‘Sleep memory’ is a new, previously undefined form of memory.
According to a study by researchers at Michigan State University, even after people have gone to bed for the night their brains can carry on processing information thanks to a “separate form of memory” that processes the day’s events.
A federal study concluded in 2008, certain states have higher incidence rates of sleeplessness than others.
Functioning on a few hours of sleep isn’t just miserable, it’s dangerous, as recent news has suggested. Several air-traffic controllers were caught sleeping on the job last month, prompting the FAA to fire a few. Recent studies have proven that sleep deprivation can make people more unethical, less attractive, and can weaken problem-solving skills.
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Cayce Zavaglia took hand embroidery to the next level with her thread paintings. The detail is amazing. (Pics)
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Elvy Musikka, 72, displays her marijuana cigarettes, which she regularly receives from the U.S. Government.
On a moonlit highway in rural Oregon, sometime after midnight a state trooper is checking a car he has just pulled over. In the car he finds less than an ounce of pot on one passenger. That passenger is a 72-year-old woman blind in one eye.
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Drinking that depression away.
For many women, the mood-elevating effects of a cup of coffee may be more than fleeting. A new study shows that women who regularly drink coffee – the fully caffeinated kind – have a 20 percent lower risk of depression than nondrinkers. Decaf, soft drinks, chocolate, tea and other sources of caffeine did not offer the same protection against depression, possibly because of their lower levels of caffeine…
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Did you ever wonder?
The Visible Barbie Project is part of the Foundation for Unnatural Research’s long-range plan for advancing the state of human knowlege of things that no normal person would ever think to wonder about.
The project began with the acquisition of a suitable marked-down subject at a nearby toy store and ended approximately six hours later, not including the time required to pick out the bits of hair that got stuck in the bandsaw.
The cause of the subject’s markdown was unknown, but we didn’t care; all that mattered was that the gross physical anatomy of the body was intact…
Art or not art?
Culture officials in Rome are mulling a ban on “living statues”, arguing that dressing up in costume and standing on the street to solicit spare change has no artistic merit.
“Living statues demonstrate no artistic activity, to the extent that they can’t be compared to mimes, and they amount to a veritable racket,” said Federico Mollicone, deputy culture chief in Rome’s mayorship…
Information is now moveable in the brain.
This is uncanny: A Tel Aviv University team lead by Professor Matti Mintz have developed a synthetic cerebellum that can receive sensory inputs from the brain, analyze them, and return information to other parts of the brain!
The device is now working in rats, and has effectively restored lost brain functions caused by damaged tissue. However, the most important thing is that this proves that brain-to-machine communication can work in a bi-directional way, with a machine getting information from the brain, analyzing it and then talking back to the brain. As Mintz puts it…
Continue reading… “Scientists can now extract, record and return information to the brain”
Get a hold on your privacy with Facebook Disconnect.
If you want to use Facebook, but don’t want Facebook’s tendrils extending all over the internet and following your account, you’ll want this. A product called Facebook Disconnect completely blocks the social network’s ability to track your account around the web…
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UBS trader Kweku Adoboli allegedly made unauthorized trades that cost the Swiss investment bank billions.
Financial traders are more uncooperative than psychopaths, and also that they have a greater tendency for lying and risk-taking, according to a new study from a Swiss University. The new research about financial traders and their personalities may shed some light on the behavior of Kweku Adoboli, the so-called “rogue” UBS trader who allegedly lost the bank $2.3 billion through unauthorized trading.
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Having kids reduces a man’s risk of heart disease by 20%.
Having children could mean healthier hearts for men. A decade-long study of 135,000 men found that those who remained child-free had a higher risk of dying from heart disease than those who ‘sowed their oats.’ Men who had children reduced their risk of heart disease by 20%.
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Featured invention at the DaVinci Inventor Showcase 2011
MEDI-RING® was developed by a pharmacist to help eliminate errors when taking prescription medications at home. In 2008, nearly 1.9 million people were treated or hospitalized in the U.S. for illness and injuries related to taking medicines, a 54% increase in incidents over previous years. The growing number of such errors can be attributed to an increase in the number of medications being prescribed, and the fact that many pharmacy labels indicate dosages, but fail to identify specifically what the medication treats. Also, according to the National Community of Pharmacists Association, “as many as 75% of Americans admit they don’t take medications as directed.” MEDI-RING® is a user-friendly device that snaps onto prescription bottles presenting a space on which the patient may write what the medication controls, and any other information they feel is necessary to take the drug correctly.
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By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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