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Sep. 17th, 2009 12:36 pmDirect Evidence of Role of Sleep in Memory Formation Is Uncovered -- Sharp wave ripples. Major, major news.
Brain Scans Of The Future: Psychologists Use fMRI To Understand Ties Between Memories And The Imagination
Woman has tooth implanted into eye: An American woman, Sharron "Kay" Thornton, has regained her sight by having a tooth implanted in her eye
The Alternative Medicine Cabinet: Arnica for Pain Relief (NYT article)
Brain Scans Of The Future: Psychologists Use fMRI To Understand Ties Between Memories And The Imagination
Woman has tooth implanted into eye: An American woman, Sharron "Kay" Thornton, has regained her sight by having a tooth implanted in her eye
The Alternative Medicine Cabinet: Arnica for Pain Relief (NYT article)
Outbursts against Obama are racism -- An opinion piece that speaks in a matter-of-fact tone.
The article in Newsweek had a horrible title and cover ("Is Your Baby Racist?"), but the content itself was rather measured and quite insightful.
More articles:
Obama, racism and Jimmy Carter: Nearly 30 years ago, Carter team kept quiet on race and Reagan campaign -- the article is at MSNBC, but it originates from Conservative Quarterly Politics
Obama Battles Great Racial Divide -- Kansas City Star
White president would never hear 'You lie!' -- "Because Obama chooses to ignore the racism shown toward him, that doesn't mean racism doesn't exist."
What! Racism Still in America? -- "I see . . . racial sub-texts in the intensity of the attacks on Obama -- not in the disagreements per se, but in the viciousness of the rhetoric."
Obama as witch doctor: Racist or satirical? -- That picture is one of the most racist depictions of an African-American I've ever seen. It is jaw-droppingly offensive. I can only imagine what Mr. Obama himself feels when he views that image.
Race Relations Look Worse to Outsiders -- This was a thought-provoking little blurb.
The article in Newsweek had a horrible title and cover ("Is Your Baby Racist?"), but the content itself was rather measured and quite insightful.
More articles:
Obama, racism and Jimmy Carter: Nearly 30 years ago, Carter team kept quiet on race and Reagan campaign -- the article is at MSNBC, but it originates from Conservative Quarterly Politics
Obama Battles Great Racial Divide -- Kansas City Star
White president would never hear 'You lie!' -- "Because Obama chooses to ignore the racism shown toward him, that doesn't mean racism doesn't exist."
What! Racism Still in America? -- "I see . . . racial sub-texts in the intensity of the attacks on Obama -- not in the disagreements per se, but in the viciousness of the rhetoric."
Obama as witch doctor: Racist or satirical? -- That picture is one of the most racist depictions of an African-American I've ever seen. It is jaw-droppingly offensive. I can only imagine what Mr. Obama himself feels when he views that image.
Race Relations Look Worse to Outsiders -- This was a thought-provoking little blurb.
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Sep. 17th, 2009 07:06 pmTeen Birth Rates Higher in Highly Religious States
[T]he results don't say anything about cause and effect, though study researcher Joseph Strayhorn of Drexel University College of Medicine and University of Pittsburgh offers a speculation of the most probable explanation: "We conjecture that religious communities in the U.S. are more successful in discouraging the use of contraception among their teenagers than they are in discouraging sexual intercourse itself."
[...] They found a strong correlation between statewide conservative religiousness and statewide teen birth rate even when they accounted for income and abortion rates.
For instance, the results showed more abortions among teenagers in the less religious states, which would skew the findings since fewer teens in these states would have births. But even after accounting for the abortions, the study team still found a state's level of religiosity could predict their teen birth rate. The higher the religiosity, the higher was the teen birth rate on average.