Dark Matter Mystery Deepens

Dark Matter Mystery Deepens in Cosmic "Train Wreck"This multi-wavelength image of Abell 520 shows the aftermath of a complicated collision of galaxy clusters, some of the most massive objects in the Universe. In this image, the hot gas as detected by...

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Readings, 27 August 2007

#editor {color: #00b000}The text following each item is quoted material, except for editorial comments, which are in color.Climate change and global warmingLast time around was all about physics and astronomy. This time it's about climate change and...

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The role of hostility, anger, and depression in inflammation

Hasn't it "always" been known that anger and hostility raises one's blood pressure? However that may be, a recent study shows that the connection of hypertension with chronic anger and hostility may involve a disturbed immune system and inflammation...

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Readings, 22 August 2007

#editor {color: #00b000}It's all physics, astrophysics, and astronomy in this edition. Hope you find something interesting here.The text following each item is quoted material, except for editorial comments, which are in color.Dark matter'Dark matter'...

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Update on mirror neurons

I had a piece about mirror neurons here a year and a half ago. It seems to have been popular. There was a shorter piece here.There's been a bit of recent news on the subject: Culture Influences Brain Cells: Brain's Mirror Neurons Swayed By Ethnicity...

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Readings, 20 August 2007

#editor {color: #00b000}The text following each item is quoted material, except for editorial comments, which are in color.Will John Wilbanks Launch the Next Scientific Revolution?Enter John Wilbanks, executive director of the Science Commons initiative,...

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Dead tree publishing

Had a few further thoughts on a subject I return to from time to time...Apropos of this item I mentioned here on the subject of scientific journals and publishing: It is a general fact that paper-based publishing is expensive, because of high fixed costs...

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Readings, 5 August 2007

#editor {color: #00b000}I'm trying a new approach to this, so we have a bumper crop of readings this week. Don't count on as much every time, but have fun with the current list.The text following each item is quoted material, except for editorial comments,...

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