This is pretty cool indeed.We can't touch time, or smell it. Yet it is utterly inescapable. But, research shows, time is - at least partly - something we control in our heads."
Ok, I pretty much just posted this because the headline sounded funny. We're all a bit immature at times I suppose.WASHINGTON - For years, the mammals living in the era of dinosaurs have been thought of as tiny shrewlike creatures scurrying through the underbrush. Now the discovery of a furry aquatic creature with seallike teeth and a flat tail like a beaver has demolished that image."
At approximately 12:37 PM Eastern on February 23rd, 2006, Apple sold its one billionth song on iTunes, marking the end of their Billion Song Giveaway campaign."
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Shoppers who judge the freshness of meat by its color may be deceived by a relatively new industry practice of treating meat with carbon monoxide, critics say.
The meat industry defends the use of carbon monoxide to help meat retain its pink hue, saying large sums of money are wasted when sellers throw away meat that is still safe to eat but is not as attractive because it is slightly brown."
Since 2002, the FDA has allowed three meat producing or packaging firms to use carbon monoxide under a process known as "generally recognized as safe," or GRAS.
Under GRAS notifications, the FDA conducts no research on its own, instead relying on the notifier's documents confirming the safety of the product."
New drugs which will allow people to survive on only two hours sleep a day are being developed, scientists have said.
The drugs will allow people to cope with the pressures of 24-hour society."
In 10 to 20 years we'll be able to pharmacologically turn sleep off. Mimicking sleep will take longer, but I can see it happening."
1. LEGOS. The Geek is really more of a Man-Child than an adult. In their minds, they are still 10. They freakin' still love to play with their legos, and have never grown up. I have one friend, WHO WILL REMAIN NAMELESS, that still has legos in his room. He doesn't have kids. Just legos. Of course, my children love legos and Steve will lovingly spend hours playing legos with them.
2. VIDEO GAMES. Due to the whole Man-Child thing as stated in #1, the Geek loves video games. And he's good at them too. My husband is the hit of all the kids' friends because not only can he talk video games, he plays them too. If my children get "stuck" while playing their Gameboys and bring it to me for assistance, all I can do is feebly hold it and say " Mommy doesn't know how to play this." Daddy, however, can beat the game.
3. MATH. A huge plus here. No matter how old they get, Steve can still help with the math homework. My ability to be of assistance is going to last another few years before *I* end up throwing the math homework across the room in disgust.
4. SMART KIDS. Smart Geeks make smart children. Although for the most part, it's great to have really intelligent children, when your just turned two year old is using the word PREPOSTEROUS correctly, it makes for some difficult times as they get older. I literally spend a large part of my time scheming to stay one step ahead of my oldest child.
5. UP ON TECHNOLOGY. The beautiful thing about having a Geek for a parent is that you aren't wondering what your children are doing online. You *KNOW* what they are doing online and you can limit it if necessary.
It's fabulous peace of mind.
Deadlines, obnoxious co-workers, evil bosses. These are all challenges that many people have to face everyday at work.
OK, these factors can be downright annoying and unpleasant, but can they really be harmful to you?"
1. Job security: This is the No. 1 cause of stress among the patients Menard sees.
"People are fearful of losing their jobs, so they work more and then get stressed and burn themselves out," she said.
Also, many bosses may be working employees harder to meet demands for higher cost efficiency and productivity.
2. Poor diet: Caffeine and nicotine often are used to get people through stressful situations.
"Indulging in these or other substances, such as drugs and alcohol, only intensifies the stress cycle," Menard warned. "The more caffeine you drink, the less you sleep. The less you sleep, the more tired and tense you feel." And so on...
3. Lack of sleep: This in and of itself can be a stressor. Usually the more tired you are, the less patience you have, and you are more apt to fly off the handle. So it's important to get enough sleep and burn off those excess stress hormones with some exercise or meditation.
4. Success: Sometimes being successful actually can lead to anxiety. Dr. Menard notes that people in high-pay, high-stress professions, such as financial traders, feel extreme pressures to make money for their companies and their clients. They know if they don't bring in the money, they will lose their accounts and perhaps their jobs.
However, even if they are successful, dealing with great amounts of money and just the art of the deal can become addictive, keeping them in a perpetual state of tension.
5. Feeling no control: Many of Dr. Menard's patients report feeling they have no power over their job responsibilities and that someone else is always pulling the strings. This can be a great source of worry, especially if they have a never-ending workload to complete.
Those rowdy kids getting out of hand? Blow a whistle.
Called the Mosquito by its manufactures, the device sends out an 80-decibel frequency tone that can only be heard by young adults, mostly in their late teens and early 20s."
