I ask this question because I have seen something I have never seen before, something so earth-shattering that I wonder if the very axis of the earth has shifted, something so incredible that I have to pinch myself to make sure that I’m not living some unbelievably bizarre dream. I half expect the heavens to […]

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*stands up bravely* Hi, my name is Scicurious, and I’m a…caffeine addict.
Well, currently I’m a recovering caffeine addict. I used to drink about 6 cups of coffee a day. The big travel mug size. I was even in a caffeine study where they needed high users, and they were shocked by my intake. It started […]

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Even though I’m not a Halloween person (I like it just fine, but I’m not a big deck the house with Halloween decorations and dress up kind of person), I’m a bit inspired by the holiday this year so today’s post has a bit of a Halloween type theme. I’m in New York City all […]

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Even though I’m not a Halloween person (I like it just fine, but I’m not a big deck the house with Halloween decorations and dress up kind of person), I’m a bit inspired by the holiday this year so today’s post has a bit of a Halloween type theme. I’m in New York City all […]

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A nine-boat protest armada led by the Rainbow Warrior has arrived at Britain’s most controversial power station with dozens of activists from around the world filling the jetty at the plant in Kent.     Full Story…

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Greenpeace divers have chained the propellers of four vessels with a history of pirate fishing to the quayside in the port of Aviero. Hoisting [a] banner[s] demanding “[ ]”, Greenpeace is calling on the Portuguese Minister of Fisheries to ensure that they will not be able to fish again. [More details on the event in […]

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This is a presentation given by Naomi Klein equating the financial meltdown of August/September/October 2008 with her general thesis of the Shock Doctrine of Disaster Capitalism. This thesis cuts to the heart of the reshaping of whole societies, using disasters as a means to justify enacting societal changes which would normally be untenable but […]

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It’s that time of year again—the time of year when everyone gets the sniffles, and everyone wants an antibiotic. Even folks who know better, who know intellectually that an antibiotic isn’t going to fix their viral illness still harbor a strong suspicion that it just might help—and it couldn’t hurt, right?
Well, I’ve got two words […]

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De prospectiva pingendi, Book 3, figure lxiv
Piero della Francesca (c 1412-92)
This month’s Lancet has an interesting article by G.D. Schott, linking Piero della Francesca’s pioneering orthographic projections to technologies like fMRI:
In the neurosciences today, images of the brain and its constituent structures are typically presented in the triadic orthogonal format, comprising coronal, sagittal, and axial […]

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I read an alarming little piece of news the other day thanks to eSutra (I’m not being sarcastic here — I’m grateful to eSutra for posting the news). It appears that the state of New Jersey is pushing a bill that will require yoga teachers to be licensed by the state. Rather than abide by […]

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