BrAC) of .115 g%. After an 8-hour sleep period, a meal, and a return to < or = .02 g% BrAC, cadets were assessed with self-report measures and the power plant simulator. RESULTS: No effects of beverage condition were seen on actual performance, although cadets who consumed alcohol rated their performance as impaired compared with the placebo conditions. Alcohol consumption also increased the Acute Hangover Scale score, improved perceived sleep quality, and decreased perceived latency to sleep onset while not affecting perceived sleep duration. CONCLUSIONS: While residual alcohol effects are found on some complex performance tasks, residual effects of .11 ...

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Lightning strikes in a storm bigger than worlds

post from Bad Astronomy on 18 July 2012 05:18:01 PM. © Bad Astronomy

In 2010, a storm erupted in Saturn’s northern hemisphere. It grew, and grew, and GREW, until it physically wrapped around the planet. At its peak it was 300,000 kilometers (180,000 miles) in length: 3/4 of the distance from the Earth to the Moon!As[...]

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Staying Put Means Death

post from Planetary Society Blog on 18 July 2012 05:12:49 PM. © Planetary Society Blog

Chaikin interviews Mars scientist Nathalie Cabrol who talks about her passion for exploration and urges America to explore even in tough economic times.

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In Cancer, Context is Critical

post from American Biotechnologist on 18 July 2012 04:28:03 PM. © American Biotechnologist

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Ideas - the creative process, and the art of
communicating ideas through speech

post from Beta Rhythm (Music of the Mind) on 18 July 2012 04:16:30 PM. © Beta Rhythm (Music of the Mind)

Recently came across two really great videos:

1) A 10 minute video by John Cleese on the creative process and tips on how to encourage it:

video details and more

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGt3-fxOvug&feature=player_embedded

2) An 18 minute video by Nance Duarte on the art of great speeches:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nYFpuc2Umk&feature=player_embedded

More...
See the Heart of Innovation blog.

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Ideas - the creative process, and the art of
communicating them through speech

post from Beta Rhythm (Music of the Mind) on 18 July 2012 03:16:24 PM. © Beta Rhythm (Music of the Mind)

Recently came across two really great videos:

1) A 10 minute video by John Cleese on the creative process and tips on how to encourage it:

video details and more

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGt3-fxOvug&feature=player_embedded

2) An 18 minute video by Nance Duarte on the art of great speeches:

video details and more

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nYFpuc2Umk&feature=player_embedded

(I found both on the Heart of Innovation blog - worth checking out!)

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Video: SpaceX Dragon mission highlights

In May 2012, the private company SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket into orbit with a Dragon space capsule as its payload. In a history-making event, it docked with the International Space Station and a few days later successfully returned to Earth.SpaceX[...]

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David Icke on MC10's Flexible Electronics at
TEDMED 2012

From Medgadget: We've been fascinated by the promise of flexible electronics to radically transform the future of implantable medical devices. MC10 is a leading company developing this technology. We reported on the company from TEDMED, FutureMed, and even visited the company's research

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What Dog-Friendly Workplaces Can Do For Your
Business

From Fast Company: Meet Louie, the slobbery, four-legged officemate who taught us a few things about how to work better. No offense to any of my former bipedal colleagues out there, but the best coworker I've ever had is a puppy. Let me tell you why. Read the whole article

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