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Coffee Cuts Risks of Brain Disorders

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:12:12 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Good news in a cruel world!

Coffee may cut the risk of dementia by blocking the damage cholesterol can inflict on the body, research suggests.

The drink has already been linked to a lower risk of Alzheimer's Disease, and a study by a US team for the Journal of Neuroinflammation may explain why.

A vital barrier between the brain and the main blood supply of rabbits fed a fat-rich diet was protected in those given a caffeine supplement.

UK experts said it was the "best evidence yet" of coffee's benefits.

The "blood brain barrier" is a filter which protects the central nervous system from potentially harmful chemicals carried around in the rest of the bloodstream.

Other studies have shown that high levels of cholesterol in th

Caffeine is a safe and readily available drug and its ability to stabilise the blood brain barrier means it could have an important part to play in therapies against neurological disorders

Dr Jonathan Geiger
University of North Dakota

Tags: coffee, dementia, neuroloigical disorders

The Keys to Life

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 06:30:12 GMT

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P h o t o s o f L u m i n o u s O r g a n i s m s

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:34:58 GMT

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Drops

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:37:39 GMT

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M i l k y S e a s f r o m S p a c e

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:24:04 GMT

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Milky seas are unusual phenomena which have been noticed by mariners for centuries, but which remain unexplained by scientists. These events are when the surface of the ocean, often from horizon to horizon, glows with a continuous uniform milky light. Although the origins of this light are not well investigated, the most plausible explanation is that it is caused by blooms of bioluminescent bacteria. Dinoflagellates, which cause red tides, flashing waves, and sparkling wakes behind boats, need to be physically stimulated to produce their brief bright flashes. This type of display does not match the kind of display seen in milky seas. Bacteria, on the other hand, will glow with a continuous light, under the right conditions.

The light from a milky sea is sometimes described as white, but it is actually blue. It may appear white when detected by human night-time vision, using rod photoreceptors that do not distinguish colors.

Ho-hum

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:20:56 GMT

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Illustrated Nursery Rhymes

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:00:41 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Mary had a little lamb,
Its fleece was white as snow;
And everywhere that Mary went,
The lamb was sure to go.
He followed her to school one day;
That was against the rule;
It made the children laugh and play;
To see a lamb at school.
And so the teacher turned it out,
But still it lingered near,
And waited patiently about
Till Mary did appear.
"Why does the lamb love Mary so?"
The eager children cry;
"Why, Mary loves the lamb, you know,"
The teacher did reply.

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Hickety Dickety Dock, illustrated by William Wallace Denslow, from a 1901 Mother Goose collection

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Hickety Dickety Dock, illustrated by Denslow

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American advertisement; premium was Baum's book, 1900

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A page from a late 17th century handwritten and illustrated version of Charles Perrault's Contes de ma mère l'Oye, depicting Puss in Boots

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"Hey Diddle Diddle" is a popular nursery rhyme.

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Walter Crane's illustration of the maid hanging out the clothes

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illustrations for Jack and Jill

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Jack & Jill in the act of tumbling down, according to Denslow

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illustrations for Mary had a little lamb, from a 1901 edition

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Mary and lamb at school, according to Denslow

The Redstone School, now in Sudbury, Massachusetts, is believed to be the schoolhouse mentioned in the nursery rhyme.

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Kate Greenaway's Mother Goose illustration of children playing the game (from Project Gutenberg).

Tags: one, two, buckle my shoe

Bad Day in the Office

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 06:09:08 GMT

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What Makes Finnish Kids So Smart?

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:45:52 GMT

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Finland's teens score extraordinarily high on an international test. American educators are trying to figure out why.

