cool articles

mensch-o-matic

hi everyone. i hope you all had a good day. this is a thread about cool articles you find on the internet such as :

2012 : WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE DEEP, ELEGANT, OR BEAUTIFUL EXPLANATION?
Edge.org asked 191 famous thinkers "What is Your Favorite Deep, Elegant, or Beautiful Explanation?” Daniel Dennett's choice:

I was told some years ago that the reason why some species of sea turtles migrate all the way across the South Atlantic to lay their eggs on the east coast of South America after mating on the west coast of Africa is that when the behavior started, Gondwanaland was just beginning to break apart (that would be between 130 and 110 million years ago), and these turtles were just swimming across the narrow strait to lay their eggs. Each year the swim was a little longer—maybe an inch or so—but who could notice that? Eventually they were crossing the ocean to lay their eggs, having no idea, of course, why they would do such an extravagant thing.

What is delicious about this example is that it vividly illustrates several important evolutionary themes: the staggering power over millions of years of change so gradual it is essentially unnoticeable, the cluelessness of much animal behavior, even when it is adaptive, and of course the eye-opening perspective that evolution by natural selection can offer to the imagination of the curious naturalist.

but they can be about anything you want. maybe a neat study you didnt think would fit in the science thread or an unexplored cave has been newly discovered, except for political stuff please, i dont want to have to close the thread. thanks and have fun.

I Win Swordfights

look mensch i found these for you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8w8NgvDf4aM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZuc67uNo4U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QOQCbyUNXI

Brolo

http://www.ifuckedanncoulterintheasshard.blogspot.com

mensch-o-matic

a bountiful harvest

The Geek

Real men love The Fifth Element.

MetroidZoid

My god Rolo

Thank you for that.

PiptheFair

Rolo wrote:

http://www.ifuckedanncoulterintheasshard.blogspot.com

yeah

Ubik

http://www.fullhousereviewed.com/

mensch-o-matic

quote samples would also be a good thing to do

http://www.bloggerbeware.com/2011/05/more-tales-to-give-you-goosebumps.html

the Werewolf's First Night

How to write your very own Goosebumps short story:

Step 01
Name your main character (Sex unimportant, must be twelve years old)

Brian is twelve years old.

Step 02
Quickly introduce, then separate the parents from the protagonist

Brian's parents have signed him up for a day camp that appears to employ no counselors and only a handful of other kids enrolled. So basically they've signed him up to join a gang.

Step 03
Have protagonist jump to conclusions that eventually turn out to be false

Everyone at this camp is a werewolf.

Step 04
In stunning twist, have false conclusion bring about the actual conclusion, which must either be as or less credible than the perceived conclusion

No one at this camp is a werewolf. Except for Brian, who is a werewolf.

lostwords

I love the idea for this thread! I use instapaper a lot on my iPad, with the instapaper site and byliner.com

My fave recent article: how your cat is making you crazy

The parasite, which is excreted by cats in their feces, is called Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii or Toxo for short) and is the microbe that causes toxoplasmosis—the reason pregnant women are told to avoid cats’ litter boxes. Since the 1920s, doctors have recognized that a woman who becomes infected during pregnancy can transmit the disease to the fetus, in some cases resulting in severe brain damage or death. T. gondii is also a major threat to people with weakened immunity: in the early days of the AIDS epidemic, before good antiretroviral drugs were developed, it was to blame for the dementia that afflicted many patients at the disease’s end stage. Healthy children and adults, however, usually experience nothing worse than brief flu-like symptoms before quickly fighting off the protozoan, which thereafter lies dormant inside brain cells—or at least that’s the standard medical wisdom.

But if Flegr is right, the “latent” parasite may be quietly tweaking the connections between our neurons, changing our response to frightening situations, our trust in others, how outgoing we are, and even our preference for certain scents. And that’s not all. He also believes that the organism contributes to car crashes, suicides, and mental disorders such as schizophrenia. When you add up all the different ways it can harm us, says Flegr, “Toxoplasma might even kill as many people as malaria, or at least a million people a year.”

Muggins

lostwords wrote:

I love the idea for this thread! I use instapaper a lot on my iPad, with the instapaper site and byliner.com

My fave recent article: how your cat is making you crazy

The parasite, which is excreted by cats in their feces, is called Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii or Toxo for short) and is the microbe that causes toxoplasmosis—the reason pregnant women are told to avoid cats’ litter boxes. Since the 1920s, doctors have recognized that a woman who becomes infected during pregnancy can transmit the disease to the fetus, in some cases resulting in severe brain damage or death. T. gondii is also a major threat to people with weakened immunity: in the early days of the AIDS epidemic, before good antiretroviral drugs were developed, it was to blame for the dementia that afflicted many patients at the disease’s end stage. Healthy children and adults, however, usually experience nothing worse than brief flu-like symptoms before quickly fighting off the protozoan, which thereafter lies dormant inside brain cells—or at least that’s the standard medical wisdom.

