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Long Hours at Work May Lead to Dementia
Submitted by skassel on February 25, 2009 – 5:47 pm | No Comment

Time to go home… [Neatorama]

Text in class… go directly to jail…
Submitted by skassel on February 18, 2009 – 6:27 pm | No Comment

Pretty ridiculous. I’d have a couple in cuffs this semester…

A 14-year-old Wisconsin girl was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct after she refused to stop texting during a high school math class. [slashdot]

The Wii’s Shows Potential for U.S. Military Applications
Submitted by mbuxhoeveden on February 3, 2009 – 12:18 am | No Comment
The Wii’s Shows Potential for U.S. Military Applications

Clearly my videogame nerd tendencies brought this article to my attention. The Wii, the console system designed to provide fun games and activities for the entire family, is being studied closely by military engineers and …

Lifestyle Clues
Submitted by adetmer on February 3, 2009 – 12:09 am | No Comment
Lifestyle Clues

I found a pretty interesting article in C&EN about information that can be obtained from fingerprints.  We know that fingerprints can be used as clues to a person’s identity, and recently researchers have found that …

Duplicating nature in the lab
Submitted by skassel on February 1, 2009 – 2:06 pm | No Comment

If you need further justification for research, check out this piece over at wired…

But although nature can make a remarkably wide variety of chemicals — far more than the best molecule-making robots — it does …