how language shapes the way we think

superinteresting: http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/boroditsky09/boroditsky09_index.html

oh human nature

interesting summaries of studies about decision-making. worth a read for sure:
http://bookoutlines.pbwiki.com/Predictably-Irrational

5 bloody civilizations:
http://www.cracked.com/article_16972_5-most-terrifying-civilizations-in-history-world.html

assorted

hormone levels may make you cheat:
http://www.utexas.edu/news/2009/01/14/hormones_infidelity/?AddInterest=1283

make yourself look like obama on the 'change' poster:
http://obamiconme.pastemagazine.com/

name the 27 countries in the EU in under 10 minutes (hint: don't forget malta or cyprus):
http://www.mentalfloss.com/quiz/quiz.php?q=524&p=1

four links

1) what the world looks like through the eyes of animals:
http://webecoist.com/2009/01/14/animal-vision-color-detection-and-color-blindness/

2) why I am more productive outside of the city:
http://www.spring.org.uk/2009/01/memory-improved-20-by-nature-walk.php

3)real love and anti-love potions. really honest to goodness:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/13/science/13tier.html?_r=1&em

4)this article is scary, but it provides a balanced look at why the bombing in gaza isn't helping anyone:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/opinion/14goldberg-1.html?em

space

here's a cool video of satellite footage of the gps traces of london taxi cabs over the course of a night. really very cool:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/britainfromabove/stories/visualisations/taxis.shtml


there's a large roar coming from the outer reaches of our universe:
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090107-aas-loud-cosmic-noise.html

2008 in review

a collection of links to the greatest developments of science in 2008:
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/dec/22/50-things-we-know-now-we-didnt-know-time-last-year/life/

a collection of links to everything that happened in 2008:
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/21365

romantic brains

http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/blog/6883-score-romantics-1-cynics-0-17854.html

DNA

-Scientists think they could clone a woolly mammoth for $10 million. They could probably also clone Neanderthals too, but, evidently, that would bring up ethical issues:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/science/20mammoth.html



-Also, other scientists used DNA testing to identify the remains of Copernicus.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081120/ap_on_re_eu/eu_poland_copernicus;_ylt=AvPF9IvXb0aP24.7bpRvX6.s0NUE
Can we clone him too?