Relax, don't do it
dancestoblue posts about a surprisingly potent technique to boost your short and long-term recall. Just lie back and think of ... nothing.
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I hope I'm the only sideshow-school casualty out there. I spent a month or so in the hospital after my own act went horribly awry... in sword-swallowing, everyone gets hurt eventually. Transmissions From Vrillon shares first-person experience in the post on Sword Swallowing And Its Side Effects.
Ore You Going to Eat That?
Baby Starfish by A. Jarrett (cc by-nc-nd)
Today in Weird Science!: A handy guide to the rocks and minerals of Minecraft, teensy little cannibals who eat their own siblings for their own survival, and hot, hot, sweaty manikins.
(Hey, it's Weird Science theme week during our August fundraising drive on Mefi!)
Olfaction Reaction Expansion
ποντίκι / μυς, mouse (Mus musculus) by George Shuklin by dullhunk (cc by)
... this is cool, important, and well done research. But as in most cases, we should be cautious in making assumptions about how broadly it applies
biogeo offers an outstanding, detailed backgrounder in the Turning off intergenerational trauma in mice thread.
What happens when you accidentally legalize prostitution?
Sex Workers Rights Protest by Eliya (cc by-nc)
FYI, I'm one of the authors. I can answer specific questions.
Mefi's own scunning shows up to comment on a post about what their research revealed when prostitution was inadvertently decriminalized in Rhode Island, and invites comments, criticism, and hypotheses.
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