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DNA study seeks origin of Appalachia's Melungeons - Yahoo! News

Sun, 27 May 2012 13:29:16 -0400

DNA study seeks origin of Appalachia's Melungeons - Yahoo! News

AP IMPACT: Almost half of new vets seek disability - Yahoo! News

Sun, 27 May 2012 13:13:15 -0400

AP IMPACT: Almost half of new vets seek disability - Yahoo! News

Vaughan Bell: the trouble with brain scans | Science | The Observer

Sat, 26 May 2012 20:47:10 -0400

Vaughan Bell: the trouble with brain scans | Science | The Observer

"A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to..."

Fri, 25 May 2012 17:18:58 -0400

“A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.”

- The 42 Best Lines from Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Series | BOOK RIOT

Wrestlers vs. Inanimate Objects (by xpantherx)

Wed, 23 May 2012 21:39:12 -0400

Wrestlers vs. Inanimate Objects (by xpantherx)

The Wisdom of Odin (and his lawyers)

Wed, 23 May 2012 13:26:46 -0400

The Wisdom of Odin (and his lawyers)

(via Get Fuzzy Comic Strip, May 22, 2012 on GoComics.com)

Tue, 22 May 2012 10:01:26 -0400

(via Get Fuzzy Comic Strip, May 22, 2012 on GoComics.com)

(via Get Fuzzy Comic Strip, May 19, 2012 on GoComics.com)

Sat, 19 May 2012 11:10:20 -0400

(via Get Fuzzy Comic Strip, May 19, 2012 on GoComics.com)

Hayek on Serfdom and Welfare States

Fri, 18 May 2012 15:01:35 -0400

Hayek on Serfdom and Welfare States

The Administrative State vs. the Social Insurance State

Fri, 18 May 2012 15:01:15 -0400

The Administrative State vs. the Social Insurance State

11,000-year-old farming village unearthed in Cyprus

Thu, 17 May 2012 20:14:59 -0400

11,000-year-old farming village unearthed in Cyprus

(via APOD: 2012 May 15 - All the Water on Planet Earth)

Thu, 17 May 2012 15:39:14 -0400

(via APOD: 2012 May 15 - All the Water on Planet Earth)

Relegation Simulation: Rewriting College Football History - SBNation.com

Thu, 17 May 2012 14:40:57 -0400

Relegation Simulation: Rewriting College Football History - SBNation.com

(via Surviving the World - Lesson 1399 - Renaming)

Thu, 17 May 2012 09:37:13 -0400

(via Surviving the World - Lesson 1399 - Renaming)

The Incredible Rise of Mind-Controlled Limbs - Yahoo! News

Wed, 16 May 2012 19:07:49 -0400

The Incredible Rise of Mind-Controlled Limbs - Yahoo! News

(via Lamebook – Funny Facebook Statuses, Fails, LOLs and More –...

Wed, 16 May 2012 18:32:32 -0400

(via Lamebook – Funny Facebook Statuses, Fails, LOLs and More – The Original » Wednesday Winnin’)

"Positive results in psychology can behave like rumours: easy to release but hard to dispel. They..."

Wed, 16 May 2012 13:21:58 -0400

“Positive results in psychology can behave like rumours: easy to release but hard to dispel. They dominate most journals, which strive to present new, exciting research. Meanwhile, attempts to replicate those studies, especially when the findings are negative, go unpublished, languishing in personal file drawers or circulating in conversations around the water cooler. “There are some experiments that everyone knows don’t replicate, but this knowledge doesn’t get into the literature,” says Wagenmakers. The publication barrier can be chilling, he adds. “I’ve seen students spending their entire PhD period trying to replicate a phenomenon, failing, and quitting academia because they had nothing to show for their time.””

- Replication studies: Bad copy : Nature News & Comment

"There is also the problem of durability. Eric F. has clarified that once a vice presidential unit is..."

Tue, 15 May 2012 13:05:59 -0400

“There is also the problem of durability. Eric F. has clarified that once a vice presidential unit is selected, they cannot then be terminated or replaced with other candidates. He seems insistent on this. This seems preposterous to me; one of my features I am most proud of is my ability to revise past decisions on an expeditious timeframe.”

- Daily Kos: The Chronicles of Mitt: May 14, 2012

Another Highway Robbery

Mon, 14 May 2012 19:14:30 -0400

Another Highway Robbery

"Pioneers 10 and 11 were launched in the early 1970’s. As they traveled away from the Sun, they..."

Mon, 14 May 2012 14:13:26 -0400

“Pioneers 10 and 11 were launched in the early 1970’s. As they traveled away from the Sun, they slowed down. Most of this slowing was expected, a result of the gravitational pull of the Sun and other massive objects in the solar system. But even when everything in the solar system whose mass could have any effect on the Pioneers was accounted for, both spacecraft were found to be slowing more than expected. The excess slowing was very tiny, but measurable.”

- Pioneer Anomaly Solved! | The Planetary Society