But if Flegr is right, the “latent” parasite may be quietly tweaking the connections between our neurons, changing our response to frightening situations, our trust in others, how outgoing we are, and even our preference for certain scents. And that’s not all. He also believes that the organism contributes to car crashes, suicides, and mental disorders such as schizophrenia. When you add up all the different ways it can harm us, says Flegr, “Toxoplasma might even kill as many people as malaria, or at least a million people a year.”

I just heard about this at work today

it all makes so much sense

The Geek

One more reason not to trust cats.

facetious

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article275417.ece

Muse Among Men

PiptheFair wrote:

Rolo wrote:

http://www.ifuckedanncoulterintheasshard.blogspot.com

yeah

:^:

unintentional

well mensch if you want to read cool articles i heard that there's this site called reddit where

PiptheFair

put all cats in sacks

The Black Hunter

Muse Among Men wrote:

PiptheFair wrote:

Rolo wrote:

http://www.ifuckedanncoulterintheasshard.blogspot.com

yeah

:^:

incredible

Ruby Rhod

lostwords wrote:

I love the idea for this thread! I use instapaper a lot on my iPad, with the instapaper site and byliner.com

My fave recent article: how your cat is making you crazy

The parasite, which is excreted by cats in their feces, is called Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii or Toxo for short) and is the microbe that causes toxoplasmosis—the reason pregnant women are told to avoid cats’ litter boxes. Since the 1920s, doctors have recognized that a woman who becomes infected during pregnancy can transmit the disease to the fetus, in some cases resulting in severe brain damage or death. T. gondii is also a major threat to people with weakened immunity: in the early days of the AIDS epidemic, before good antiretroviral drugs were developed, it was to blame for the dementia that afflicted many patients at the disease’s end stage. Healthy children and adults, however, usually experience nothing worse than brief flu-like symptoms before quickly fighting off the protozoan, which thereafter lies dormant inside brain cells—or at least that’s the standard medical wisdom.

But if Flegr is right, the “latent” parasite may be quietly tweaking the connections between our neurons, changing our response to frightening situations, our trust in others, how outgoing we are, and even our preference for certain scents. And that’s not all. He also believes that the organism contributes to car crashes, suicides, and mental disorders such as schizophrenia. When you add up all the different ways it can harm us, says Flegr, “Toxoplasma might even kill as many people as malaria, or at least a million people a year.”

Scientific evidence for the cause of crazy cat ladies?

Fandyien

PiptheFair wrote:

put all cats in sacks

then take them home and love them forever

Antimatter

Fandyien wrote:

PiptheFair wrote:

put all cats in sacks

then take them home and love them forever

eeeeeeeeeeeeee yes

Butler For Life #1

KITTIES

in under two weeks I will be heading home for spring break

and I will be reunited with my cats

so excited!

150cc

A rad article about bananas, and the uber-complexity of how bananas are shipped, stored, ripened using organic and synthetic plant hormones, and distributed before they hit grocery stores

http://www.ediblegeography.com/spaces-of-banana-control/

Baroque And Roll

Guys

I fucking love This American Life.

Like, woah

BYToady

lostwords wrote:

I love the idea for this thread! I use instapaper a lot on my iPad, with the instapaper site and byliner.com

My fave recent article: how your cat is making you crazy

The parasite, which is excreted by cats in their feces, is called Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii or Toxo for short) and is the microbe that causes toxoplasmosis—the reason pregnant women are told to avoid cats’ litter boxes. Since the 1920s, doctors have recognized that a woman who becomes infected during pregnancy can transmit the disease to the fetus, in some cases resulting in severe brain damage or death. T. gondii is also a major threat to people with weakened immunity: in the early days of the AIDS epidemic, before good antiretroviral drugs were developed, it was to blame for the dementia that afflicted many patients at the disease’s end stage. Healthy children and adults, however, usually experience nothing worse than brief flu-like symptoms before quickly fighting off the protozoan, which thereafter lies dormant inside brain cells—or at least that’s the standard medical wisdom.

