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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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December 31, 2008
Category: Medicine
Ethanol is a poison. But the difference between poison and medicine sometimes is only a matter of dosage. For decades, there have been studies that purport to show a small benefit from regular consumption of small amounts of ethanol, with...
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December 29, 2008
Category: Photos of Interest
This photo is one of Yahoo's most emailed. (AP Photo/Detroit Zoo,Mark M. Gaskill)...
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December 28, 2008
Category: Armchair Musings
The impetus for this post came from a confluence of stimuli, as is usually the case. Recently I received a book, a biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer (American Prometheus, by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin). The book describes the...
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December 25, 2008
Category: Armchair Musings
Let us all savor the season and be appreciative of our good fortune. I really mean that, although what I am about to say will lead some to think otherwise.Earlier this year, it was reported that thirty million Americans were...
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December 23, 2008
Category: Medicine
GlaxoSmithKline, also known -- to old-timers -- as GlaxoWellcomeSmithKlineBeecham, has elected to halt all political contributions. Almost. The corporation itself will not make any contributions, after having made a total of $585,425 to candidates in the USA in 2008. It...
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December 21, 2008
Category: Social Commentary
On 24 November 2008, the United Nations reported the outcome of the Human Rights Council's Working Group On Right To Development. They held a vote on the question of whether people have a right to food. The United States of...
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December 18, 2008
Category: Politics
Saudi offers $10m for shoes thrown by journo Iraq: Wednesday, December 17 - 2008 at 09:22 A Saudi man has offered $10m to buy the shoes that Iraqi journalist Muntadar Al Zaidi hurled at US President George W. Bush, according...
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December 17, 2008
Category: Medicine
Ovation Pharmaceuticals obtained the rights to a drug developed by Merck, Indocin IV. It is used as a medical treatment for patent ductus arteriosus. PDA is a type of birth defect in the heart. It is serious. It is...
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December 12, 2008
Category: Chatter
Land's End sells white coats. The kind that doctors wear. I got an email hawking Land's End stuff. Promising big savings. So I notice this: Anyway, I looked at the image of the coat. I imagined myself putting it...
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Category: Politics
Senate rejects auto bailout By DAVID ROGERS | 12/11/08 11:15 PM EST A White House-backed bailout for ailing automakers collapsed in the Senate Thursday night, pushing General Motors Corp. closer to almost certain bankruptcy absent a major intervention by the...
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