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Neuroscientists discover brain area responsible for fear of losing money (Links)

Sami — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:11:08 +0000

Science – Neuroscientists discover brain area responsible for fear of losing money (PhysOrg).
Science – The Evolution Debate Is Over; It’s Time To Move Forward (NPR).
Science – Being bored could be bad for your health (Salon).
Science – What came before the Big Bang? (The Daily Galaxy).
History – Slavery in America: Historical Overview (Slavery in America).
History – When electric doorbells were new (Wired).
History – Indian man resurrects the East India Company (Times Online).
Interesting – Does polygamy reduce the risk of AIDS? (Chris Blattman).
Interesting – USA’s top pork producer is also one the worst polluters (Rolling Stone).
Wikipedia – Edwin Howard Armstrong: The inventor of FM radio (Wikipedia).

Sami — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:47:50 +0000

History – Tycho Brahe to be exhumed (The Copenhagen Post).
History – The tragedy of dying languages (BBC).
History – World History Looks Different When Seen Through Islamic Eyes (VOA).
History – The history of tipping (BillShrink).
History – Founders of British obstetrics ‘were callous murderers’ (Guardian UK).
Interesting – Why Do the Chinese Save So Much? (Columbia Business School)
Interesting – Chinese attitudes about antiques 40 years after the Cultural Revolution (NY Times).
Interesting – How the right to arms saved the non-violent civil rights protesters (The Volokh Conspiracy).
Science – Our world may be a giant hologram (NewScientist).
WTF – How to survive if you are buried alive (The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook).

Sami — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:59:26 +0000

Sami — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:41:20 +0000

Science – Antarctica’s “Blood Falls” (Discover Magazine).
Science – Volcanoes ‘destroyed ancient ocean life’ (Telegraph UK).
Science – The Lost Turkeys of the New World (Wired).
Science – The absolutely insane 1 Megajoule laser (ScienceDaily).
History – Asian skeleton discovered in Roman cemetery (Independent UK).
History – Birds Got Too Fat to Fly After Dinosaurs Vanished? (National Geographic)
Interesting – The World’s Dirtiest Cities (Forbes).
Interesting – Russia’s evolution as seen through McDonald’s (NY Times).
Interesting – Shanghai’s cricket fighting subculture (WSJ).
Wikipedia – Tama-Re, the Egyptian-themed Nuwaubian compound (Wikipedia).

Sami — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:52:15 +0000

Interesting – A Year of Global Shipping Routes Mapped by GPS (Wired).
Interesting – Why do high-end prostitutes make so much money? (bakadesuyo)
Interesting – 15 Cute Animals That Will Cause You Horrible Harm (brainz).
Interesting – The economics of child soldiering (Chris Blattman).
Interesting – The Zero Rupee note (World Bank).
Science – Moon May Have Formed in Natural Nuclear Explosion (arXiv).
Science – Can planets reproduce by budding? (weird things)
Art – The Most Famous Unfinished Works of Art (Bezbridge).
History – The Terrifying Story of How Typhus Killed Napoleon’s Greatest Army (TYWKIWDBI).
History – Leonardo da Vinci’s Resume (stone).