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Tips from Thomas Edison on Living Optimistically

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:26:32 GMT

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Dr. Martin Seligman, the director of the University of Pennsylvania’s Positive Psychology Center, and author of Learned Optimism, has studied optimists and pessimists for 25 years. His research has found:

Optimists

* Less depression than pessimists
* Better results than pessimists in most areas of life
* Longer lifespan
* Healthier than pessimists
* Better than pessimists at work and in school
* More friends and better social lives

Pessimists

* More depression than optimists
* Inertia rather than activity in the face of setbacks
* Feels bad subjectively–blue, down worried, anxious
* Poor physical health
* Self-fulfilling; pessimists don’t persist in the face of challenges and thus fail more frequently, even when success is attainable
* Even when pessimists turn out to be right, they still feel worse than deluded optimists

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Brighten up your life: 3 Tips from Thomas Edison on Living Optimistically

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1) There is no such thing as a failure- there are only unexpected outcomes which will provide valuable guidance for future work

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. -Thomas Edison

2) Decide with full commitment to accomplish something

Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point when it looks impossible, and gets discouraged. That’s not the place to become discouraged. Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. -Thomas Edison

3) Look on the bright side of everything

Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit. -Napoleon Hill

Tags: thomas edison, edison, tips, list, optimism, happiness, howto

International law should govern release of GM mosquitoes

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:20:35 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This brings up an interesting point - what is the role of the nation state as the world "internationalizes"? What good are EPA regulations when we breath polluted air from China? What good are European regulations on CO2 when the U.S. wont regulate? How does the U.S. compete in stem cell research when it has restrictions on funding? The nation state is no longer the venue for prevention of things like cloning, bacterial engineering, genetic selection, GM foods, etc. We may restrict cloning in the States, but then cloning moves to Mexico or China.

Clip Source: www.nature.com

Your News story 'Sterile mosquitoes near take-off' (Nature 453, 435; 2008) discusses the likely release of genetically engineered mosquitoes to help contain dengue fever. It demonstrates just how close we are to a radically new set of strategies for managing a whole range of diseases and wildlife using genetically modified organisms (GMOs). But after assessing the risks and benefits, nations may reach different conclusions about their use. And that's quite a problem, considering that genetically modified bugs won't recognize national borders.

Nations have a right to decide the technological risks to which they expose themselves. The factors in decision-making here will not be only the simple ones of uncontested science — this is politics, and appropriately so. The potential for conflict over self-dispersing GMOs demands the attention of international law.

Tags: science, society, international, globalization

Planetary science: The early Moon was rich in water

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:11:54 GMT

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Clip Source: www.nature.com

The Moon's chemical composition differs from Earth's. It is enriched by a factor of two to three in refractory elements (those that condense first from a high-temperature gas) such as aluminium, calcium and titanium; most easily vaporized (that is, volatile) elements, such as sodium and potassium, are rare; and it is considered to be almost devoid of water¹. The partial loss of all but the least volatile elements is generally thought to be a signature of the lunar forming event. High temperatures were reached in the debris ejected when a Mars-sized body hit the 30-million-year-old proto-Earth. On page 192 of this issue, Saal et al.² present data counter to this classic image of lunar geochemistry. They show that some parts of the lunar mantle may contain a few hundred or even a few thousand parts per million (p.p.m.) of water.

Tags: science, moon, planets, space

Social diversity promotes the emergence of cooperation in public goods games

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:10:09 GMT

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Clip Source: www.nature.com

Humans often cooperate in public goods games^1,^2,³ and situations ranging from family issues to global warming^4,⁵. However, evolutionary game theory predicts^4,⁶ that the temptation to forgo the public good mostly wins over collective cooperative action, and this is often also seen in economic experiments⁷. Here we show how social diversity provides an escape from this apparent paradox.

Our results may help to explain the emergence of cooperation in the absence of mechanisms based on individual reputation and punishment^10,^11,¹². Combining social diversity with reputation and punishment will provide instrumental clues on the self-organization of social communities and their economical implications.

