Some people may be aware that a scene they are looking at has changed without being able to identify what that change is. This could be a newly discovered mode of conscious visual perception, according to the psychologist who discovered it. He has dubbed the phenomenon "mindsight".

New Scientist | 'Mindsight' could explain sixth sense

] Pain hurts less when it is inflicted by a woman,
] researchers have found.
]
] Students were asked to put their fingers in a clamp which
] was tightened until the pain was unbearable.
]
] Researchers from the University of Westminster found that
] people allowed women to turn the clamp much further than
] men.

I guess female Dom's are preferable.

BBC NEWS | Health | Pain from a woman will hurt less

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DES MOINES, Iowa - In what may be the first subpoena of its kind in decades, a federal judge has ordered a university to turn over records about a gathering of anti-war activists.

More bad news.

Feds Win Right to War Protesters' Records

] This experiment is designed to test whether you can spot
] the difference between a fake smile and a real one
]
] It has 20 questions and should take you 10 minutes
]
] It is based on research by Professor Paul Ekman, a
] psychologist at the University of California

Personally, I suck at this kind of thing... I need more context than just a face. But I still found it interesting, especially the discussion at the end.

BBCi - Science - Human Body - Spot The Fake Smile

It's these types of concepts that got these pages started in the first place. A lot of what we ``know'' about astronomy really just isn't right. These pages are my humble attempt to set the record-- and your brain-- straight about the world's real oldest profession.

Bad Astronomy

bucy wrote:
] ] We knew we ate more; we knew we had gained weight. Now a
] ] new study that looked at 30 years of Americans' eating
] ] habits has pinned down how many more calories,
] ] carbohydrates and fats are eaten daily.
] ]
] ] From 1971 to 2000, the study found, women increased their
] ] caloric intake by 22 percent, men by 7 percent.
]
] My thoughts on carbs have changed a bit since the last time I
] posted on the subject ... maybe I'll write some more later.

In a real paranoid sort of way, I wonder if the Atkins diet and similar plans are a clever way to market rationing during war time.

RE: Study Details 30-Year Increase in Calorie Consumption

Ahhh, Valentines day.

Nothing says 'I love you' like a giant cockroach

PRESIDENT BUSH: — because Saddam Hussein used weapons of mass destruction, invaded Kuwait. ... But the fact that he is not there is, means America's a more secure country.

[Sigh]... Look how he backpedals and changes the justification for the war.

It's hard for me to describe to you what that means. It's — let me just say this: It's a leap of faith to understand.

Way to explain. things.

DIANE SAWYER: But stated as a hard fact, that there were weapons of mass destruction as opposed to the possibility that he could move to acquire those weapons still —

PRESIDENT BUSH: So what's the difference?

DIANE SAWYER: Well —

PRESIDENT BUSH: The possibility that he could acquire weapons. If he were to acquire weapons, he would be the danger. That's, that's what I'm trying to explain to you. A gathering threat, after 9/11, is a threat that needed to be de — dealt with, and it was done after 12 long years of the world saying the man's a danger. And so we got rid of him and there's no doubt the world is a safer, freer place as a result of Saddam being gone.

The difference is that you lied, jackass.

ABCNEWS.com : Transcript: President Bush Interview, Part 2

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