Massive Dinosaur Discovered In Antarctica Sheds Light On Life, Distribution Of Sauropodomorphs:
A new genus and species of dinosaur from the Early Jurassic has been discovered in Antarctica. The massive plant-eating primitive sauropodomorph is called Glacialisaurus hammeri and lived about 190 million years ago.
Aging In Salmon Depends On Choosy Bears:
According to George Bernard Shaw: "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." But how fast does that aging occur once started? In the case of populations of salmon in Alaska studied by Stephanie Carlson and colleagues at the University of Washington and McGill University and reported on in this week's PLoS ONE, it all depends on how choosy are the bears which feed on them.
When She's Turned On, Some Of Her Genes Turn Off, Fish Study Shows:
When a female is attracted to a male, entire suites of genes in her brain turn on and off, show biologists from The University of Texas at Austin studying swordtail fish.
The Effect Of 'In Your Face' Political Television On Democracy:
Television can encourage awareness of political perspectives among Americans, but the incivility and close-up camera angles that characterize much of today's "in your face" televised political debate also causes audiences to react more emotionally and think of opposing views as less legitimate.
Different Areas Of The Brain Respond To Belief, Disbelief And Uncertainty:
The human mind is a prolific generator of beliefs about the world. The capacity of our minds to believe or disbelieve linguistic propositions is a powerful force for controlling both behavior and emotion, but the basis of this process in the brain is not yet understood.
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Comments
I like the last line of the last article you linked, how emotion and reason are not "opposites". If we all stopped to think about it, none of us would want to interact with a human that is functioning with ONLY emotion and NO reason, or ONLY reason and NO emotion. Most of us would call such a person psychopathic, insane. Yet a lot of people still think emotion and reason are polar opposites...
Posted by: Jen | December 13, 2007 4:09 PM