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Google Earth to offer look inside Allen Fieldhouse | KUsports.com

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:26:00 +0000

Google Earth to offer look inside Allen Fieldhouse | KUsports.com

America in years before WW2

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:08:00 +0000

America in years before WW2

Laufender Tisch | Stilsucht

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 17:11:00 +0000

Laufender Tisch | Stilsucht

YouTube - Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:57:00 +0000

YouTube - Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address

How Do You Talk To An Angel? Use Yobongo, They’re All Investing.

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:56:00 +0000

How Do You Talk To An Angel? Use Yobongo, They’re All Investing.

Drug clears the fog of a sleepless night

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:18:00 +0000

Drug clears the fog of a sleepless night : Nature News: "A sleepless night can leave your memory in tatters, but research in mice raises the possibility that a drug could counteract the problem.

Although anyone who has ever been deprived of sleep knows all too well how tiredness can affect the brain, the molecular mechanism behind it has eluded researchers. 'One of the main problems is that sleep deprivation does a lot of things to the brain, and it's easy to get caught in a mish-mash of different effects,' says Christopher Vecsey of Brandeis University in Massachusetts."

How to Win an Argument About Vaccines | Magazine

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:30:00 +0000

How to Win an Argument About Vaccines | Magazine: "The anti-immunization crowd clings to well-worn myths. Arm yourself with facts."

Kids dope up to get 'high'

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:28:00 +0000

Kids dope up to get 'high': "Jeffrey is just one of at least six sophomores at the private Dalton School taking Humatrope, a designer drug for preteens that some experts call 'Miracle-Gro for kids.'

The growth hormones -- which are shockingly easy to get -- are being used increasingly by wealthy parents looking to give their children a leg up, literally, experts say."

YouTube - Gyrowheel by Gyrobike interbike 2009

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:36:00 +0000

YouTube - Gyrowheel by Gyrobike interbike 2009

Dear Leornard

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:20:00 +0000

YouTube - The Monty Hall Problem Explained

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:18:00 +0000

YouTube - The Monty Hall Problem Explained

Two-Stroke Motion

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:16:00 +0000

Two-Stroke Motion: "This new illusion won second place at the recent international 'Illusion of the Year' competition at the annual European Conference on Visual Perception, A Coruna, Spain.

What is it?

The illusion contains two pattern frames depicting a moving image (hence two-stroke) which are displayed using a technique that creates an impression of continuous forward movement. Any two frames from a motion sequence can be used. The two images below show two views of a motorcycle as it advances along the road."

The Cereal Project - Mr Breakfast.com

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:13:00 +0000

The Cereal Project - Mr Breakfast.com

Fanged frogs among 40 new species in PNG crater

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:27:00 +0000

Fanged frogs among 40 new species in PNG crater: "A LOST world populated by fanged frogs, grunting fish and tiny bear-like creatures has been discovered in a remote volcanic crater on Papua New Guinea.

A team of scientists from Britain, the US, Hawaii and Papua New Guinea found more than 40 previously unidentified species when they climbed into the kilometre-deep crater of Mount Bosavi and explored a pristine jungle habitat teeming with life that has evolved in isolation since the volcano last erupted 200,000 years ago."

Random Thoughts: Cymothoa exigua: Alien!

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:45:00 +0000

Random Thoughts: Cymothoa exigua: Alien!: "Cymothoa exigua is a parasitic crustacean of the family Cymothoidae. This parasite attaches itself at the base of the tongue of the Spotted rose snapper, Lutjanus guttatus, with the claws on its front three pairs of legs, and extracts blood. As the parasite grows, less and less blood is able to reach the tongue, and eventually the organ atrophies from lack of blood. The parasite then replaces the fish's tongue with its own body, by attaching to the muscles of the tongue stub."