But if Flegr is right, the “latent” parasite may be quietly tweaking the connections between our neurons, changing our response to frightening situations, our trust in others, how outgoing we are, and even our preference for certain scents. And that’s not all. He also believes that the organism contributes to car crashes, suicides, and mental disorders such as schizophrenia. When you add up all the different ways it can harm us, says Flegr, “Toxoplasma might even kill as many people as malaria, or at least a million people a year.”

Tweak the wording to tell us that it makes people collect more cats and stay in doors all the time until they become the stereotypical crazy cat lady and this is basically an SCP article.

Bethryn

Veretas wrote:

lostwords wrote:

I love the idea for this thread! I use instapaper a lot on my iPad, with the instapaper site and byliner.com

My fave recent article: how your cat is making you crazy

The parasite, which is excreted by cats in their feces, is called Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii or Toxo for short) and is the microbe that causes toxoplasmosis—the reason pregnant women are told to avoid cats’ litter boxes. Since the 1920s, doctors have recognized that a woman who becomes infected during pregnancy can transmit the disease to the fetus, in some cases resulting in severe brain damage or death. T. gondii is also a major threat to people with weakened immunity: in the early days of the AIDS epidemic, before good antiretroviral drugs were developed, it was to blame for the dementia that afflicted many patients at the disease’s end stage. Healthy children and adults, however, usually experience nothing worse than brief flu-like symptoms before quickly fighting off the protozoan, which thereafter lies dormant inside brain cells—or at least that’s the standard medical wisdom.

But if Flegr is right, the “latent” parasite may be quietly tweaking the connections between our neurons, changing our response to frightening situations, our trust in others, how outgoing we are, and even our preference for certain scents. And that’s not all. He also believes that the organism contributes to car crashes, suicides, and mental disorders such as schizophrenia. When you add up all the different ways it can harm us, says Flegr, “Toxoplasma might even kill as many people as malaria, or at least a million people a year.”

I just heard about this at work today

it all makes so much sense

HIDDEN KILLER science stories are the best SCIENCE! stories.

They are coincidentally the only science stuff people want to read about, since longitudinal studies of cancer rates among non-smokers who live around smokers are much more depressing.

The Geek

PiptheFair wrote:

put all cats in sacks

Kits, cats, sacks, wives, how many were going to St. Ives?

Aeollas

Ubik wrote:

http://www.fullhousereviewed.com/

This is wonderful

Mr Fuzzbutt

BYToady wrote:

lostwords wrote:

I love the idea for this thread! I use instapaper a lot on my iPad, with the instapaper site and byliner.com

My fave recent article: how your cat is making you crazy

The parasite, which is excreted by cats in their feces, is called Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii or Toxo for short) and is the microbe that causes toxoplasmosis—the reason pregnant women are told to avoid cats’ litter boxes. Since the 1920s, doctors have recognized that a woman who becomes infected during pregnancy can transmit the disease to the fetus, in some cases resulting in severe brain damage or death. T. gondii is also a major threat to people with weakened immunity: in the early days of the AIDS epidemic, before good antiretroviral drugs were developed, it was to blame for the dementia that afflicted many patients at the disease’s end stage. Healthy children and adults, however, usually experience nothing worse than brief flu-like symptoms before quickly fighting off the protozoan, which thereafter lies dormant inside brain cells—or at least that’s the standard medical wisdom.

But if Flegr is right, the “latent” parasite may be quietly tweaking the connections between our neurons, changing our response to frightening situations, our trust in others, how outgoing we are, and even our preference for certain scents. And that’s not all. He also believes that the organism contributes to car crashes, suicides, and mental disorders such as schizophrenia. When you add up all the different ways it can harm us, says Flegr, “Toxoplasma might even kill as many people as malaria, or at least a million people a year.”

Tweak the wording to tell us that it makes people collect more cats and stay in doors all the time until they become the stereotypical crazy cat lady and this is basically an SCP article.

It actually has a mind control effect on rats - rats infected with it are attracted to cats instead of scared of them.

Big Red Tie

Baroque And Roll wrote:

Guys

I fucking love This American Life.

Like, woah

seriously it's so good

i have the app on my ipad

#pipe

Fandyien wrote:

PiptheFair wrote:

put all cats in sacks

then take them home and love them forever

My brother and sister in law are looking after their friends 6 month old kitten for a week

I just played with this kitten for like 2 solid hours. Cutest, most affectionate, easy to please kitty ever.

Orikaeshigitae

150cc wrote:

A rad article about bananas, and the uber-complexity of how bananas are shipped, stored, ripened using organic and synthetic plant hormones, and distributed before they hit grocery stores

http://www.ediblegeography.com/spaces-of-banana-control/

ilu, one fiddy. this thing is cool.