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Algae and Light Help Injured Mice Walk Again | Magazine

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:46:47 GMT

Quoted: It was the most important thing they’d ever seen. They’d shown that a beam of light could control brain activity with great precision. The mouse didn’t lose its memory, have a seizure, or die. It ran in a circle. Specifically, a counterclockwise circle.

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Why antidepressants don't work for so many

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:22:17 GMT

Quoted: More than half the people who take antidepressants for depression never get relief. Why? Because the cause of depression has been oversimplified and drugs designed to treat it aim at the wrong target, according to new research from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. The medications ...

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U.S. Support for Legalizing Marijuana Reaches New High

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:30:26 GMT

Interesting statistics from this article:
-The majority in Western America favor legalization of marijuana (53% to 46%)
-Attitudes towards marijuana in highly correlated with age. 50% of those polled 18-49 favor legalization, while only 28% of those over 65 do.
-If public support continues growing 1-2% per year (as it has since 2000), the majority of Americans will favor legalization in as little as four years.

Quoted: More than 4 in 10 Americans -- 44% -- believe the use of marijuana should be made legal, while barely half say it should not. Support for legalization is up from 36% in 2005 and now far exceeds the 31% found at the start of the decade.

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Bees on Cocaine: The Facts

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:56:01 GMT

I love the title, sounds like a Horror film. Anyways, cocaine activity is the first indications of a reward system in bees.

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Michael Jackson fail - Snotr

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 08:34:42 GMT

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Want to Remember Everything You'll Ever Learn? Surrender to This Algorithm

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:55:08 GMT

I am going to try this.

Quoted: Piotr Wozniak has a technique to turn people into geniuses, and a portion of the technique is in a software program called SuperMemo. Users around the world apply it to learning languages and gaining language fluency. SuperMemo is based on the insight that there is an ideal moment to practice what you've learned.

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YouTube - RAAAAAAAANDY - Shitlist.com

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:32:49 GMT

Awesome! I remember talk about making a website like this about 6 months ago... and I even was calling it ShitList.com. Great minds think alike!

Quoted: See Randy's stand up video's and laugh your dick off - http://www.laughyourdickoff.com/Aziz Ansari as Randy from the Judd Apatow movie Funny People. Opens Ju...

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YouTube - Pyro System 2.2 Halloween

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:38:49 GMT

I want a pair! Shoots fire from hands several feet.

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YouTube - Pinot - Live at The Key Club 8/13/09

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:35:25 GMT

WOW. Funk group made up of USC music majors. Saw these guys again at a free show at Ground Zero last week. They get better every time.

Quoted: Check out http://pinotfunk.com

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YouTube - Bare Conductive

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:49:38 GMT

Bare Conductive is a skin safe conductive ink, that you can use to complete electrical circuits with their body, (for music, entertainment, and pleasure)

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