Friday, June 09, 2006

Corpus Callosum Has Gone To Seed

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As of now, Corpus Callosum will no longer be published on blogspot. The new location is at ScienceBlogs , sponsored by Seed Media Group ,...
Thursday, June 08, 2006

Today's Lesson?

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The two big news items today are : 1) the killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi , and 2) the sharp decline in stock markets around the world....

"They Must Actually Take Their Medication"

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A new report indicates that treatment with calcium and vitamin D might actually reduce the incidence of hip fractures.  This appears to co...
Monday, June 05, 2006

Is This One For Real?

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The LA Times (free registration required) has an article on the possibility of a shortage of physicians in the USA: Physician Shortage Loo...
Sunday, June 04, 2006

What To Do On 6/6/6

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There is still time to make your plans: Hell plans devil of a time on 6/6/06 June 4, 2006 HELL, Mich. -- They're planning a hot time...

War on Science Update

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Seed Magazine , the originator of the web's largest conversation about science , has an editorial: The American War on Science .  There...
Saturday, June 03, 2006

Cheslea Painters Art Show

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In Chelsea, Michigan, the Chelsea Painters are having their annual art fair. It is closed for today, but will be up again tomorrow from 10...
Friday, June 02, 2006

A Skeptic's View of "Viagra for Diabetic Women"

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OK, this synopsis does not contain much actual information; certainly, not enough to be useful as a basis for medical decisions.  But it do...
Thursday, June 01, 2006

Climate Change Affects Blogs

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Due to the unseasonably hot weather, Corpus Callosum will not be going to Seed tomorrow. The ScienceBlog meteoblogologists inform me that t...
Monday, May 29, 2006

The Effect of Caffeine on Web Design

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From Wikipedia : Caffeine has a significant effect on spiders , which is reflected in their web construction. The question is, doe...
Sunday, May 28, 2006

Generic Escitalopram

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This is not really big news, but it makes me stop and think.   Escitalopram has been approved in generic form (5, 10, 20mg tabs, 5mg/5ml ...

On the Recursive Nature of Pride

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Pride is one of the seven deadly sins.  The others are greed and sloth and a few others I can't remember.  Pride is the one I remember b...

New Banner

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Getting ready for the transition to ScienceBlogs, I've gone ahead an designed a new banner.  (I had help with the techincal aspects, but...
Saturday, May 27, 2006

Knoppix Screenshots

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These are pictures of Knoppix, a kind of Linux, in use.  See the previous post for the context.  The images are from the O'Reilly site, ...

Accelerated Knoppix

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I know I've written about this before, so if you've read one of my prior posts on the topic, or if you already are familiar with the...

No New Taxes...

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...except on people who are not very influential. It was publicized pretty well, when the Administration increased taxes on teenagers .  ...

War On Science Update

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I can't tell you how glad I am to see this: In Speech to Medical Graduates, Bloomberg Diverges From G.O.P. Line By DIANE CARDWELL ...
Thursday, May 25, 2006

Nature is Full of Surprises

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From Nature News, we hear of another twist in the story of inheritance: Mutant mice challenge rules of genetic inheritance DNA's cou...

Nice Picture

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This is a smoke plume from a volcano in the Aleutian Islands, as photographed from the International Space Station; it's from the N...
Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Penguin Power

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After messing around with XGL -- the most advanced graphical user interface there is for a computer operating system, I've now been usi...