Men lose their minds speaking to pretty women

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:03:00 +0000

Men lose their minds speaking to pretty women - Telegraph: "The research shows men who spend even a few minutes in the company of an attractive woman perform less well in tests designed to measure brain function than those who chat to someone they do not find attractive.
Researchers who carried out the study, published in the Journal of Experimental and Social Psychology, think the reason may be that men use up so much of their brain function or 'cognitive resources' trying to impress beautiful women, they have little left for other tasks.

The findings have implications for the performance of men who flirt with women in the workplace, or even exam results in mixed-sex schools.

Women, however, were not affected by chatting to a handsome man." more -->

A One-Way Ticket to Mars

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:39:00 +0000

A One-Way Ticket to Mars - NYTimes.com: "The most challenging impediment to human travel to Mars does not seem to involve the complicated launching, propulsion, guidance or landing technologies but something far more mundane: the radiation emanating from the Sun%u2019s cosmic rays. The shielding necessary to ensure the astronauts do not get a lethal dose of solar radiation on a round trip to Mars may very well make the spacecraft so heavy that the amount of fuel needed becomes prohibitive.

There is, however, a way to surmount this problem while reducing the cost and technical requirements, but it demands that we ask this vexing question: Why are we so interested in bringing the Mars astronauts home again?"

Human Size Consistency Baffles Scientists

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:31:00 +0000

Human Size Consistency Baffles Scientists | Wired Science | Wired.com: "Crunch the numbers on the animal kingdom%u2019s sizes and shapes, and humans differ from each other far less than most species. The reason why is a mystery.

%u201CWe don%u2019t have an answer. We have this interesting observation, but the explanation is an open hypothesis,%u201D said evolutionary biologist Andrew Hendry of McGill University.

Hendry and Queens University biologist Ann McKellar combed through the scientific literature on body size and length in more than 200 species, from insects to fish to birds and, of course, humans."

Norm MacDonald on Conan

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:56:00 +0000

New Theory for Why We Cry

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:54:00 +0000

New Theory for Why We Cry | LiveScience: "We shed tears when in pain, but what purpose does crying have?

A scientist now proposes a new theory for why crying evolved — tears can act as handicaps to show you have lowered your defenses.

'Crying is a highly evolved behavior,' said researcher Oren Hasson, an evolutionary biologist at Tel Aviv University in Israel. 'My analysis suggests that by blurring vision, tears lower defenses and reliably function as signals of submission, a cry for help, and even in a mutual display of attachment and as a group display of cohesion.'"

Bizarre newt uses ribs as weapons

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:49:00 +0000

Bizarre newt uses ribs as weapons: "One amphibian has evolved a bizarre and gruesome defence mechanism to protect itself against predators.
When attacked, the Spanish ribbed newt pushes out its ribs until they pierce through its body, exposing a row of bones that act like poisonous barbs.
The newt has to force its bones through its skin every time it is attacked, say scientists who have described the form and function of the barbs in detail.
Yet this bizarre behaviour appears not to cause the newt any ill effects."

13 Things a Burglar Won't Tell You

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:51:00 +0000

13 Things a Burglar Won't Tell You : "Should you spend your money on a home security system? A look inside a burglar's mind might help you decide."

The 75 Albums Every Man Should Own

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:21:00 +0000

The 75 Albums Every Man Should Own - Esquire: "Kick off Esquire.com's Music Week with our unranked, incomplete, yet highly tasteful and informative list of the records your music collection requires. How many have you listened to?"

8 Classic Board Games That Destroy Friendships

noreply@blogger.com (foundbypat@gmail.com) — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:28:00 +0000

8 Classic Board Games That Destroy Friendships: "Even in this era of electronics, people still play board games. Yes, with a physical board and physical pieces, which allow players spend an enjoyable evening in the physical company of friends (as opposed to interacting through the usual Facebook quiz written by a 15-year old). Of course, this is the ideal to which board games often fall short -- all too many board game experiences end with wrench, a candlestick and a body, and none of you have been playing Clue. Don't blame yourself, though -- many of these games engender this conflict themselves, and have been insidiously waiting for an unaware group of friends to open them up and have their relationships torn apart."