CircleCount helps you better understand Google+

2013-05-21 21:47:19 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

How Your Social Status Influences the Way You’re Judged

Source: http://www.peerreviewedbymyneurons.com/2013/05/21/how-your-social-status-influences-how-your-actions-are-judged

2013-05-21 21:39:50 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 6 +1s)

Even People Without Synesthesia Find Colors in Music
Researchers say the colors we find in music are actually the colors of the emotions the music makes us feel.

Source: http://inkfish.fieldofscience.com/2013/05/even-people-without-synesthesia-find.html

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2013-05-21 21:32:07 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 6 +1s)

Honeybees trained to sniff out landmines in Croatia

Source: http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/05/honeybees-trained-to-sniff-out-landmines-in-croatia

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2013-05-21 21:29:09 (0 comments, 3 reshares, 6 +1s)

Mathematicians Analyze Social Divisions Using Cell Phone Data

Meyer’s group of research scientists, postdocs and students in mathematics and political science has developed a new way to characterize the relationships among communities defined by different characteristics such as language or religion

http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/pressreleases/mathematicians_analyze_social_divisions_using_cell_phone_data

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2013-05-19 21:46:24 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Pulse Detection Mirror Technology Could Detect Future Crimes


More: http://www.bitrebels.com/technology/pulse-detection-mirror-technology

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2013-05-19 21:40:26 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Buycott app helps keep your money out of the hands of Monsanto, Koch Bros., and more

2013-05-19 21:31:45 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 6 +1s)

Roses are Red, Blood Cells Blue

❤ The heart is a symbol of love, and on this Mother's Day, let's consider the cardiovascular changes in a pregnant mother. As the sole provider of nourishment to the baby, the mother's cardiac output (blood volume) increases by 50% during pregnancy...that's an extra liter and half. Her heart will enlarge and beat faster, by about 15 beats/min. The growing fetus pushes her heart upwards and to the left. She will need more red blood cells to carry extra oxygen, although the increased numbers do not keep up with the blood volume. The higher requirement for iron and the dilution of red cells in blood can make mama-to-be tired and anemic.

❤ A pregnant woman is hypercoagulable: more likely to form clots. This is thought to be an evolutionary precaution against hemorrhaging after delivery, but it puts the motherat ... more »

2013-05-19 21:30:49 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

This was YouTube's suggestion after I was done watching the earlier linked Abbott and Costello video.

Seriously, people? Did two-thirds of people really sleep through trigonometry class?

When not knowing Math can cost you $15,000

2013-05-19 21:16:28 (35 comments, 36 reshares, 79 +1s)

Evolution explains the fundamental constants of physics

Theoretical physics is about tweaking the knobs and dials and assumptions of the laws that govern the universe and then interpolating those laws back to examine how they affect our daily lives, or how they affect the universe that we observe, or even if they are consistent with each other.

More: http://egtheory.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/evolution-explains-the-fundamental-constants-of-physics

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2013-05-19 20:43:49 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Caring for Infants Is All in the (Woman’s) Eyes

Men and women pay attention to babies differently
More:  http://www.united-academics.org/magazine/sex-society/men-women-parenthood-differences/

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2013-05-19 20:41:15 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

The Joy of Stats

You might not realise it, but statistics rule your life. Think about that for a minute. Because even if you claim you know nothing about maths, maths knows a lot about you.

More: http://www.scilogs.com/epilogue/the-joy-of-stats

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2013-05-19 18:42:53 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

The Tracks of Ships Are Written in the Sky

Under the right conditions, the exhaust from ships plying the ocean can form clouds, leaving tracks criss-crossing the sky.

More: http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/05/15/ship_tracks_clouds_form_from_the_exhaust_of_ships_at_sea.html

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2013-05-19 18:34:40 (0 comments, 5 reshares, 4 +1s)

Beautiful "flowers" self-assemble in a beaker

Elaborate nanostructures blossom from a chemical reaction perfected at Harvard

With the hand of nature trained on a beaker of chemical fluid, the most delicate flower structures have been formed in a Harvard laboratory—and not at the scale of inches, but microns.

Source: https://www.seas.harvard.edu/news-events/press-releases/beautiful-flowers-self-assemble-in-a-beaker
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2013-05-17 18:19:26 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 12 +1s)

Beauty of Love and Devotion

2013-05-16 15:46:01 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

Curiosity - Knowledge - Motivated Attitude - Community

2013-05-15 21:54:33 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 9 +1s)

At our May 13, 2013 Science at the Theater event, seven Berkeley Lab scientists presented seven BIG ideas in eight minutes each (give or take a few minutes). Watch this fast-paced video going to learn about the game-changing concepts our scientists work on every day.

Here are the speakers and topics:

Mina Bissell: The mysteries behind cancer

Bill Jagust: Early detection of Alzheimer's: is it possible?