64-year old Thai Ngoc had a fever in 1973, and after that he never went to sleep again, not even for a quick nap. He even had a medical examination, but doctors gave him a clean bill of health."
Addresses some of the most common things people are being told about programming with which the author disagrees."
There are many ways to avoid success in life, but the most sure-fire just might be procrastination. Procrastinators sabotage themselves. They put obstacles in their own path. They actually choose paths that hurt their performance."
The documentary is hosted by Adam Baldwin (Jayne), and featured interviews with many of the most important figures from the Firefly world, including creator Joss Whedon, several of the actors, and even some of the browncoat fans. The DVD will include more special features than the Firefly and Serenity DVDs combined."
Study shows that even though the sender will expect you to understand their tone and meaning 80% of the time, you'll really only understand them about 50% of the time. This is because "people aren't that good at imagining how a message might be understood from another person's perspective."
When one looks into the absolutely vast amount of information that has been collected on the extensive number of forms in which Nature employs the proportion of Phi, it is obvious that there is no other specific number that recurs throughout life on Earth with such regularity."
Lori Menzel of the town of Kewaskum said the burglar left his Yahoo account open after checking his personal e-mail on the computer at her home.
With today's action, President Bush has set a hard finish line for the nation's transition to DTV (Digital Television). CEA has long supported a hard cut-off date for analog broadcasts. This deadline will provide certainty to manufacturers, retailers, consumers and all others with a stake in the transition."
Think Secret can confirm recent rumblings that Apple is nearing completion of a completely revamped video iPod that will shed the ubiquitous mechanical click wheel for a touch screen and will sport a 3.5-inch diagonal display."
Everyone must have played this classic strategy game years ago.
Bill Nye is no longer the Single Guy.
Nye, who hosted the educational PBS series "Bill Nye, the Science Guy" during its nine-year run, married his fiancee, Blair Tindall, on Friday, it was announced Tuesday.
NEW YORK - Scientists say they’ve found the earliest known tyrannosaur, shedding light on the lineage that produced the fearsome Tyrannosaurus rex. The discovery comes with a puzzle: Why did this beast have a strange crest on its head?"
George C. Deutsch, the young presidential appointee at NASA who told public affairs workers to limit reporters’ access to a top climate scientist and told a Web designer to add the word “theory” at every mention of the Big Bang, resigned yesterday, agency officials said.
Mr. Deutsch’s resignation came on the same day that officials at Texas A&M University confirmed that he did not graduate from there, as his résumé on file at the agency asserted."
Forget everything you think you know about China and take a couple minutes to ponder these images. Few people in the Western world know about the hidden beauty of China. These are some truly inspiring photos."
A great new sleeping bag designed so you never have to get out of beg again."
Website Gtalkr is a Flash-based web app designed to bring your Google apps (Gmail and Google Talk) together with Flickr, YouTube, and newsfeeds for an all-in-one media and communications mega-package."
George Deutsch, 24-year-old journalism major turned NASA public affairs officer (who also happens to be a Bush appointee), says that the Big Bang is "not proven fact; it is opinion ... It is not NASA's place [to] make a declaration such as this about the existence of the universe that discounts intelligent design by a creator."
A reverse-engineered N64 controller turned into a surprisingly artistic sculpture.
Clinical tests on humanoids are set to start this time next year and alleviate the worldwide blood shortage."
Consumers spend a collective $100 billion every year on bottled water in the belief--often mistaken, as it happens--that this is better for us than what flows from our taps. At up to $2.50 per liter ($10 per gallon), bottled water costs more than gasoline in the United States.
If you have long since feared the death of music at the hands of MTV, Britney Spears and the so-called "mash-up," it may now be safe to say that the outlook of musical longevity is looking good."Cognitive itches" cause annoying but catchy songs to stick in our minds. Here's a cure: scratch it.
After missing earning expectations the honeymoon for Google's stock appears to be over.
Some analysts have added that Google will soon face more significant competitive pressure from Yahoo! as well as Microsoft. Microsoft's MSN Internet unit is set to launch a new online search tool for advertisers soon called adCenter this year.
Television is dead, long live television. A new study from IBM Corp. confirms many fears that today's television industry is being killed by technology, but it also outlines many ways those same developments are creating new opportunities for creativity and revenue."
Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, but it was hard to find a complainer in the crowd at Gobbler's Knob, where the morning temperature was well above freezing and the Groundhog Day high was expected to hit 48 degrees.
An object discovered earlier this year and considered by some to be our solar system's 10th planet is indeed larger than Pluto, a new study confirms."
TOP TEN HYBRID MYTHS: With more of the gas-electric cars on the road, it's time to dispel some of the misinformation surrounding these alternative vehicles."
With a little do-it-yourself, you can unlock a whole new set of latent magic powers that Toyota never wanted you to know about.
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