Posted: 30 May 2009 04:24 AM PDT

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Climate Change Hits Poor Hardest in U.S.

Posted: 30 May 2009 12:00 AM PDT

Climate change is disproportionately affecting the poor and minorities in the United States - a "climate gap" that will grow in coming decades unless policymakers intervene

Time-Lapse Videos of Massive Change on Earth

Posted: 29 May 2009 11:20 PM PDT

Here are a few videos, compiled from images posted on NASA's Earth Observatory, of some of the most impressive conquests of man over environment.

Neurologist V.S. Ramachandran on Anosognosia

Posted: 29 May 2009 10:59 PM PDT

(14 votes - 2 comments - 220 views)
Leading neurologist Vilayanur S. Ramachandran presents his groundbreaking research into Anosognosia; a condition in which a person who suffers disability seems unaware of or denies the existence of his or her disability.

He discusses confabulating patients having suffered cerebro-vascular accidents to the right hemisphere who appear to rationalize their denial, a strategy of the adaptive ego—claiming, for example, that an arthritic shoulder prevents movement of their left arm. This denial, claims Ramachandran, is a defensive strategy of the left hemisphere, which maintains the stability of the ego.

In his account, the right hemisphere deals with discordance, and it simply neglects the left side of the world. Anosognosia is therefore a dysfunction of the belief system. Recently characterized by Georg Northoff as "the nodal point between philosophy and the neurosciences"

Presented at the 5th International Neuropsychoanalysis Congress, Rome 2005

Ontario Public Asked to Help Find Meteorite

Posted: 29 May 2009 07:50 PM PDT

A fireball that recently streaked through the sky north of Toronto may have released some small meteorites and researchers at the Royal Ontario Museum and the University of Western Ontario are seeking the aid of local residents in retrieving the space debris.

World's Biggest Laser May Save Mankind (PIC)

Posted: 29 May 2009 06:00 PM PDT

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory dedicated the world's largest laser system today. The National Ignition Facility, with its 192 giant laser beams, fills up an entire 10-story building in Livermore, Calif. Scientists hope lighting a mini-sunfire inside a tiny hydrogen ball will create an endless supply of safe and carbon-free electricity.

Philosphical Bouncer

Posted: 29 May 2009 04:57 PM PDT

(12 votes - 1 comment - 254 views)

A Patent on the Human Genome? Implications and Obstacles

Posted: 29 May 2009 02:46 PM PDT

(11 votes - 6 comments - 121 views)
Who controls your genetic information?

Biomedical Engineers Teach Bacteria To Count

Posted: 29 May 2009 02:30 PM PDT

Biomedical engineers at Boston University have taught bacteria how to count. Professor James J. Collins and colleagues have wired a new sequence of genes that allow the microbes to count discrete events, opening the door for a host of potential applications, which could include drug delivery and sensing environmental hazards.

Black Holes Spit High-Energy Cosmic Rays

Posted: 29 May 2009 02:20 PM PDT

An international team of scientists tracked down the origin of the mysterious "Oh-My-God" particle -- a cosmic ray bearing energies millions of times larger than the most powerful particle accelerator can produce on Earth. The most likely source for these ultra-high-energy particles is a type of black hole found at the center of some galaxies.

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