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May 31

The Perfected Self - Atlantic Mobile

Spock and the Inquirer reporter are typical of Skinner’s critics in their ignorance of his work, yet Skinner’s theory was at its core so simple that it sounds purely commonsensical today: all organisms tend to do what the world around them rewards them for doing.

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May 28

Reddit's Alexis Ohanian And Activists Aim To Build A 'Bat-Signal For The Internet' - Forbes

The group hopes that eventually thousands of sites–including those as small as a single user’s Tumblr page–will join the project.

Count me in.

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May 27

In the Blink of Bird's Eye, a Model for Quantum Navigation | Wired Science | Wired.com

Apparently, I should be reading wired science more often. I’m a little Kate to the game on this one too. Sharing in case you haven’t seen it. This is amazing stuff. We are on the edge of furthering our understanding of quantum physics to a useable point.

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Accusations that climate science is money-driven reveal ignorance of how science is done | Ars Technica

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Accusations that climate science is money-driven reveal ignorance of how science is done | Ars Technica

[…] although there are clearly reasons other than climate change—ocean acidification, energy security, extending the lifetime of finite resources—for promoting efficiency and green energy.

This point is clearly lost on some.

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More Evidence Found for Quantum Physics in Photosynthesis | Wired Science | Wired.com

Energy from incoming photons could simultaneously explore every possible chlorophyll route from a protein’s surface to the reaction center at its core, then settle on the shortest path.

I know I’m a few months late on this one, but the consequences of this are amazing.

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May 22

Official Google Blog: We’ve acquired Motorola Mobility

It’s official. I look forward to see how Google influences hardware design.

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NIH study finds that coffee drinkers have lower risk of death, May 16, 2012 News Release - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Although we cannot infer a causal relationship between coffee drinking and lower risk of death, we believe these results do provide some reassurance that coffee drinking does not adversely affect health.

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May 20

Web Design Manifesto 2012 – Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The Daily Report

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May 18

Healthy Food Is a Better Deal Than Junk, USDA Says - Health Blog - WSJ

In other words, hey parents, stop buying your kids soda and candy!

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May 16

ongoing by Tim Bray · Browsers and Apps in 2012

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May 15

Trapani: In talent war, 'brogrammers' lose

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May 13

asymco » Android economics: An introduction

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Our Complicated Relationship with Breasts - National - The Atlantic Wire

This is one part of our (USA) culture I dislike, this Puritan weirdness about the human body. Get over it! It’s nothing to be ashamed of. It isn’t healthy to deny your feelings about something. Acknowledge them and move on.

I say “our culture” because, as far as I know, most European countries don’t seem to have these issues.

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May 09

Brigham And Women's Hospital - Press Releases

Like surgery, this seems to attack one aspect of an unhealthy lifestyle. It could give people the false impression that they can eat whatever they want and not worry about their health. What about heart disease, cancer, etc? This isn’t attacking the problem at its source.

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