Miscellaneous

Another university study confirms common sense [http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa003&articleID=000AADF2-843E-1435-843E83414B7F0000] . In this one, a researcher's study shows that people react to rewards and punishment in their economic decisions. Regular readers know that I'm much humored by the research-confirms-common-sense phenomenon,

I wrote a very short story a few years ago that kind of anticipated the student who lived at Wal-Mart [https://thedailyeudemon.com/4302/]. It appeared in Gilbert Magazine. I have created a temporary "Stories" page in the left column, if you care to check it out. Link

I was blessed with an excellent memory, though stress has somewhat taken a toll on it. I found this article [http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pub&dt=060324&cat=scitech&st=scitechdyehard_woman_memory_060320&src=abc] highly interesting. My memory was nowhere near

> A hospital is promising emergency room patients they'll be seen by a doctor in 30 minutes or less -- or else receive an apology and free movie tickets [http://www.wftv.com/irresistible/8161951/detail.html]. There mere idea that medical providers are looking for illness is

Pass the Ritalin, dude [http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_613.shtml]: > A study published online in the February 2006 Journal of Drug and Alcohol Dependence, which examined data from a 2002 survey of about 67,000 households, estimated that more than 7 million Americans have misused stimulant drugs

Still paying for Lenin's sins: > Russia is red again - after a freak fall of coloured snow on the former communist country. > Northern regions of Russia's Maritime territory have been blanketed by a creamy reddish snow caused by a combination of weather patterns. Link

> Conspiracy nuts have long claimed that the HIV virus that causes AIDS was created by government scientists as a way to kill black people. In fact, recent polls find that more than 25 percent of black Americans believe that the conspiracy is real. After all, African-Americans constitute about 12

I don't usually reproduce human interest stories for the heck of it, but I am this time. Incredible . . . and scary: > A motorist was trapped in his car driving at almost 130mph for 60 miles after the accelerator jammed. > Kevin Nicolle, 25, was unable to stop the

This story [http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3597285a4560,00.html] is too weird not to mention: > A sniffly Laird McGillicuddy Graeme Cairns was today recuperating at home after surviving 12 hours of cryogenic freezing in a chilly bid to dodge responsibility for filling out his census forms.

The evolutionists are excited [http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060307/sc_afp/turkeyhealthscience]: > The discovery of a Turkish family that walks on all fours could aid research into the evolution of humans. > Researchers believe the five brothers and sisters, who can walk naturally only on all fours,