Thursday, June 30, 2011

WEB BOHEMIAN (Thursday, June 30, 2011)
(1)- NONSENSE – Intellectual black holes include belief in homeopathy, psychic powers, alien abductions. You need to be on your guard because if you get sucked in, it can be extremely difficult to think your way clear again.

(2)- INFANTS KNOW AND APPRECIATE -- A study of 9-month-old babies (infants as yet untutored in adult culture) found they prefer the brighter paintings of Picasso to the subtle shadings of Monet.

(3)- BUSINESS IS BOOMING -- Synthetic drugs that use legal compounds but mimic the highs of everything from marijuana to cocaine proliferate among do-it-yourself pharma labs nationwide. Bad trips—and fatal side effects—are up.

(4)- WINDFARM RUIN -- For the moment it remains a precious environment; its many nature reserves are home to rare migrational sea birds and seals, as well as myriad flora along the sand dunes, pine woods and salt marshes. But soon…

(5)- MEMORY CONTROL -- Scientists turn memories on and off -- literally with the flip of a switch. Using an electronic system that duplicates the neural signals associated with memory, they do this with rats…

(6)- GEO-ENGINEERING -- Huge mirrors that reflect the sun’s light back into space are one of a number of measures being considered to battle climate change, according to leaked papers from the United Nations.

(7)- MOVE TO PHILLY -- A new, surprising and serious survey provides results showing who has the best sex, and residents of Philadelphia came in first on the satisfaction scale. New York came in second and Atlanta, third.

(8)- A COMING WORRY -- By 2030, "based on the most conservative numbers, we need 28 to 35 terawatts of power" to provide enough energy for more than 7 billion people. Our technology may not be up to the task…

(9)- NAZI BODY WORSHIP -- The Nazi Germany book market was surprisingly varied. Perhaps the most bizarre bestseller to make it past the censors was an unabashed collection of nudist photography. It was a celebration of the Aryan body.

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