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There’s a fascinating article over at Psychology Today’s blogs on how people who feel powerless or that they lack control tend to see patterns in chaos and formulate conspiracy theories: The paper, by Jennifer Whitson of the University of Texas at Austin and Adam Galinsky of Northwestern, ties together leads from several areas of . . . → Read More: Couple of good articles on magical thinking. I’m always amused by non-news items on things that seem completely obvious to me. Things such as the fact that bacteria are all around us and some of them could make you sick. Is there really anyone out there who, if they just took a moment to think about it, doesn’t realize that is true? . . . → Read More: British study finds bacteria are all over your car and you should commence panicking now. One of the greatest challenges of modern science has been to produce life from non-living matter in a lab. It’s often cited by True Believers™ as an example of how little science really knows about reality. It’s a claim they may not be able to cling to for much longer: A team of biologists and . . . → Read More: Scientists are closer than ever to creating life from non-living materials. One of the bigger problems we’re beginning to face is the rise of drug resistant bacteria thanks to an overuse of antibioctics. MRSA is a particularly nasty bug that has been increasingly causing problems around the world and may be a sign of things to come. Now new research seems to indicate that Marijuana may . . . → Read More: A medical use for Marijuana that may be too important to ignore. I don’t know if you folks in other countries have a similar system, but here in America we have something called an AMBER Alert which is used to get the word out about abducted children in hopes of someone phoning in a tip quickly before the child is harmed. The word AMBER is a backronym . . . → Read More: Study finds AMBER Alerts are great drama, but have few successes. Don’t know if the headline gets across what I’m trying to say so I’ll just let the news article speak for itself: Scans see ‘gay brain differences’ – BBC News The brains of gay men and women look like those found in heterosexual people of the opposite sex, research suggests. The Swedish study, published in . . . → Read More: Gay brains mirror differences found in brains of the opposite sex. Not the usual post that shows up here, but I found an interesting article with some conclusions that came out of the Documentary “Super Size Me” by Morgan Spurlock. First off, if you haven’t seen the movie go check it out… Back to the topic at hand, the article, “Self-Experimenters: Filmmaker Gained Weight to Prove . . . → Read More: Fast Food and Portion Sizes Or so says a recent Dutch study: LONDON (AP)—Preventing obesity and smoking can save lives, but it doesn’t save money, researchers reported Monday. It costs more to care for healthy people who live years longer, according to a Dutch study that counters the common perception that preventing obesity would save governments millions of dollars. . . . → Read More: Upside to being fat? You save the medical industry money in the long run. USA Today posts some of the results from a recent study of the “unchurched”—which isn’t just atheists with a PC name, but rather people who don’t go to church even if they believe in God. The results are interesting: Survey: Non-attendees find faith outside church – USATODAY.com A new survey of U.S. adults who don’t . . . → Read More: New survey of the “unchurched” finds that 44% think “Christians are annoying.” You’d think such research would be unnecessary in an enlightened society such as ours, but with almost half of all American adults professing a belief in various ESP phenomena, not to mention the ongoing popularity of charlatans such as Sylvia Browne, I suppose it’s a good thing that someone sat down and devised a way . . . → Read More: Harvard researchers devise new way to test ESP claims. |
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