August 2011
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Computer Game Therapy Combats Stress, Anxiety →
humanevariation:
Ever wonder if playing video games relieves stress and reduces aggression? Well in this lates study, it appears as if it can.
In order to enhance the experience of therapy and relieve student anxiety, researchers are designing and building a computer game to help young people improve their everyday skills in self-control.
There is actually mixed literature regarding...
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“Did God have a mother?” Children, when told that God made the heavens and the...”
– Michio Kaku
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Cosmic Civilizations: The Kardashev Scale →
Type I:
A civilization that is able to harness all of the power available on a single planet — has approximately 1016 or 1017 Watts available. Earth specifically has an available power of 1.74 ×1017 W (174 peta watts, see Earth’s energy budget). Kardashev’s original definition was 4 ×1012 W — a “technological level close to the level presently attained on...
Anonymous asked: cirrus clouds and rainbows
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“Earth is a giant living being, perhaps a superorganism as far beyond as we are...”
– Dorion Sagan - Notes from The Holocene
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14-billion-years-later asked: No I don't! I love you really! That thing between me and that other blog, it meant nothing!
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14-billion-years-later asked: How have I gone this long without this blog?
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Astronomers Discover Planet Made of Diamond →
Astronomers have spotted an exotic planet that seems to be made of diamond racing around a tiny star in our galactic backyard.
The new planet is far denser than any other known so far and consists largely of carbon. Because it is so dense, scientists calculate the carbon must be crystalline, so a large part of this strange world will effectively be diamond.
“The evolutionary history...
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An On/Off Switch for Sex and Violence →
In a remarkable series of experiments, researchers have located a trigger for aggression in mice—providing us with fresh insights into the workings of our human consciousness.
Our story starts in the hypothalamus, an ancient region of the brain, conserved throughout mammalian evolution. In humans, it is about the size of an almond, housing a motley collection of neurons. These cells...
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