I agree. As a neuroscientist, it irritates me to no end when the media go from "$geneticmanipulation makes mice learn this task faster" to "$geneticmanipulation makes mice smarter". Smart is not a well defined concept. Learning faster on one specific test does not guarantee an increase in overall fitness.

I love apple products. I have 2 mac laptops, a mac mini, iPhone 3G, and 3 generations of iPods.
But I will not buy an iPad exactly and only for the reasons mentioned in TFA.
If the iPad offered a full internet experience, i would probably get it. But flash is still really really ubiquitous.

Really? maybe you should use lube dude.
I've never had a condom break. That said, i don't use latex. polyurethane or polyisoprene.

Seriously, +5 interesting?
+5 funny, maybe.

Unfortunately, the HIV isn't the only STD out there. And at least wearing a condom is pretty effective against HIV. Not always against HSV, HPV, etc.

Ya, i also pour my prosecco like beer. If you want to maximize bubbliness this is the right way to pour. If you want fewer bubbles, pour straight down.

I prefer a flute to a wide shallow glass. but that's just personal preference.

This is total irresponsible science media reporting. This should be downranked into oblivion.

mod parent up.

I am a behavioral neuroscientist and MySQL has been invaluable for my data storage and analysis.

MATLAB is my main analytical tool, so i generally keep my matlab code in a subversion repository and use MyM to communicate back and forth between MATLAB and MySQL.

I've been using MySQL since 1999. If I was getting into the game now, i might choose another relational DB.

Ya.. but you probably shouldn't be driving with a legit medical condition. That shows lack of judgment and lack of consideration for others on the road.

There of course are exceptions.... if you had no idea that you had an aneurism and it burst while driving.... for example

if you are shopping for cables at BestBuy you have serious problems.

check out monoprice.com

I know CO2 isn't the only pollutant. But don't downplay the role of the US.

China: 6.5 Billion metric tons. (22.30% of world)
USA : 5.8 Billion metric tons (19.91% of world)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions

One day i was walking along the street and i did a mental zoom out, looking down at myself like a spec of dust in new york city. Then zoomed out to see NYC as a spec of dust in the region, which was like a spec of dust on the planet which is like a spec of dust in the solar system which is like a spec of dust in the galaxy which is like a spec of dust in the universe.............

and then i literally fell down. Like my brain blew a fuse.

If humans had any conception of how small we are in the universe we might stop acting like toddlers fighting for toys. but what would be the fun in that.

I have no interest in getting into a debate about which crime was worse, but people have estimated that over 10 Million indigenous people died through war and disease because of the colonization of America.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocides_in_history#Americas

i've been in a holding cell and i've never used ICQ.
(Although i wasn't actually convicted... so maybe we'll need someone else to come forward)