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Monthly Archives: May 2011
You don’t know how to tie your shoes
It turns out nearly all of us have been tying our shoes wrong since we learned. I’ve done it the way this guy does it now for a week and it really works–no more double knots and it still stays … Continue reading
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One way exercise might boost memory
It’s been shown for a while that exercise leads to increased production of nerve cells, and that exercise improves brain function. Tara Parker Pope writes about a study in which people were given memory tests while in an imaging machine, … Continue reading
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Venture Capital and Intelligence Tech
As part of my story on Michael Crow, I recently interviewed Christopher Darby, the president of a company called In-Q-Tel (Crow is chairman of the board), which has been around for about ten years, although I had never heard of … Continue reading
A fungus creates zombie ants
Here is a story that seems more like science fiction than natural science – another case in which a parasite takes over some poor creature’s brain and manipulates the host’s behavior in a way that benefits the parasite. We’ve seen … Continue reading
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Lions and eco myths
Recently another mountain lion wandered out of the hills into Palo Alto and had to be shot by the police. And then came the ridiculous assertion that comes up every time something like this happens, and it makes me want … Continue reading
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Is Sugar Toxic? Le Chatelier and Succrose
I’ve been meaning for a while to write something on this NY Times article asking if sugar is toxic. The basic gist is that sucrose (table sugar) is broken down into two sugars, glucose and fructose. Glucose feeds right … Continue reading
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ASU President Michael Crow and leading with emotion
I was just down in Arizona on Monday doing and interview with ASU President Michael Crow for a magazine piece. He is a very interesting person, a promethian character who has set out to transform ASU and higher education in … Continue reading
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