Thursday, September 2, 2010

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  1. K Street and the Status Quo

  2. Classical Music an Effective Antidepressant

  3. The Real Science Gap

  4. Are Some Airlines Just Too Dangerous to Fly?

  5. Triumph of the Cyborg Composer

  6. Public Defenders as Effective as Private Attorneys

  7. Liberals Gone Wild

  8. What I Could Tell Tiger About Divorce

  9. You Can’t Paper Over the Plastic

  10. Political Tar Is Sticky — Ask Our Muslim President

findings

Oxytocin Increases Trust — Under Certain Conditions

Researchers report effects of the “trust hormone” get negated when a partner is perceived as dishonest.

Billion-Dollar Underdogs

New research shows that consumers identify with and choose brands they see as the underdog.

For the Love of Money

University of Cincinnati researchers find common cause for bankruptcy in world’s leading economies.

Bedroom Layouts Reflect Ancestors’ Preferences

German researchers find evolutionary logic behind the way we lay out our bedrooms.

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Desperately Seeking Landmines

Despite years of research on everything from ‘HeroRATS’ to TNT-sniffing bees, humans still remove most landmines by poking — very, very carefully — in the ground.

Songs and Ads: Ten Infamous Examples

Here’s 10 examples of songs turned into ads, all influential, some successful.

‘One Dream’ Meets ‘I Have a Dream’

American documentary makers bring Martin Luther King to Beijing — and back.

A Call to Reform Congress

“Changing Congress: Lessons Learned by a Copyright Activist” a presentation by Lawrence Lessig.

‘Orphan Film’ Selections From the Archives

These 10 ephemeral works from the last century provide a fascinating window into our culture of the past — for better or, oftentimes, for worse.

The Musician’s Brain

Two new MRI studies provide insights into how music is processed in the brain and clues to the underlying structure of the creative process.

Cigarette Ads Unfiltered

Presenting 10 cigarette commercials from TV’s ‘golden era’ featuring recognizable faces and truly astounding health claims.

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In this week’s podcast, Tom Jacobs and Jessica Hilo rip through a slew of quick fixes, including looks at the 14th amendment, the Ground Zero mosque, the role of public defenders and cyber warfare.

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Battleground Cyberspace

A stealthy flash drive attack emphasizes that hackers are toying with cyber warfare between sovereign states.

European Dispatch

Liberals Gone Wild

A short digression on the meaning of a word that apparently has no generally agreed-upon political definition.

Findings

An Emotional Timeline of Sept. 11, 2001

German researchers, analyzing the content of text messages sent on 9/11/01, report that while sadness and anxiety levels remained stable through the day, anger steadily increased.

Mediator

The Changing Face of Network Television News

Network news anchors and correspondents are a far more diverse group than they were two decades ago.

Moving Pictures

You Can’t Paper Over the Plastic

The new documentary ‘Bag It’ reaches from the plastic sacks stuffed under your sink to the malign role disposable plastics play in global life.

Research of Culture

The Picture for Men: Superhero or Slacker

Recent scholarship and popular journalism both suggest an unappealing future for American boys: You’re screwed.

Skeptic's Café

Pyramid Power, or Pennies for a Pony

Whether chain letters or Bernie Madoff, scams that rely on ever-greater numbers of gullible people eventually founder.

The Idea Lobby

Do School Lunches Plump Up Poor Kids?

A program to ensure all American children get at least one good meal a day may lie behind their expanding waistlines. Oddly, a breakfast program does not.

Today in Mice

Listening for the Key to Reverse Aging

New research on responding to sound may have found a key to reversing, or even preventing, one of the effects of aging.

Voyage of Kiri

The Balance of Evil-Doing: Kiri’s Impacts

Having completed his 5,000-mile voyage, Kristian Beadle weighs his trip’s carbon use and examines whether the benefits balance the costs.