Science at the Theater - Seven Big Ideas

David Schlegel: The cosmic search for dark energy

Greg Bell: Accelerating science with (very, very) big data

Blake Simmons: Replacing a barrel of oil with plants and microbes

Aindrila Mukhopadhyay: Microbes to the rescue

Ron Zuckermann: Mimicking nature to create better materials

More info: http://www.lbl.gov/LBL-PID/fobl/
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2013-05-15 21:50:29 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Stanford's wearable heart monitor, thinner than a dollar bill

Engineers combine layers of flexible electronics and pressure sensors to create a wearable heart monitor thinner than a dollar bill. The skin-like device could one day provide doctors with a safer way to check the condition of a patient's heart.

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2013-05-15 21:10:15 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

Wireless helmet detects brain bleeding

http://www.futurity.org/health-medicine/wireless-helmet-detects-brain-bleeding

2013-05-15 20:54:34 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 2 +1s)

Helping People through the Decision-Making Process Using a Web-Based Application

Making a decision by yourself can be hard, and this is why we created Ahoona.
Ahoona connects you with your friends and the world to get input on your decisions. But it is people, not data, that make a decision!
With Ahoona, you can see the reasoning other people have used to make a decision, get tips on important information, and use advanced tools to determine the best decision for you.
Ahoona was created by leading experts in the field of decision analysis. It was designed to capture all elements of decision quality into the analysis to help you make the best decision.

https://www.ahoona.com/

More: http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=127901&org=NSF

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2013-05-15 20:26:31 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Invisibility Cloak for Heat

Experimenters guide heat around a two-dimensional object without leaving a trace.

http://physics.aps.org/articles/v6/54

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2013-05-15 20:23:03 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

Carnivorous plant throws out ‘junk’ DNA

The newly sequenced genome of the carnivorous bladderwort contradicts the notion that vast quantities of noncoding DNA are crucial for complex life

http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2013/05/023.html

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2013-05-15 20:21:30 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

What Is It About Bees And Hexagons?

Solved! A bee-buzzing, honey-licking 2,000-year-old mystery that begins here, with this beehive. Look at the honeycomb in the photo and ask yourself: (I know you've been wondering this all your life, but have been too shy to ask out loud ... ) Why is every cell in this honeycomb a hexagon?

http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2013/05/13/183704091/what-is-it-about-bees-and-hexagons

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2013-05-15 20:02:09 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

EUROPE'S LOST GENERATION #INFOGRAPHICS

2013-05-12 18:18:56 (1 comments, 3 reshares, 5 +1s)

How to spot a murderer's brain
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2013-05-12 18:16:56 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

"Motherhood By the Numbers"

2013-05-12 09:54:55 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 17 +1s)

Coffee time, under Acropolis, Athens. Have a nice Sunday!

2013-05-11 14:07:09 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 4 +1s)

"Contagious Marketing: Why Things Catch On"

Berger, a Wharton marketing professor, has spent the last decade studying social influence.  In “Contagious,” he combines his groundbreaking research with powerful stories to explain the secret science behind word of mouth and social transmission.

2013-05-11 10:07:04 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 0 +1s)

DO IT LIKE VAMPIRE

2013-05-11 09:57:48 (10 comments, 1 reshares, 7 +1s)

Bonding with your virtual self may alter your actual perceptions

When people create and modify their virtual reality avatars, the hardships faced by their alter egos can influence how they perceive virtual environments, according to researchers.

http://www.brainmysteries.com/research/Bonding_with_your_virtual_self__may_alter_your_actual_perceptions.asp

2013-05-11 07:20:45 (0 comments, 8 reshares, 12 +1s)

Infographic: Hackers Create An Amazing, Illegal Portrait Of The Internet

Source: http://www.fastcodesign.com/1672187/infographic-hackers-create-an-amazing-illegal-portrait-of-the-internet

2013-05-10 22:00:13 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

This Video Will Make You Happy, But This Teen Is Still Going to Die

2013-05-10 21:41:57 (0 comments, 6 reshares, 13 +1s)

Watching Your Brain Freak Out On A Scanner Calms You Down

People who observed their own brain activity using real-time fMRI feedback were better able to control and reduce their anxiety, a new study says.

READ: http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-05/watching-your-brain-freak-out-scanner-calms-you-down

2013-05-10 21:36:01 (0 comments, 6 reshares, 7 +1s)

Must-See Video of High Frequency Robot Trading

You have no idea just how bonkers high-frequency trading is making the stock market until you actually see it in action. A terrifying new video by the research firm Nanex offers just such an opportunity: It shows one half-second of trading in just one stock, boring old Johnson & Johnson, on May 2. The video slows down the trades so that the milliseconds -- thousandths of a second -- tick slowly by, and so that human eyes can comprehend what's happening.

MORE: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/09/video-half-second-high-frequency-trading_n_3245999.html

2013-05-10 16:46:45 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Markets erode moral values

Many people express objections against child labor, exploitation of the workforce or meat production involving cruelty against animals. At the same time, however, people ignore their own moral standards when acting as market participants, searching for the cheapest electronics, fashion or food. Thus, markets reduce moral concerns.

