Intelligent humans developed because our female ancestors had wide hips which allowed them to give birth to babies with big brains, according to new research.
Nov
15
2008
15
2008
Your Brain Goes to Sleep (and Wakes Up) in Pieces
If you’re too tired to think straight, it might be because parts of your brain are already asleep at the wheel. Scientists are challenging the belief that a specific region of the brain makes the call to hit the sack. Instead, our brains power down in stages, they say. If a certain group of cells in our brain gets fatigued, it simply shuts off.
Nov
15
2008
15
2008
$100 laptop to be sold in Europe
Europeans will soon be able to buy their own XO laptop.
Nov
15
2008
15
2008
White powder sent to Mormon temples in Utah, LA
Letters containing a suspicious white powder were sent Thursday to Mormon temples in Los Angeles and Salt Lake City that were the sites of protests against the church’s support of California’s gay marriage ban.
Nov
15
2008
15
2008
Consumer Confidence is Plummeting
“This is the dilemma that 30 years of Reaganomics (the real Reaganomics — keeping the economy overstimulated with huge deficits and irresponsible consumer borrowing — not the fantasy Reaganomics of government run like a family and tax cuts that pay for themselves) has left us with. So what do we do?”
Nov
15
2008
15
2008
Explore Antarctic mountain range along with the scientists
Scientists exploring the Gamburtsev range want to make their work accessible, particularly to students and teachers. They have created a Facebook group that will include video and audio, chat-with-the-scientists options, curriculum suggestions for educators and blogs about the experience.
Nov
15
2008
15
2008
Unhappy people watch TV, happy people read/socialize
A new study by sociologists at the University of Maryland concludes that unhappy people watch more TV, while people who describe themselves as very happy spend more time reading and socializing. The study appears in the December issue of the journal Social Indicators Research.
Nov
15
2008
15
2008
First Live Rhinoceros Birth From Frozen-Thawed Semen
Using semen collected from a 35-36 year-old Southern white rhinoceros, frozen for 2 to 3 years and then thawed, a 30 year old female rhinoceros was artificially inseminated in two attempts.
Nov
15
2008
15
2008
T. Boone Pickens: Drilling Will Never Satisfy US Oil Demands
According to T. Boone Pickens, it is not possible for America to “drill itself” out of the energy crisis. Although domestic drilling will provide some power, it is not possible for domestic sources to compensate for the amount imported from overseas.
read more | digg story
