April 2012
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Apr 30th
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“My view is that if your philosophy is not unsettled daily then you are blind to...”
– Neil deGrasse Tyson  (via rebeccasearles)
Apr 28th
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Exposure to Violence Changes Children's DNA
What’s the Latest Development? The adage that children exposed to violence grow up faster has some fresh genetic evidence to support it. Examining data from a study that tracked 1,100 British families through the 1990s, researchers at Duke University have found that children exposed to two or more kinds of violence exhibited shorter telomeres, parts of our DNA that cap the ends of...
Apr 28th
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Apr 28th
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Apr 27th
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Apr 27th
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Apr 27th
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Apr 27th
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Apr 27th
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“Imagining living in a universe without purpose may prepare us to better face...”
– Lawrence M. Krauss, A Universe Without Purpose (http://huff.to/JFmvFd)
Apr 26th
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Tetris May Help Treat PTSD
A seemingly trivial task – playing a particular video game – may lessen flashbacks and other psychological symptoms following a traumatic event, according to research presented here at the British Psychology Society Annual Conference. More here: http://huff.to/Ic4UnH
Apr 25th
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Apr 24th
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Apr 24th
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Apr 24th
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“I know that the molecules in my body are traceable to phenomena in the cosmos....”
– Neil DeGrasse Tyson (Happy National Physics Day!)
Apr 24th
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Apr 23rd
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Apr 19th
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Apr 19th