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POPSWhere the Wild Things Are Where the Wild Things Are, directed by Spike Jonze and written by Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers, is currently set to arrive in theaters on October 3rd, 2008.
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POPSNeanderthals at Mealtime: Pass the Meat "The study reconfirms previous studies that the Neanderthals were highly carnivorous and fed primarily on large mammals," said Richard Klein, a professor of anthropological sciences in the Department of Biology at Stanford University, adding, "I think it is totally convincing."
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POPSBroadcast your life LIVE! New mobile applications allows live broadcast from anywhere to the web. "our vision is to bring innovation into the way people connect to each other and share their experiences."
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POPSPangea Day - How to take part Wherever you will be on Saturday May 10, Pangea Day, you are warmly invited to join around the world for a powerful, first-of-its kind experience. Don't dismiss it as a warm & fuzzy peace-fest. The project builds on the latest ideas in anthropology, psychology and technology.
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POPSMy stroke of Insight "How many brain scientists have been able to study the brain from the inside out? I've gotten as much out of this experience of losing my left mind as I have in my entire academic career." Jill Bolte Taylor (TED talk video at source)
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POPSThe genetics of fear The results also show that clinicians may be able to prevent fears becoming ingrained by intervening at critical points during a child's development.
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POPSMale monkeys prefer boys' toys To try and tease out the effects of nature over those of nurture, Wallen and his colleagues studied a group of captive rhesus monkeys. His team reasoned that the choices of the monkeys wouldn't be determined by social pressures. Video on source.
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POPSPush-button suicide machine Technically, if a person pushes the button on his machine, and not someone else, it is - thus far - legal. But public prosecutors are already examining ways of opposing the machine.
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POPSWikileaks Wikileaks is developing an uncensorable Wikipedia for untraceable mass document leaking and analysis. Our primary interest is in exposing oppressive regimes in Asia, the former Soviet bloc, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East, but we also expect to be of assistance to people of all regions who wish to reveal unethical behavior in their governments and corporations. We aim for maximum political impact. Our interface is identical to Wikipedia and usable by all types of people. We have received over 1.2 million documents so far from dissident communities and anonymous sources.
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POPSThe Visionaries To see when Visionaries will be airing on public television in your area, click http://www.pubtv.net/online/visionaries/air_times.CFM. This link will open up a new browser window with information about when and where Visionaries is broadcast.
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POPSFood Fight Food Fight is an abridged history of American-centric war (Trailer on source)
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POPSQueens are made, not born In the context of honey bee diseases, Dr Maleszka says "since we now can produce queens in vitro (in the lab), our work has the potential to be used for producing 'super queens' with specific characteristics or disease resistant genotypes."
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POPSVaccine to high blood pressure According to a report in the Lancet, systolic blood and diastolic blood pressure fell by 9mm and 4mm respectively in patients given 300 micrograms of the vaccine. Those given a placebo showed no change in blood pressure.
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POPSBiotech turns to hair-loss research Much is still unknown about the phenomenon of balding, a trait that only humans and some monkeys share, said Stanford University Professor Anthony Oro. It's not even clear why humans, over the course of evolution, shed most of their thicker body hair but kept a crop on the head.
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