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Mind Is a Frequent, but Not Happy, Wanderer: People Spend Nearly Half Their Waking Hours Thinking About What Isn’t Going on Around Them

New Forms of Highly Efficient, Flexible Nanogenerator Technology

Decisions Made by Communities of Bacteria Trump Game Theory

Race Relations

Race does not exist biologically. All these constructions of race are culturally created.

I'm mixed, so it doesn't matter who I date, or even with whom I'm interacting, it's always going to be interracial.

I personally am only physically attracted to black, mexican, and to a lesser extent white men. I've tried to make myself be physically attracted to asian men but I'm not able.

But what I have to say about my preferences is irrelevant... living on the earth for almost 30 years has given me plenty of time to really observe the way people interact and feel about other groups of people... perhaps being mixed has made it easier for me to interact with other ethnic groups, so I can observe them from the inside out.

Obviously, white people seem to be "all or nothing" when it comes to accepting other ethnic groups... either they're totally cool with minorities or they hate anybody who's not white. Also, a lot of times white people single out a certain group- i.e. middle easterners, jews, gays, etc, and are cool with every group aside from which ever one has been chosen to be scapegoated.

It seems obvious that asian people don't like black people but spend their entire lives wishing they could be white.

Black people seem to be pretty accepting of white people, asians, and mexicans so long as they feel like they're not being disrespected.

Mexicans seem to warm up to white or black people, but I have never really experienced the nuances of how they feel about asians.

It's just like Jerri Blank says- Black on white, outta site, black on sloat, there ain't no hope...

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In Brookhaven Collider, Scientists Briefly Break a Law of Nature

Fog Decline Threatens California’s Towering Redwoods

I could give a fuck less! The fog in SF makes me want to kill myself half of the year...

HIV illness 'delayed by' herpes drug aciclovir: The HSV2 virus causes genital herpes. A common treatment for herpes can delay the need for HIV drugs in people with both infections, say US researchers.

Hormone oxytocin may help Asperger's patients

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Alexander McQueen, March 17, 1969 – Feb. 11, 2010

I cried real tears over Alexander McQueen. I'll never forget how he captivated my imagination beginning in middle school, thanks to fashion file, video fashion weekly and fashion tv on E! saturday mornings. He became so iconic that he will never really leave us. RIP

Move to merge Asperger's, autism in diagnostic manual stirs debate

StemCells, Inc. Announces First Human Neural Stem Cell Transplant in Landmark Myelination Disorder Trial

Should We Clone Neanderthals? The scientific, legal, and ethical obstacles

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Why being good is not down to breeding

I remain the authority on what is good and bad... because I represent Goodness, as an angel living among humans.

A ray of light can kill cancer cells without leaving terrible scars - so why are so few offered it?

SPACE PHOTOS THIS WEEK: Moon Crash, Galaxy Merger, More

ODD NEW PTEROSAUR: "Darwin's Wing" Fills Evolution Gap

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Spacewalkers complete Japan's laboratory complex

Lasting marriage linked to better health

Can Good Bacteria Really Fight the Flu?

Medical marijuana touted as cure for cities' budget woes

Man Receives His Own Stem Cells as a Treatment for Heart Failure

Not the first bioaugmented person I've heard of... in fact I've known one personally...

60 Second Science via Scientific American

Joule Biotechnologies announce new biofuel jargon, scant details- liquid energy!

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SpaceX achieved another milestone for private space travel on Monday by carrying a satellite into orbit. It's hoped that the commercial operation may eventually be capable of carrying astronauts and cargo to the international space station, helping to fill the void after the U.S. shuttles go out of service. SpaceX may also pave the way for space tourism.

A Pseudo-Trip to Mars Ends, Bringing a Real One Closer

NASA aiming for Wednesday shuttle launch, try 6

Healthy Diet, Exercise Keeps Mind Sharp As You Age

UK health booklet's message: Teen sex can be fun

Now they teach you in school that you should be having at least one orgasm a day, and that sex can be fun and safe. Wish someone taught that to me when I was in school!