High-school students here rarely get more than a half-hour of homework a night. They have no school uniforms, no honor societies, no valedictorians, no tardy bells and no classes for the gifted. There is little standardized testing, few parents agonize over college and kids don't start school until age 7

Yet by one international measure, Finnish teenagers are among the smartest in the world. They earned some of the top scores by 15-year-old students who were tested in 57 countries. American teens finished among the world's C students even as U.S. educators piled on more homework, standards and rules. Finnish youth, like their U.S. counterparts, also waste hours online. They dye their hair, love sarcasm and listen to rap and heavy metal. But by ninth grade they're way ahead in math, science and reading -- on track to keeping Finns among the world's most productive workers

Tags: finland, children, education

caricature of famous people 2

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 06:44:12 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Cartoon by Siegfried Woldhek

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muddy waters

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condoleezza rice

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tiger woods

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mike tyson

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busch-cheney-rumsfeld

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ahmadinejad

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osama bin laden

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desmond tutu

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michael jordan

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audrey hepburn

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salman rushdie 1

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gretzy

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ronaldo 2

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friedrich nietzsche

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vladimir poetin

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Women cannot afford to get angry

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:25:59 GMT

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Whether you are running for president or looking for a clerical job, you cannot afford to get angry if you are a woman, Yale University psychologist Victoria Brescoll has found.

Brescoll and Eric Uhlmann at Northwestern University recently completed three separate studies to explore a phenomenon that may be all-too-familiar to women like New York Senator Hillary Clinton: People accept and even reward men who get angry but view women who lose their temper as less competent

The studies, published in the March issue of Psychological Science, provide women with recommendations for navigating emotional hazards of the workplace. Brescoll says it pays to stay emotionally neutral and, if you can't, at least explain what ticked you off in the first place.

"An angry woman loses status, no matter what her position,'' said Brescoll, who worked in Clinton's office as a Congressional Fellow in 2004 while she was preparing her doctoral thesis on gender bias.

Tags: women, anger

Fish which looks like a glass sculpture

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:22:08 GMT

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A fish that would rather crawl into crevices than swim, and that may be able to see in the same way that humans do, could represent an entirely unknown family of fishes, says a University of Washington fish expert.

The leglike pectoral fin for walking is the clue that this newly found fish is an anglerfish, even though it does not have a lure on its head for attracting prey. Its flat face and forward-looking eyes are just two of a host of reasons why University of Washington professor Ted Pietsch thinks the fish found in January probably represents a new family of vertebrate animals.

The fish, sighted in Indonesian waters off Ambon Island, has tan- and peach-colored zebra-striping, and rippling folds of skin that obscure its fins, making it look like a glass sculpture

Tags: fish, discovery

Ah, Love!

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:39:54 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "Ah, love, let us be true
To one another! for the world, which seems
To lie before us like a land of dreams,
So various, so beautiful, so new,
Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light,
Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain."
--Matthew Arnold, from Dover Beach

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Tags: love, animals, squirrels

The Museum of Scientifically Accurate Fabric Brain Art

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:30:49 GMT

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Clip Source: harbaugh.uoregon.edu

The Museum of Scientifically Accurate Fabric Brain Art

This is the world's largest collection of anatomically correct fabric brain art. Inspired by research from neuroscience, dissection and neuroeconomics, our current exhibition features three quilts with functional images from PET and fMRI scanning, a knitted brain, and two fabric pieces interpreting single neuron recording. The artists are Marjorie Taylor, Karen Norberg, and Patricia Jauch. Techniques used include quilting, applique, embroidery, beadwork, knitting, and crocheting. Materials include fabric, yarn, metallic threads, electronic components such as magnetic core memory, and wire, zippers, and beads.

Please visit our sister site, the Gallery of Wooden Brain Art.

Tags: neuroscience, art

Bodyworks: art of the corpse

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:29:18 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I was lucky enough to see the exhibition in London five or so years ago. Enhancing, uplifting and beautiful. Think there is an exhibition in Manchester UK on now.

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Professor von Hagens and friend

German anatomist and inventor Gunther von Hagens wants it.

believes that his system of plastination - preserving the flesh of actual corpses by removing the water and injecting polymers - helps people appreciate the natural beauty of their bodies. That means seeing just what the body looks like, minus skin and fat, and helping to ease some of the natural fear of death and decay.

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