Tags: science, behavior, cooperation, society, economics, social, diversity, social networks

Ecology: Competing keeps bees busy

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:59:55 GMT

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Clip Source: www.nature.com

Bumblebees are pollinator generalists, flying to more flower species than most other insects, but a new study suggests that this behaviour depends on competition.

Colin Fontaine and his colleagues at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris recorded the foraging behaviour of individual common bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) in an experimental garden where five flowering plant species were available. The researchers varied the number of bees present during the experiment and found that when few bees were present, they visited fewer species of plant.

Pollinator numbers are known to be falling in many regions owing to human disturbance. Worryingly, the resulting reduced competition could lead bumblebees to eschew some plant species.

Tags: science, ecology, bees, bumblebees, pollinators

Neuroscience: Rewiring the brain after stroke

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:57:43 GMT

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Clip Source: www.nature.com

The brain can recover so well from a stroke that initially paralysed limbs can be moved again. Scientists have discovered how this happens at the level of individual neurons.

Timothy Murphy and Ian Winship of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver induced stroke in adult mice and used an in vivo imaging technique called two-photon microscopy to monitor the activity of individual neurons close to the site of damage.

In the first month — when paralysis is usually at its worst — they found that some neurons ditched their speciality for one particular limb and began processing information from multiple limbs. During the following month, as the affected brain region reorganized itself more permanently, those neurons re-specialized to a new single limb.

Tags: brain, health, stroke, science, neuroscience

Genetic Determinants of Self Identity and Social Recognition in Bacteria

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:47:19 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The understanding of self and other and social recognition in ... bacteria!

Clip Source: www.sciencemag.org

The bacterium Proteus mirabilis is capable of movement on solidsurfaces by a type of motility called swarming. Boundaries formbetween swarming colonies of different P. mirabilis strainsbut not between colonies of a single strain. A fundamental requirementfor boundary formation is the ability to discriminate betweenself and nonself. We have isolated mutants that form boundarieswith their parent. The mutations map within a six-gene locusthat we term ids for identification of self. Five of the genesin the ids locus are required for recognition of the parentstrain as self. Three of the ids genes are interchangeable betweenstrains, and two encode specific molecular identifiers.

Tags: bacteria, science, genetics, identity, social

Insights into the Pathogenesis of Autism

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:43:37 GMT

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Clip Source: www.sciencemag.org

GENETICS:
Insights into the Pathogenesis of Autism

James S. Sutcliffe

Genetic analysis of inbred families reveals genes associated with susceptibility to autism.

Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232-8548, USA. E-mail: james.s.sutcliffe@vanderbilt.edu

Tags: genetics, science, autism

Arsenic and Paddy Rice: A Neglected Cancer Risk?

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:42:18 GMT

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Clip Source: www.sciencemag.org

Does the food that sustains half of humanity also increase the risk of cancer for some? That question arises from three sets of findings that report elevated arsenic levels in rice and products such as rice bran and rice crackers.

Tags: food, health, diet, cancer, rice

Free Market?

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:28:26 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Where are the defenders of the "free market "crying foul over government interference?

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

Bush Offers Plan to Save Fannie, Freddie

Tags: government, economy, politics

More on Iranian Missile Test - Not a new model

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:49:10 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Not a new missile - Iran has yet to prove that it has the technology to due much more than they could last year. In fact, they couldn't even get them all into the air.

Clip Source: www.armscontrolwonk.com

Iran did not conduct new missile tests today, despite Iranian media reports that it did, a senior U.S. military source tells CNN.

No kidding. [Oh, I see its the new test, not the new missile that is being disputed. Ed.]

Although Iran clearly wanted to show off, it should be pretty obvious that the missile tested is exactly the same old Shahab-3 with a 1,200 km range.

All of this is to say that some elements in the Iranian government are hoping for a certain response among pundits with less, uh, ballast. That may explain certain photoshopped images.

So, let’s calm down and keep the challenge from Iran in perspective.

Tags: iran, war, missile

Puffy? Diddy? 'It's Not a Serious Thing'

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:31:39 GMT

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clipper's remarks: An interesting interview. I bet you didn't know that P. Diddy was helping his grandmother sew clothes when he was a teen.

The story between the lines is of a mother with middle class aspirations.

