Calvin's Junk Drawer
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Cell Size and ScaleAn interactive visualization of cells and other biological entities at various scales.
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3 weeks ago
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BPS RESEARCH DIGEST: One nagging thing you still don't understand about yourselfThe email edition of the British Psychological Society's Research Digest has reached the milestone of its 150th issue. That's over 900 quality, peer-reviewed psychology journal articles digested since 2003. To mark the occasion, the Digest editor has invited some of the world's leading ...
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6 weeks ago
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Space Robot Bonanza!I won't even attempt to describe this one. Just keep in mind that none of this has been fabricated or made up in any way (since people keep asking me if these are real or not). After being abducted by the space aliens in my last ICQ prank, I come under attack from a new enemy - the dreaded Space ...
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2 months ago
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Do High-fat Diets Make Us Stupid And Lazy? Physical And Memory Abilities Of Rats Affected After 9 DaysRats fed a high-fat diet show a stark reduction in their physical endurance and a decline in their cognitive ability after just nine days, a study by Oxford University researchers has shown. "We found that rats, when switched to a high-fat diet from their standard low-fat feed, showed a ...
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2 months ago
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The Official Ring Homomorphisms Homepage: REAL ULTIMATE POWERThe Official RING HOMOMORPHISMS Webpage Ring Homomorphisms can map to any value they want! Ring Homomorphisms map ring elements ALL the time and don't even think twice about it. These things are so crazy and awesome that they flip out ALL the time. I heard that once this Ring Homomorphism ...
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2 months ago
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Overcoming Bias : A Theory Of IdentityA person’s “identity” is something less than all his or her details but more than a few simple stats. What is it exactly, why do people need to discover it, want to stay true to it, why could only their “heart” tell them what it is, and why would a 35 year old still be searching for it, even ...
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3 months ago
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Annals of Innovation: How David Beats Goliath: Reporting & Essays: The New YorkerA non-stop full-court press gives weak basketball teams a chance against far stronger teams. Why have so few adopted it?
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6 months ago
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StillTasty: Your Ultimate Shelf Life Guide - Save Money, Eat Better, Help The EnvironmentBrowse Shelf Life Information By Category Your Questions Answered Shelf Talk The dates on food labels can be confusing. The truth is, they often have nothing to do with food safety. Here's what you really need to know. Foods keep safe while they're frozen. But that can change quickly ...
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7 months ago
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SpringerLink - Journal ArticleThree current theories of metaphor production, those of atribute matching, analogical reasoning, and Gestalt perceptual processing, were tested by asking subjects to compare famous people with various categories. Three sets of instructions were devised, each reflecting one of the major theories. ...
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7 months ago
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[0904.0402] A thermodynamic basis for prebiotic amino acid synthesis and the nature of the first genetic codeAbstract: Of the twenty amino acids used in proteins, ten were formed in Miller's atmospheric discharge experiments. The two other major proposed sources of prebiotic amino acid synthesis include formation in hydrothermal vents and delivery to Earth via meteorites. We combine observational and ...
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7 months ago