Wednesday, April 14, 2010

WEB BOHEMIAN (Wednesday, April 14, 2010)
(1)- THINGS ARE NOT WHAT THEY SEEM – Susan Pinker throws out the question of why women may or may not be allowed to be equal to men and posits a different one: why on earth do men get to be the standard?

(2)- KAFKA’S CASTLE COLLAPSES – Russia’s institutional corruption is out of control. Kafka’s Castle is collapsing. This is good news, as Russians, ordinary Russians are losing their fear. Now they’re just angry, writes Andrei Loshak.

(3)- DOG DEPRESSION -- It may seem absurdly anthropomorphic to attribute to a sad-eyed, mopey dog the same haunting mental disorder that has caused poets and artists to take their own lives in despair. It’s not.

(4)- UPHOLSTRY BARGAINS -- The best-kept decorating secret in town is tucked behind barbed wire at the state prison in Florence. For hire: inmates who can reupholster and refinish your furniture - welting, tufting, pleating, skirting and all.

(5)- FERRETS USED IN BRITAIN -- With their long lean build ferrets have historically been sent down holes to chase rodents and rabbits out of their burrows. Now they are being used to to help lay broadband cables.

(6)- WHY? -- Why is U.S. Internet so much slower and pricier than broadband connections in South Korea? The U.S. government pushes forward with a "broadband plan" to speed up connections, reduce costs and increase access to the Internet.

(7)- TRACKING GEEZERS MED INTAKE -- Seeking a way to confirm that patients have taken their medication, University of Florida engineering researchers have added a tiny microchip and digestible antenna to a standard pill capsule.

(8)- THE ELUSIVE OLIVE SPECIES GENDER -- A hitherto unknown reproductive system in a species closely related to the olive tree, Phillyrea angustifolia L., has been discovered by researchers in France.

(9)- YEAH, RIGHT -- Patients who resisted dental procedures because of anxiety successfully underwent treatment after five minutes of acupuncture, a small study showed.

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