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Gleanings: mayfly radar, tennis memoir, et alia

By ddobbs on June 11, 2010.

 

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Unbelieveble! Department, via SciencePunk:  Giant mayfly swarm caught on radar

NYRB reviews what sounds like an especially moving memoir from Andre Agassi.

Whatever It Takes Department, via Ed Yong: Superstitions can improve performance by boosting confidence.

The climate-change doubt industry and its roots - http://bit.ly/an4cAr, via @stevesilberman

RitaRubin: Study: Have bad habits? U r more likely 2 blame health problms on your genes. 'Cause u can't do anything 2 change them http://bit.ly/ad6iRy. Damned interesting if true.

techreview: Genetic Testing Can Change Behavior http://bit.ly/c1jKSU

sarcastic_f: Criminal offenders w/ psychopathic tendencies impaired in emotional but not cognitive theory of mind http://j.mp/a1fsza OFC involvement? This does not surprise me. (See my Times Magazine article "The Gregarious Brain" and search for "theory of mind).



 

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