Thursday, June 7, 2012

QUI CITO 27

How the Internet Became Boring. The Internet is both a utility and a medium. Only one of these things is exciting.: http://www.technologyreview.com/view/428087/how-the-internet-became-boring/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-06-06
The Fleeting Nature Of Twitter: 17 Percent Of Top Searches Change Every Hour:
http://searchengineland.com/the-fleeting-nature-of-twitter-17-percent-of-top-searches-change-every-hour-123383

Translation Tools Could Save Less-Used Languages
Languages that aren't used online risk being left behind. New translation technology from Google and Microsoft could help them catch up:
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/428093/translation-tools-could-save-less-used-languages/?nlid=nldly&nld=2012-06-06

8 Life Lessons From Yoga Workshop:
https://mail.google.com/mail/ca/#inbox/137bf741215069f0

A wicked problem:
http://www.jarche.com/2012/06/a-wicked-problem/

How Religion Promotes Confidence About Paternity:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120604182027.htm

South Korea surrenders to creationist demands
Publishers set to remove examples of evolution from high-school textbooks.
http://www.nature.com/news/south-korea-surrenders-to-creationist-demands-1.10773

In Pictures: The World’s Largest Solar Thermal Power Plant
BrightSource’s 370-megawatt facility near Las Vegas is taking shape, but the future of solar thermal is much more fuzzy:
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/428009/in-pictures-the-worlds-largest-solar-thermal/?nlid=nlmat&nld=2012-06-07

Creative Cheating: The Link Between Creativity and Dishonesty:
http://bigthink.com/insights-of-genius/creative-cheating-the-link-between-creativity-and-dishonesty

Why Smart People Deny Climate Change:
http://bigthink.com/Mind-Matters/why-smart-people-deny-climate-change

The Responsiveness Trap: http://blogs.hbr.org/hbr/hbreditors/2012/06/the_responsiveness_trap.html

Why We Explore: Greed, Voyeurism, Curiosity:
https://mail.google.com/mail/ca/#inbox/137c40ed9e3f02bb

How Quantum Mechanics Might Govern Life on Earth:
http://www.livescience.com/20753-quantum-physics-biology-life.html

This Is Your Brain On No Self-Control
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120606142704.htm

The Joy of Language: http://languagehippie.blogspot.ca/
Photosynthesis: A New Way of Looking at Photosystem II:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120606155808.htm

Complex World of Gut Microbes Fine-Tune Body Weight:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120606102710.htm

How Plants Make Cocaine: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120606102605.htm

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