Swearing can make you feel better, lessen pain

New wonder material, one-atom thick, has scientists abuzz

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Great whites 'plan' seal attacks

FTC to crack down on undisclosed "sponsored" blogging: Do your favorite mom and pop blogs secretly accept cash or gifts in exchange for product mentions? They might, and the FTC wants to make sure they disclose their conflicts of interest with a new set of guidelines that it hopes to implement later this year.

I guess this would be a good time to mention that I have never gotten any money for this website... in fact spent $10 on it, so this blog already has me in the negative.

Patients Often Not Told About Abnormal Test Results

I've been saying the whole time that doctors have been using psychology against people, which is usually not a bad thing... when people don't know they're sick they usually get better...

Free HIV testing this week in L.A. County

New map finds HIV rates are highest in the South

MONDAY, June 22 (HealthDay News) -- A radical new therapy could improve treatment of people with HIV-AIDS by destroying the viruses circulating in the body as well as those hiding in immune system cells, according to a new study.

A team of American and Canadian researchers have high hopes for a combination of targeted chemotherapy and what's known as highly active anti-retroviral (HAART) treatments.

Final countdown: Big Bang collider to restart in October

Darwin's 'evolution' moth changes back from black to white thanks to soot-free skies

Set the controls for the heart of the Sun

'This is save-the-world science. This is the energy holy grail'

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The founder of Cirque Du Soleil is the next space tourist...

New Way To Enhance Stem Cells To Stimulate Muscle Regeneration

Over 60 Percent Of All US Bankruptcies Attributable To Medical Problems

-> Wow, is this a surprise to anybody? I know people who are thousands of dollars in debt due to medical bills.

Prevent Depression in Teens With Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

New Hampshire Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage!

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Shuttle Crew Prepares for Return Trip

NASA Scientists Find More Evidence of Water on Mars

900 babies a day are born with AIDS virus in the developing world: report

AP poll: Most students stressed, some depressed

Down Syndrome Yields Key Cancer Clue
Genes Overproduced in Down Syndrome Can Slow Tumor Growth

Massive asteroid bombardment may have helped life to THRIVE on Earth

Homo Sex in Colonial America

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Upbeat music 'makes you think everyone is happy'

The findings suggest that listening to upbeat music can make your day more bearable - and create the illusion that you are surrounded by happy, contented people.

-> I guess this is why I only listen to techno music. Everything else just plain sucks dick!

Scientists come closer to swine flu vaccine as full genetic code of virus is unravelled

NASA braces for manned space review

Study: Bioelectricity bests biofuels on miles per acre

Cervarix Induces Stronger Immune Response Than Gardasil: Study

Buying Time for Gender-Confused Kids Misunderstood Procedure Delays Puberty in Children

Yeast Cells Are Set to Fly for Space Experiment

Previous experiments on the space shuttle and the International Space Station indicate that some organisms become hardier and more virulent in outer space and more resistant to drugs.

isolation

Recent psychological studies suggest that there are two types of loneliness.

Everyone needs someone to love, in a romantic and intimate way, and one kind of loneliness results from not having it.

At the same time, everyone needs to interact with everyone else, in effect to be social and have consistent interaction with friends, peers, colleagues, and even strangers and meeting new people.

So, essentially, you can have a stable relationship and still be lonely, or be completely surrounded by friends all the time, and still be lonely.

I've been doing better. I realize now that I have to be my own daddy, and make myself happy. I've been thru a lot and lost everything... but it was never mine to begin with. Failure and nothingness are the dominant themes to my life.

But I'm still ghetto as fuck. I'm about $25,000 below the poverty level. I know with certainty that I won't make it to 30 living like this, because I don't have the will to keep living a painful, meaningless existance full of suffering and submission. I hope something good happens to me.

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Surprise supernova: Massive star explodes despite being 'too immature' to self-destruct

The look of love? Only if you manage a glance that lasts longer than 8.2 seconds

Please freeze me! How scores of middle-class British couples are hoping to buy immortality for just £10 a week

-> this culture has for some reason always painted cryogenics as the dominant form of life extension, yet to me it has seemed both inefficient and unplausable in the life extension industry.

