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The Corpus Callosum is an occasional journal of armchair musings, by a suburban, reality-based, slightly-left-of-center guy, who reserves the right to be highly irregular at times. Topics: social commentary, neuroscience, politics, science news. Mission: to develop connections between hard science and social science, using linear thinking and intuition; and to explore the relative merits of spontaneity vs. strategy.
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June 29, 2008
Category: Photos of Interest
This is a photo of two White Storks, Ciconia ciconia, nesting atop a primary school chimney near the south coast of Portugal. The photo is by Valter Jacinto, and has a Creative Commons license. Link. The White Stork is...
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Category: Politics
On 6 June 2008, the Federal Register in the USA contained a notice, that the Department of Homeland Security is conducting a review. They are reviewing the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP). The Federation of American Scientists points out that...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 8:23 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 28, 2008
Category: Environment
Meteorology is outside of my usual topics for posting, but this particular news item seems to have received little attention elsewhere: there is evidence that the jet streams are moving, systematically, toward the poles. The jet streams are high-altitude...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 8:40 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 25, 2008
Category: Medicine
Radio Frequency IDentification tags (RFIDs) are little devices that communicate with other devices, sending an identification signal. You've probably seen them on various items purched in stores. They commonly are used for inventory control and theft prevention. They are increasingly...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 7:29 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 23, 2008
Category: Psychiatry
Sometimes I see news about upcoming drugs, and hope that it works out. Sometimes, I don't see the point. Rarely, I actively hope that it does not work out. Staccato® alprazolam is one that I hope does not work out....
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 7:20 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 20, 2008
Category: Energy
The old riddle goes: you were granted three wishes, and you have one wish left. What do you wish for? Everyone over the age of 6 knows: more wishes. When we figured out that there was oil under the ground,...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 7:47 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 18, 2008
Category: Humor
This article in the Onion was supposed to be a satire of the 2001 Bush inaugural speech. It was not satire. It was prophetic: Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over' January 17, 2001 |...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 12:11 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Bioethics
Gardasil is the vaccine from Merck that greatly lowers the risk of infection from some human papilloma virus (HPV) infections. The first big controversy had to do with the practice of giving the vaccine to young girls. To be most...
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June 17, 2008
Category: Computing
I scarcely need to mention it, but today is the big day: Firefox 3 is out, so be sure to download it. The Mozilla folks are shooting for a world record for the most downloads in a single day....
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 1:29 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 15, 2008
Category: Social Commentary
Ohio has just approved certain smart cars for use on roadways. This may strengthen our country by reducing use of fossil fuels. In other news, Blackwater USA is trying to get its Grizzly APC licensed for use on America's...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 1:38 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
