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Why do Women Menstruate?

LiberatedMind.com — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 04:47:35 +0000

Not that this makes Menstruation any more fun to deal with, but as always, now that I know the scientific reason behind the function, I feel better about this monthly ordeal. From Pharyngula: Menstruation is a peculiar phenomenon that women go through on a roughly monthly cycle, and it’s not immediately obvious from an evolutionary …

Mothers Stop Breastfeeding Too Soon in Baby’s Life

LiberatedMind.com — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:08:30 +0000

From ScienceDaily.com More mothers are breastfeeding their newborns, but for too short a duration to gain the maximum benefits of breastfeeding for both mothers and infants. New observations and a variety of strategies for encouraging women to breastfeed longer are presented in a collection of articles in Breastfeeding Medicine, the Official Journal of the Academy …

Babies Know Who is Trustworthy, Studies Show

LiberatedMind.com — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:00:42 +0000

From Science Daily: “Babies love to imitate. Ask any parent and they’ll report how infants mimic sounds, facial expressions and actions they observe. Now new research from Concordia University, published in the journalInfant Behavior and Development, has found that infants can even differentiate between credible and non-credible sources. Simply put, most babies won’t follow along …

Flying Construction Robots!

LiberatedMind.com — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:56:39 +0000

A team of scientists has demonstrated that a coordinated group of pre-programmed, autonomous robots can do the job of building workers, constructing a six meter high tower without any human intervention.

Time Laps of fly over Earth

LiberatedMind.com — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 09:22:41 +0000

Stunningly beautiful videography edited seamlessly as fly-overs taken from space.

XKCD: Map Projections

LiberatedMind.com — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 23:56:04 +0000

... and what they say about you.

The Story of Broke

LiberatedMind.com — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:48:51 +0000

Video

The Grey Area Between Life and Not Alive

LiberatedMind.com — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 13:18:01 +0000

From TED talks: “In his lab, Martin Hanczyc makes “protocells,” experimental blobs of chemicals that behave like living cells. His work demonstrates how life might have first occurred on Earth … and perhaps elsewhere too.” His presentation contains this great diagram explaining how science has defined “life”. Martin also describes how in the lab he …

Super Market Honey isn’t real: the scoup

LiberatedMind.com — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:30:56 +0000

The FDA studied honey from major food chains and found that about 75% of honey sold in supermarkets has been super-filtered to remove all pollen traces, which makes the source of the honey untrackable.

Map of “Failed States”: EPI

LiberatedMind.com — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:46:27 +0000

EPI Study suggests that lack of access to birth control and education causes women to have more children, increasing the population and putting more strain on the resources of the a nation. From Wikipedia This text was written by the staff of the Earth Policy Institute: After a half-century of forming new states from former …