Clip Source: www.npr.org

Fresh Air from WHYY, June 17, 2008 - While his nicknames may be ever-changing, Sean Combs himself is immediately recognizable as one of the richest and most influential people in hip-hop.

Combs talks to Terry Gross about his almost obsessive rehearsal process for that show, about losing his father — an associate of reputed druglord Frank Lucas — in a shooting when Combs was 3 years old, and about the influence his mother and grandmother have had on his life and career.

Tags: podcast, fresh air, music, hip hop, people

Summer Allergies: For Many, Nothing to Sneeze At

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:26:37 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Food allergies are on the rise in the developing world. There is indication that doctors have given the wrong information in recommending that the very young avoid certain foods (such as nuts and peanuts) and maybe should recommend higher than 'normal' amounts.

An interesting interview.

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Summer Allergies: For Many, Nothing to Sneeze At

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Dr. Hugh Sampson serves as director of the Jaffe Food Allergy Institute. Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Fresh Air from WHYY, June 18, 2008 · Dr. Hugh Sampson knows just how deadly a peanut butter and jelly sandwich can be.

Sampson, an expert on food allergies, has just been elected president of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. He specializes in pediatrics at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City and is also the principal investigator in the Food Allergy Resource Initiative.

Sampson provides guidance to allergy sufferers during this season of barbecues and clambakes.

Tags: podcast, fresh air, health allergies, food

Good news about $4 gas? Fewer traffic deaths

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:11:00 GMT

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Clip Source: esciencenews.com

As unwelcome as they are, higher gasoline prices do come with a plus side – fewer deaths from car accidents, says a researcher at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). An analysis of yearly vehicle deaths compared to gas prices found death rates drop significantly as people slow down and drive less. If gas remains at $4 a gallon or higher for a year or more, traffic deaths could drop by more than 1,000 per month nationwide, said Michael Morrisey, Ph.D., director of UAB's Lister Hill Center for Health Policy and a co-author on the new findings.

The results come after earlier research by the coauthors found lower gas prices have the opposite effect by wiping away many of lifesaving outcomes from the enactment of mandatory seatbelt laws, lower blood alcohol limits and graduated drivers licenses for youth.

Tags: gasoline, health, safety, automobile

After a Stroke, a Scientist Studies Herself

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:37:46 GMT

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clipper's remarks: A great interview - 5 stars (out of 5)

Clip Source: www.npr.org

Fresh Air from WHYY, June 25, 2008 · Neurological researcher Jill Bolte Taylor suffered a stroke 12 years ago. While a stroke is often devastating and sometimes fatal, Taylor was able to make a complete recovery after becoming her own experimental subject.

It was 7:00 am on December 10, 1996. I sluggishly awoke to a sharp pain piercing my brain directly behind my left eye. Squinting into the early morning light, I clicked off the impending alarm with my right hand and instinctively pressed the palm of my left hand firmly against the side of my face. Rarely ill, I thought how queer it was for me to awaken to such a striking pain. As my left eye pulsed with a slow and deliberate rhythm, I felt bewildered and irritated.

Tags: podcast, fresh air, neuroscience, brain, stroke, health, religion

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Tips from Thomas Edison on Living Optimistically

Brighten up your life: 3 Tips from Thomas Edison on Living Optimistically

International law should govern release of GM mosquitoes

Planetary science: The early Moon was rich in water

Social diversity promotes the emergence of cooperation in public goods games

Ecology: Competing keeps bees busy

Neuroscience: Rewiring the brain after stroke

Genetic Determinants of Self Identity and Social Recognition in Bacteria

Insights into the Pathogenesis of Autism

GENETICS:Insights into the Pathogenesis of Autism

Arsenic and Paddy Rice: A Neglected Cancer Risk?

Free Market?

More on Iranian Missile Test - Not a new model

Puffy? Diddy? 'It's Not a Serious Thing'

Summer Allergies: For Many, Nothing to Sneeze At

Summer Allergies: For Many, Nothing to Sneeze At

Good news about $4 gas? Fewer traffic deaths

After a Stroke, a Scientist Studies Herself

GENETICS:
Insights into the Pathogenesis of Autism