May 2013
After You Read This Story You Will Not Post In... →
Cameroon D’Ambrosio is a teenager from a small town in Boston has been locked on prison for weeks without bail,and now he is facing terrorism charges and 20 years in prison for what ? For just posting something on his facebook timeline !!!
This happened on 1 may when he didn’t go to school and he was just looking around on internet,he posted some lyircs on his facebook that included...
Largest genetic sequencing study of human disease →
science-and-logic:
Researchers from Queen Mary, University of London have led the largest sequencing study of human disease to date, investigating the genetic basis of six autoimmune diseases.
The exact cause of these diseases — autoimmune thyroid disease, celiac disease, Crohn’s disease, psoriasis, multiple sclerosis and type 1 diabetes- is unknown, but is believed to be a complex combination...
Clouds in the head: New model of brain's thought... →
science-and-logic:
A new model of the brain’s thought processes explains the apparently chaotic activity patterns of individual neurons. They do not correspond to a simple stimulus/response linkage, but arise from the networking of different neural circuits. Scientists funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) propose that the field of brain research should expand its focus.
Many...
Common brain processes of anesthetic-induced... →
science-and-logic:
A study from the June issue of Anesthesiology found feedback from the front region of the brain is a crucial building block for consciousness and that its disruption is associated with unconsciousness when the anesthetics ketamine, propofol or sevoflurane are administered.
Brain centers and mechanisms of consciousness have not been well understood, resulting in a need for...
Depression linked to telomere enzyme, aging,... →
mentalmentalhealth:
The first symptoms of major depression may be behavioral, but the common mental illness is based in biology — and not limited to the brain. In recent years some studies have linked major, long-term depression with life-threatening chronic disease and with earlier death, even after lifestyle risk factors have been taken into account.
Now a research team led by Owen...
Brain can be trained in compassion, study shows →
mentalmentalhealth:
Until now, little was scientifically known about the human potential to cultivate compassion — the emotional state of caring for people who are suffering in a way that motivates altruistic behavior.
A new study by researchers at the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the Waisman Center of the University of Wisconsin-Madison shows that adults can be trained to be more...
Addiction as a disorder of decision-making →
mentalmentalhealth:
New research shows that craving drugs such as nicotine can be visualized in specific regions of the brain that are implicated in determining the value of actions, in planning actions and in motivation. Dr. Alain Dagher, from McGill University, suggests abnormal interactions between these decision-making brain regions could underlie addiction.
These results were presented at...
Empathy plays a key role in moral judgments →
mentalmentalhealth:
Is it permissible to harm one to save many? Those who tend to say “yes” when faced with this classic dilemma are likely to be deficient in a specific kind of empathy, according to a report published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE.
Philosophers and psychologists have long argued about whether there is one “right” answer to such moral questions, be it utilitarian ethics,...
Excessive TV in childhood linked to long-term... →
mentalmentalhealth:
Children and adolescents who watch a lot of television are more likely to manifest antisocial and criminal behaviour when they become adults, according to a new University of Otago, New Zealand, study published online in the journal Pediatrics.
The study followed a group of around 1,000 children born in the New Zealand city of Dunedin in 1972-73. Every two years between the...
Vast methane-based ecosystem uncovered →
A marine research expedition sponsored by the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has led to the discovery of perhaps the world’s largest methane cold seep by two university-based research teams and their partners, UNCW announced today.
The seep lies deep in the western North Atlantic Ocean, far from the...
The Growing Global Challenge to Monsanto's... →
The common problem we face is the power of concentrated wealth and monopolistic corporate interests. This has created a crony capitalist economy that uses government to further enrich the wealthy at the expense of the people, often threatening our basic necessities for life.A clear example of this is found in the behavior of the chemical and seed corporation, Monsanto.Monsanto threatens the...
Secretly Drafted Bill: A Secretly Drafted Bill... →
A secretly drafted bill to block release of photos, tapes of 911 calls and death certificates related to the Dec. 14 Newtown elementary school massacre could be acted on in the General Assembly as early as the end of the week, officials said Wednesday.
Family members of victims would have discretion over release of some of the records.
A draft of the bill was released Wednesday afternoon by Gov....
Department of Homeland Security: Selling... →
If the IRS scandal wasn’t enough to convince you that bloated, corrupt, bureaucratic government institutions pose a greater threat to our freedoms than any terrorist attack ever could, this story should settle it once and for all. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is not only wasteful, power hungry, and entirely unnecessary, it is also rapidly transforming itself into the Vampire Squid of...
Government Favors Oil Companies Over Shelter For... →
The devastation in Moore, Oklahoma is unimaginable.
A deadly F-5 tornado hit this town on May 20th, 2013 and the death toll continues to rise as time passes by.
Plaza Towers Elementary school was directly in the path of this horrific storm. Even though Moore, OK, resides in the middle of tornado alley, Oklahoma politicians denied the children of this school, a tornado shelter.
These children...
DOJ And Dept. Of Education To Colleges: Start... →
from the apparently,-speech-is-best-served-chilled dept
Our nation’s universities are (or were) usually considered to be places that fostered open discourse and encouraged the discussion of controversial topics in order to promote the growth of both the students and their critical thinking skills. This is no longer the case. Many universities have crafted guidelines and policies that...
Corporations Are Stealing Billions in Tax Breaks,... →
As global capital becomes ever more powerful, giant corporations are holding governments and citizens up for ransom — eliciting subsidies and tax breaks from countries concerned about their nation’s “competitiveness” — while sheltering their profits in the lowest-tax jurisdictions they can find. Major advanced countries — and their citizens — need a comprehensive tax agreement that won’t allow...