READ: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/uob-mem051013.php

2013-05-10 16:19:28 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

The surprising uses for birdsong

Can a nightingale's song help you pass an exam or a blackbird's twittering encourage you to open a bank account? Sound experts are using it to do both.

READ: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22298779

2013-05-10 16:11:43 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Music, Inside Out

"Oscillate" is the title of my thesis animation done at the MFA Computer Art program in the School of Visual Arts located in New York City.

My goal with "Oscillate" was to visualize waveform patterns that evolve from the fundamental sine wave to more complex patterns, creating a mesmerizing audio-visual experience in which sight and sound work in unison to capture the viewer's attention.

MORE: http://dbsierra.com/Work/Oscillate/

2013-05-10 16:03:23 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

Your Cellphone May Be Ruining Your Dating Life

Going on a blind date? Here's a tip: Don't bring your phone.

READ: http://news.yahoo.com/cellphone-may-ruining-dating-life-133314309.html

2013-05-10 15:58:08 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

VIDEO - This Robot's Acrobatic Leaps Are the Coolest Thing You'll See Today

2013-05-10 15:42:15 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Social Connections Drive the ‘Upward Spiral’ of Positive Emotions and Health

People who experience warmer, more upbeat emotions may have better physical health because they make more social connections, according to a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.

READ: http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/releases/social-connections-drive-the-upward-spiral-of-positive-emotions-and-health.html

2013-05-09 22:56:57 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

"We spend most of our mental life confirming our opinions, even when those opinions involve complex issues. We believe we understand the world with detail and coherence, even though our folk theories are usually incomplete. The sad reason rationality exists might not be to seek truth, but to argue and persuade"

2013-05-09 22:40:29 (1 comments, 5 reshares, 9 +1s)

Light pollution? There's an app for that

Take part in a world-wide citizen science project that measures star visibility and light pollution. Help create a database for research on health, environment and society by telling scientists which stars you can see at your location.

A new app just released for the Android OS, called “The Loss of the Night” is designed to find out exactly how bad the light pollution is. The app helps measure skyglow by learning which stars are visible or invisible to the naked eye at the user’s location.

Source: http://www.citizensciencecenter.com/light-pollution-theres-an-app-for-that

The app in Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cosalux.welovestars

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2013-05-09 22:23:39 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

What Michael Jackson can teach Google about Twitter

2013-05-09 22:16:42 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

"Mars Photos: Slices in Sulci*

Source: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/01/space-photo-of-the-day-2/?pid=6844

2013-05-09 22:00:38 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

Locals pull out baby elephant from a ditch in India

In a heartwarming incident, locals in northeast India rescue a female elephant calf after she fell in a ditch and transport her to the nearby Kaziranga national park for medical treatment.

http://youtu.be/7E6e_nU5Mug

2013-05-09 21:38:08 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

+Google for Entrepreneurs
You have an idea. Make it happen.

Discover local programs and online resources to launch and scale your business: Introducing Google for Entrepreneurs

. Programs: google.com/entrepreneurs/initiatives
. Events: google.com/entrepreneurs/events
. Google Tools: google.com/entrepreneurs/resources
. Online Learning: google.com/entrepreneurs/onlinelearning

Website: google.com/entrepreneurs 
YouTube: youtube.com/Google4Entrepreneurs 
Google+: +Google for Entrepreneurs 

2013-05-09 21:32:44 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

Why Internet Matters

via: dinner.com

2013-05-09 19:36:34 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Europe is one big family
Continent shares common ancestry about 30 generations ago

Please... tell it... to Merkel

2013-05-09 19:28:42 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 6 +1s)

ART MEETS SCIENCE: The Turbulence of Van Gogh and the Labrador Shelf Current

Vincent Van Gogh painted his most turbulent images when insane. The Labrador Current resembles Van Gogh’s paintings when it becomes unstable. There is no reason that mental and geophysical instability relate to each other. And yet they do. Russian physicist Andrey Kolmogorov developed theories of turbulence 70 years ago that Mexican physicist applied to some of Van Gogh’s paintings such as “Starry Sky:”

Source: http://icyseas.org/2013/05/08/the-turbulence-of-van-gogh-and-the-labrador-shelf-current/

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2013-05-09 19:19:02 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

FROM TODAY TO THE ETERNITY: Putting today into perspective

When you focus on all the small events and decisions that happen throughout a single day, those 24 hours can seem like an eternity. Graphic designer Luke Twyman turned that around in Here is Today. It's a straightforward interactive that places one day in the context of all days ever. You start at today, and as you move forward, the days before this one appear, until today is reduced to a one-pixel sliver on the screen and doesn't seem like much at all.

Source: http://hereistoday.com/

2013-05-09 15:56:27 (1 comments, 3 reshares, 9 +1s)

The First Taste: Saatchi & Saatchi at TEDxSydney

A delightful look at children taking their first taste of some challenging foods. Filmed in high speed, stunning clarity, this film allows us to almost see the thoughts of these children on their faces.