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POPSRare but Real: People Who Feel, Taste and Hear Color "If you ask synesthetes if they'd wish to be rid of it, they almost always say no. For them, it feels like that's what normal experience is like. To have that taken away would make them feel like they were being deprived of one sense." -- Simon Baron-Cohen, synesthesia researcher at the University of Cambridge
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POPSAmerica's Racist/Cotton Belt Yup That settles it. This half-breed New Yorker living in California is NEVER, EVER traveling to the former Confederate states for any reason. Anything they got can be shipped to California. Or I can just do without. See also: Three Brits & their film crew almost get beaten to death in Alabama for offending redneck sensibilities while filming a TV show.
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POPSE.O. Wilson Returns to the Hive With Superorganism Tome Group evolution meant that altruism and self-sacrifice — i.e., morality — might be as much a part of our genetic heritage as hair and eye color.Many prominent biologists, led by Richard Dawkins, author of The Selfish Gene, said no, there was no such thing as a superorganism: Evolution worked on the genes of self-serving individuals only, not groups.
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POPSThe Wall Street Crooks, Elliot Spitzer and Financial Crisis Elliot Spitzer was after Countrywide and others, and was trying to get rid of the corruption on Wall Street. Several articles linked here and Savage's theory of why the crooks on Wall St. whom the government is now bailing out, wanted "the Sheriff of Wall St", Eliot Spitzer, out.
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POPSHigh-flying Electrons May Provide New Test Of Quantum Theory "The experiment, outlined in a new paper,* would not only mean more accurate identifications of elements in everything from stars to environmental pollutants but also could put the modern theory of the atom to the most stringent tests yet." "NIST researchers Joseph Tan and colleagues hope to implement this approach experimentally in their Electron Beam Ion Trap Facility. The idea would be to strip an atom of all its electrons, cool it and inject a single electron in a high-flying orbit. Then the researchers would use a sensitive measurement device known as a frequency comb to measure the light absorbed by this Rydberg atom. The result could be an ultraprecise frequency measurement that would yield an improved value for the Rydberg constant. Such a measurement would be so sensitive that it could reveal anomalies in quantum electrodynamics, the modern theory of the atom."
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POPSPalettes Interesting article about color palettes, not only for designers but more simply for web developers. Some good theory is always useful! ;)
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POPSSocial Networking for Zebras Ecologists have turned to computer scientists to develop dynamic graphs of social behavior among Zebra populations, revealing why some are thriving while others are endangered: The difference showed that the Grevy's zebras tended to hang out in cliques, whereas the onagers spent time with different buddies on different days. The methods developed turn out to applicable to human networks, too: In the meantime, Berger-Wolf is testing her methods on other datasets, including the records of e-mails exchanged at Enron that became available after they were subpoenaed. She has found some surprising connections between the two kinds of networks. "We can see that our method to detect when a lion was in the area of zebras detects very well when the subpoena was issued at Enron," she says. When faced with a lion, the zebras flee and follow one lead zebra. Similarly, after the subpoena was issued, e-mail traffic to the lawyers increased dramatically.
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POPSColor-impaired? Then you need this Do you group your M&M's into web-safe color palettes? Then, this is the site for you. Great resource for anyone working with color. The blog has an article on color association in game design, there are loads of color palettes for any use, and a forum for discussion. The COLORtrends section is for you if you are into interior or clothing design, or just want to know that the "in" colors are next season.
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POPSRE-defining Conflict Monitoring First,they had participants complete a political questionnaire, which included a question about whom, if anyone, they voted for in the 2004 presidential election, along with a scale ranging from -5 ("extremely liberal") to 5 ("extremely conservative"). Next they had participants complete a Go/No-Go task. In their version, participants were shown an M or a W, and told to respond only to one or the other by pressing a key (half the participants responded to M's, and half to W's). Responding to the target letter is the Go part, and not responding to the other letter is the No-Go part. In order to make responding the default, 80% of the 500 trials each participant saw were Go trials. This makes is so that when a No-Go trial pops up, participants face potential crosstalk interference.
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POPSFoundations of Mathematics-Proofs The site is an 'Extensive Mathematics resource.' I have clipped a section on proofs, with is intriguing, but there are detailed descriptions, of other strands of mathematics, as seen in the link at the top of the clip
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POPSIdeas for an Entryway Often overlooked - but it would make me so happy to make our foyer a beautiful space instead of our current white walls.
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POPSBlack Google saves energy! This way every time you load your Internet browser you will save a little bit of energy.Help us spread the word about Blackle by telling your friends and family to set it as their home page. If you have a blog then give us a mention. Or put the following text in your email signature: "Blackle.com - Saving energy one search at a time".
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POPSTry Psychology yourself Some of the demonstrations are clearer after the simulation's. The links from the list are better accessed from the top page link.
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POPSDebating the use of Guiafenesin in Fibromyalgia.
Amongst the many "alternative" treatments in existence today is the use of guiafenesin, a mucolytic, in the treatment of fibromyalgia. Dr. St. Armond, has written a book on the topic entitled, "What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Fibromyalgia: The Revolutionary Treatment That Can Reverse The Disease." Several aspects of Dr. St. Armond's case caused immediate red flags in my mind. First, he has (admittedly) failed to show any clinical evidence that the treatment works, relying instead on extensive anecdotal evidence. Second, the proposed mechanism of action simplifies for the laymen to the all-to-common "ridding the body of metabolic toxins." And third, his line follows the all-to-common theme of the underdog treatment, conspired against by the likes of Big Medical and Big Pharm. A wonderful response to this theory has been written by Mark London. His response most extensively covers the dubious mechanism of action. Some of the basic points in his article are quoted below.
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