Comment I find the concept interesting, but FEDERATION CRE (Score 1) 563
http://en.memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Federation_credit
Submission + - Both Genders Think Women Are Bad at Basic Math (sciencemag.org)
sciencehabit writes: Think women can’t do math? You’re wrong—but new research shows you might not change your mind, even if you get evidence to the contrary. A study of how both men and women perceive each other's mathematical ability finds that an unconscious bias against women--by both genders--could be skewing hiring decisions, widening the gender gap in mathematical professions like engineering.
Submission + - The Motivated Rejection of Science (guardian.co.uk)
Layzej writes: New research to be published in a forthcoming issue of Psychological Science has found that that those who subscribed to one or more conspiracy theories or who strongly supported a free market economy were more likely to reject the findings from climate science as well as other sciences. The researchers, led by UWA School of Psychology Professor Stephan Lewandowsky, found that free-market ideology was an overwhelmingly strong determinant of the rejection of climate science. It also predicted the rejection of the link between tobacco and lung cancer and between HIV and AIDS. Conspiratorial thinking was a lesser but still significant determinant of the rejection of all scientific propositions examined, from climate to lung cancer. Curiously, public response to the paper has provided a perfect real-life illustration of the very cognitive processes at the center of the research.
Submission + - Science wins over creationism in South Korea (nature.com) 1
ananyo writes: South Korea’s government has urged textbook publishers to ignore calls to remove two examples of evolution from high-school textbooks. The move marks a change of heart for the government, which had earlier forwarded a petition from the 'Society for Textbook Revise' to publishers and told them to make their own minds up about the demands. The petition called for details about the evolution of the horse and of the avian ancestor Archaeopteryx to be removed from the books.
In May, news emerged that publishers were planning to drop the offending sections, sparking outrage among some scientists. The resulting furore prompted the government to set up an 11-member panel, led by the Korean Academy of Science and Technology.
On 5 September, the panel concluded that Archaeopteryx must be included in Korean science textbooks. And, while accepting that the textbooks' explanation of the evolution of the horse was too simplistic, the panel said the entry should be revised rather than removed or replaced with a different example, such as the evolution of whales.
In May, news emerged that publishers were planning to drop the offending sections, sparking outrage among some scientists. The resulting furore prompted the government to set up an 11-member panel, led by the Korean Academy of Science and Technology.
On 5 September, the panel concluded that Archaeopteryx must be included in Korean science textbooks. And, while accepting that the textbooks' explanation of the evolution of the horse was too simplistic, the panel said the entry should be revised rather than removed or replaced with a different example, such as the evolution of whales.
Comment ATP: In Soviet Russia, the Light goes into You. (Score 1) 201
The first time I remember hearing of the trick of using IR for deep tissue healing it was being investigated for healing the Bends in Navy Divers at the University of Wisconsin in 2000.
http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/975450257.html
The theory then was that the IR was being picked up in the cytochrome in each mitochondria and thereby providing a direct power feed to each cell.
IR light forced more ATP generation at the mitochondrial level.
How the Hell Does this Work???
Well....
This was thought to bypass failing transport mechanisms (like the blood stream) to get past the circulatory damage that the Bends caused in divers.
I could see how this same 'trick' could bypass part of the failing circulation and neuron/neuron transport that might contribute to the body not being able to heal Alzheimer's Disease.
ATP is the general power currency off the bioworld, so this is the equivalent of broadcast power for each cell.
Tesla would be proud!
Disclaimer: I'm not a doctor, I'm a mad scientist.
(OK OK, I'm a biology student/researcher at the University of Kansas.)
http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/975450257.html
The theory then was that the IR was being picked up in the cytochrome in each mitochondria and thereby providing a direct power feed to each cell.
IR light forced more ATP generation at the mitochondrial level.
How the Hell Does this Work???
Well....
This was thought to bypass failing transport mechanisms (like the blood stream) to get past the circulatory damage that the Bends caused in divers.
I could see how this same 'trick' could bypass part of the failing circulation and neuron/neuron transport that might contribute to the body not being able to heal Alzheimer's Disease.
ATP is the general power currency off the bioworld, so this is the equivalent of broadcast power for each cell.
Tesla would be proud!
Disclaimer: I'm not a doctor, I'm a mad scientist.
(OK OK, I'm a biology student/researcher at the University of Kansas.)
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