Submitted by hanna_wiszniewska
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There have been prior clues that creativity benefits from ample cross-talk between the brain hemispheres. For example, patients who've had a commissurotomy - the severing of the thick bundle of nerve fibres that joins the two (Read More)
Submitted by magitam
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In 1975, admitted to an institution for inveterate alcoholics, John Cheever alarmed and scandalised the staff by what they called inappropriate laughter: ‘Why are you laughing?’ they demanded again and again, as Cheever titte (Read More)
zlabs:
The need to update websites faster to keep content fresh has been ever growing. Ever since the first business owner wanted their Web designer to update their website faster, content management systems have played an impor (Read More)
Submitted by hanna_wiszniewska
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Claude Lévi-Strauss, 1908-2009Claude Lévi-Strauss, one of the true giants of anthropology, passed away this past week on 30 October, just shy of 101 years old. As Maurice Bloch writes, Lévi-Strauss was ‘the last survivor of t (Read More)
Submitted by searider
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Yesterday I went to check out an esport tournament here in Taiwan since another exchange student, Eric Fleck kind of knew some of the people who were going to play in the tournament there. The tournament went on until today, (Read More)
Engadget:
Thinking maybe you can't live another day without finally breaking down and purchasing a pen scanner? We can sympathize. There are plenty on the market, but the newly hatched DocuPen X Series is mildly more interesting than m (Read More)
Submitted by Motown_Terri
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Author : Rollie JohnsonI love The Beatles and I love reading so as you can imagine, I have read a lot of books about The Beatles and their music I really couldn't count how many I've read actually What follows in this artic (Read More)
Submitted by mogston
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MetroPCS (NYSE: PCS) has a new entry-level all-touchscreen device in its portfolio. It’s the Huawei M750, which interested users could grab for $200. Specs wise, there’s a 1.3-megapixel camera on board, Bluetooth support, med (Read More)
Open Culture:
A quick note: Paul McCartney’s album, Memory Almost Full, is going today for $2.99 on Amazon. Supposedly, it’s just a one day deal, so it seemed worth a mention…
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zlabs:
“There is no specific London style.” At least that’s what the ‘Super Contemporary’ show at London’s Design Museum proclaims. During an exploration of London’s art and design scene in September 2009, what did emerge was a (Read More)
Gizmodo:
18 programmable buttons. E-I-G-H-T-E-E-N! Forget the 512k of flash memory, analog Xbox 360-style joystick, basic scroll wheel and whatever-else-is-in-there. 18 buttons! Yes, I'm a button lover. Yes, I just had an orgasm. And (Read More)
Valleywag:
You may not have known you wanted it, but now you're going to get it. 3D redux is here with its biggest tentpole to date, Disney's $180 million Christmas Carol, followed shortly after by the release of James Cameron's Avatar. (Read More)
Gizmodo:
With stacks of eight being only 0.6mm thick, Samsung's new 30-nanometer NAND chips are practically anorexic, but for once that's a good thing. Thinner chips like these could bring smaller gadgets and hopefully also lead to lo (Read More)
Submitted by sfoskett
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The VMware, Cisco, and EMC Coalition for the Advancement of Monetary Monopolization that was announced this week caused quite a buzz. After of few days of thought, here’s some things to consider, in no specific order.The nor (Read More)
Gizmodo:
With a thickness of only 0.6mm, Samsung's newest NAND chips are practically anorexic, but for once that's a good thing. Thinner chips like these could bring smaller gadgets and hopefully also lead to lower SSD prices. Accordi (Read More)
Crunch Gear:
Yesterday’s trip down memory lane with the Gopher protocol got me thinking about all the other protocols I used to use, and those that I continue to use on a regular basis. There’s little doubt that hypertext transfer protoco (Read More)
Submitted by lukenyc
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The pricing of 85 State Street in Brooklyn Heights sure has been interesting to watch, and now that the renovated five-story townhouse's sale for $3.4 million has been recorded in public records, a trip down memory lane seems (Read More)
Alzheimer's Reading Room:
Our study shows that high blood pressure and an innate pro-inflammatory cytokine response in middle age significantly contributers to Alzheimer's disease.As these risk factors cluster in families, it is important to realize t (Read More)
Submitted by magitam
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(Reuters) - For generations old enough to have lived through it, the opening of the Berlin Wall will be the iconic image of our time -- an enduring memory that marked the beginning of the end of the Cold War.
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Geekdad:
Disclaimer: my wife, who is a high school teacher, came up with the idea for this article. As a fairly geeky person herself, my wife is often saddled with technology projects. Currently she is the Lead Teacher for the Infor (Read More)