British scientists on course to become the first to produce synthetic human blood

how to tell when someone hates his or her self

It's impossible to tell what people are thinking just by looking at them. Just like everyone else, I like to keep people guessing... and just like everyone else I'm always trying to figure other people out... even though in the end I really don't care. Nevertheless, I always think about these 2 things I learned as small child:

Subtle Signs of Low Self Esteem

1. small handwriting

2. brushing your teeth on the bottom first, top last

I guess they've never been confirmed by a textbook, but I might just have not read the right textbook. I think it's real... do you?

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scientists discover the area of the brain that makes us spiritual

interesting... but I'm still more interested in the genes that code for religious fantaticism

Discovery crew prepare to launch into orbit for mission to crank space station to full power

the UK prepares for the first computational knowledge engine

Sometimes I use cuil.com, because they keep saying it's better... but 99% of the time I still just google, which has become synonymous with search the internet.

COPENHAGEN, March 10 (Reuters) - The U.N.'s climate change panel may be severely underestimating the sea-level rise caused by global warming, climate scientists said on Monday, calling for swift cuts in greenhouse emissions.

you know, I keep having this strange feeling that my neighborhood, just 6 blocks from the beach, will probably soon be under water...

NASA's Kepler spacecraft hurtles past moon's orbit

searching the galaxy for the goldilocks spot, an area that's "just right" for the evolution of lyfe (according to our definitions of life)

Although humans could perhaps find analogs of the current definitions of life somewhere else in the galaxy, I think the silicon based life-form theory is still the most sound, as well as the most likely reality in this galaxy, or other parts of the universe.

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See-through fish fed junk food diet develops early symptoms of heart disease

lol

Why musicians make such appealing partners - they are tuned to tap into emotions

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Fitness, strength and flexibility do not inevitably fade away with age, and are more often a matter of lifestyle choices, according to a new report.

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Found: the gene that could grow new teeth

-> I really hope this technology could be applied to me at some point! I already need it...

Child abuse 'impacts stress gene'

Abuse in early childhood permanently alters how the brain reacts to stress, a Canadian study suggests.

-> family, are you paying attention? You're the reason I'm fucked up.

The perfect pancake? Easy, just follow this formula ... 100 - [10L - 7F + C(k - C) + T(m - T)]/(S - E)

Who doesn't love equations? I love the one at the top of this website...

juicy news day!

WASHINGTON — Officials with NASA and President-elect Barack Obama's transition team on Thursday tried to paper over tensions that have arisen as the agency defended a chronically underfunded blueprint for space exploration.

-> I don't think Nasa is going to do anything impressive. The united states has not been competative with this issue for many years now.

20% of teens say they've put nude pics of themselves online

-> omg, "1 in 5 Teens Engaging in 'Tech' Sex" wtf?

US gains in math and science ed…Really?

Gene mutation protects against milk shakes and other fatty fare

Many Children Now Rely on Alternative Remedies

The Malaria Vaccine Explained

California air board adopts a sweeping plan to curb greenhouse gases

A Japanese research team has successfully processed and displayed images directly from the human brain, they said in a study to be published in the US magazine Neuron.

Love machine: Computer geek too busy for romance builds himself the perfect girlfriend

Britney- psychological breakdown

I know this isn't the first time I've tried to dissect Britney Spears psychologically.

-> Unlike a lot of ppl, I did watch Britney: For the Record. I guess I'm blindly interested, because her personal breakdowns coincided with my personal breakdowns of the time. I noticed that when sad (but especially when angry) she still smiles. It must be left over from the disney days. In effect, she doesn't know how to emote anger.

I love the psychology of fame (and psychoanalyzing those who are famous)! It's just so easy, because they leave no variables- we get to observe their whole psyche through the media. So fascinating.

psychology news

1 in 5 young people has a personality disorder

-> maybe this might be why all these people in my peer group are so fucked up! Oh no, I'm the one who's fucked up...