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links for 2007-10-18

By dmunger on October 18, 2007.

• 60 percent of Neuroscience conference authors only present one paper in five years
• Book Review - On Killing: The Psychological Costs of Learning to Kill in War and Society
  Is it possible that most soldiers only rarely use their weapons, even in pitched battle?
• Why There Aren't Right-Handed Apes, Or: Handedness and The Evolution of Language
• Why are bluetooth headsets so lame?
  Is it possible that a *more* conspicuous headset will make you look like less of a dork?
• Women in Math, Science, and Engineering, and Playing Video Games
  Chris offers the full analysis of a the article we brought up a while back.

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