Interesting Links for 13-1-2011

[andrewducker]

• Oxytocin increases in-group/out-group behaviour, biasing people towards those viewed as similar.
  (tags: oxytocin hormones behaviour racism)
• Theoretical nano-laser is now a reality.
  (tags: technology lasers computers physics TheFuture)
• Last year was joint warmest on record
  (tags: climatechange environment globalwarming)
• Huckleberry Finn, corrected to reflect modern sensibilities. I am very amused.
  (tags: funny racism literature)
• 15 Things Kurt Vonnegut Said Better Than Anyone Else Ever Has Or Will
  (tags: quotes kurtvonnegut writing philosophy literature scifi)
• An awesome true story, about Jedi and love, and what was really said. (Will take you about 45 totally worthwhile seconds)
  (tags: romance starwars)
• The effect of downloading books
  (tags: copyright books)
• An awesome review of Mega Piranha. Contains spoilers, but you weren't going to see it anyway. Hilarious video too.
  (tags: funny movie awful)
• Gotham High: The teen Batman TV show that almost happened. I would totally have watched this...
  (tags: batman tv cartoon)
• Elle uses airbrushing to turn Indian cover girl White.
  (tags: racism EpicFail fashion)
• Cunnilingus - the new way to win Oscars.
  (tags: sex oralsex movies funny)
• Our perceptions of masculinity and femininity swayed by our sense of touch
  (tags: gender perception psychology)
• World IPv6 Day: firing up the engines on the new Internet protocol
  (tags: google ipv6 network)
• The Puzzling Evolution of Guns Versus Bows
  (tags: china weapons guns bows)
• Drug reduces the increase in fear caused by previous traumatic experiences (in mice). May be useful for PTSD
  (tags: ptsd stress trauma psychology fear drugs)
• Could a book really save your life? Science to the rescue!
  (tags: books guns funny)
• Localisation is hard. An amusing story about how different languages can be from each other.
  (tags: programming i18n linguistics translation complexity software)
• Virus killer gets supercharged: Discovery greatly improves common disinfectant
  (tags: disinfectant virus health)
• Biomedical breakthrough: Blood vessels for lab-grown tissues
  (tags: medicine biology TheFuture)
• Welfare changes will make 1.4million worse off, make 2.5 million better off, and benefit the poorer ones more than the better off.
  (tags: uk welfare)
• Population growth problems can all be solved with current technology
  (tags: technology population)

Comments

[cheekbones3]

Further to your link about last year being very warm:

http://www.e-publications.org/ims/submission/index.php/AOAS/user/submissionFile/6695?confirm=63ebfddf

*warning, heavy stats content*

Might be wise to just look at the pictures and conclusion unless you've got stats expertise I'm unaware of :)

[cheekbones3]

Not meaning to sound patronising by the way! More that I'm a statistician (of sorts) and have enough knowledge to barely grasp the concepts they plough through.