Dear Readers,
A lot of quality info- the most interesting – for me
was- “Bad is stronger than Good” Please demonstrate that it does not tell the truth, if you can.
Best wishes,
Peter
SEARCH
INTERNET
Top 50 U.S. Web Sites (Properties) for September 2011: http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/News/News-Item/Top-50-U.S.-Web-Sites-(Properties)-for-September-2011-78405.htm
The Internet, peer reviewed: http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-internet-peer-reviewed
In the Future, We Will Wear the Internet: http://bigthink.com/ideas/40830
SEARCH & FIND: What, where, how.
Boolean Search make your searches smarter: http://websearch.about.com/od/internetresearch/a/boolean.htm?nl=1
The best sites for free sound effects on the Web: http://websearch.about.com/od/dailywebsearchtips/qt/dnt0822.htm?nl=1
Ixquick Scores Another First: Encrypts ALL Searches
The World's Most Private Search Engine now makes SSL encryption the default: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ixquick-scores-another-first-encrypts-all-searches-2011-10-24
Unblock a Blocked Website: Ten Different Ways:
BLOGS and SOCIAL SITES
Twitter and TV Get Close to Help Each Other Grow:
GOOGLE
Gmail & Google Reader Getting Redesigns:
How Google is pushing Google + in your face: http://www.stateofsearch.com/how-google-is-pushing-google-in-your-face/
Blogger to Integrate With Google+: http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2011/10/blogger-to-integrate-with-google.html
Google's Business Experiment: Nothing but Web Computers that do everything in a Web browser are touted as an inexpensive alternative for companies.
Google's Eric Schmidt: Top 10 Reasons Bureaucrats Drive Me nuts: http://www.forbes.com/sites/sap/2011/10/26/googles-eric-schmidt top-10-reasons-bureaucrats-drive-me-nuts-2/
An update on Google TV: http://googletv.blogspot.com/2011/10/update-on-google-tv.html:
WORDS, BOOKS, LIBRARIES
10 Words You Might Think Came from Science (But Are Really From Science Fiction): http://io9.com/5850293/10-words-you-might-think-came-from-science-but-are-really-from-science-fiction
Subtext makes e-reading social:
A new chapter for e-books: http://www.technologyreview.com/article/38874/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-10-26
ebrary now offering e-book downloads
SCIENCE
Reading the brain:
Mind-goggling It is now possible to scan someone’s brain and get a reasonable idea of what is going through his mind: http://www.economist.com/node/21534748
What Neuroscience Tells Us about Morality
by Patricia S. Churchland:
by Patricia S. Churchland:
Brain Scans Support Findings That IQ Can Rise or Fall Significantly During Adolescence:
Your brain won’t allow you to believe the apocalypse could actually happen: http://io9.com/5848857/your-brain-wont-allow-you-to-believe-the-apocalypse-could-actually-happen
Astronomers discover complex organic matter in the universe: http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-10-astronomers-complex-universe.html
Watching Motion of Electrons in Molecules During Chemical Reactions: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111014080023.htm
Researchers Identify Mysterious Life Forms in the Extreme Deep SeaP: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111024165037.htm
Do Bacteria Age? Biologists Discover the Answer Follows Simple Economics: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111027150207.htm
TECHNOLOGY
Production of Biofuel from Forests Will Increase Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Study Finds: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111023135657.htm
Disadvantages of Aviation Biofuels:
Amory Lovins On Creating A Prosperous Economy Without Oil, Coal, Or Nuclear:
10 inventions that wiped out businesses:
New Technique Turns Viruses Into Useful Tools In one simple step, viruses can be turned into sophisticated structures with novel optical or biomedical properties: . http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/38938/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-10-24
Scientists develop affordable solar panel that work in the dak:
The all-telling eye Webcams can now spot which ads catch your gaze, read your mood and check your vital signs: http://www.economist.com/node/21533362
Inphographic- the tablet revolution:
New Method of Growing High-Quality Graphene Promising for Next-Gen Technology: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111017092026.htm
Mind-reading The terrible truth
Technology can now see what people are thinking. Be afraid:
EDUCATION, CULTURE, ART
Steven Pinker: Humans are less violent than ever: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228340.100-steven-pinker-humans-are-less-violent-than-ever.html?full=true
Joel Cohen: Top 10 key population trends on Earth with 7 billion: http://earthsky.org/human-world/joel-cohen-top-10-key-population-trends-on-earth-with-7-billion
Rethinking Higher Education: http://bigthink.com/ideas/40852
7 billion people and you: What's your number?: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-15391515
Grist for the cognitive mill:
Curiosity Is Critical to Academic Performance:
Decision-Making: What You Want Vs. How You Get It:
Psychologists Defend the Importance of General Abilities
Bad is Stronger than Good: Why Eliminating the Negative is More Important than Accentuating the Positive: http://bobsutton.typepad.com/my_weblog/2011/10/bad-is-stronger-than-good-why-eliminating-the-negative-is-more-important-than-accentuat http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203499704576622550325233260.html
The defenders of Negativity:
Nice: ten things you should be able to say before you die:
http://davidkanigan.com/2011/10/27/10-things-you-should-be-able-to-say-before-you-die/
Web of Stories: http://www.webofstories.com/
A Rest, a Meal, Then Death for 5,000-Year-Old Glacier Mummy: Scientists Consolidate Results of Research Into Ötzi’s State of Health and His Death: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111025091533.htm
Women Aren't Becoming Engineers Because of Confidence Issues, Study Suggests: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111025091646.htm
What is the “Zeigarnik Effect” and how does it help you avoid distraction, focus and get things done?: http://davidkanigan.com/2011/10/26/what-is-the-zeigarnik-effect-and-how-does-it-help-you-avoid-distraction-focus-and-get-things-done/
BUSINESS
Revealed- the capitalist network that runs the world: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228354.500-revealed--the-capitalist-network-that-runs-the-world.html
The Depression: If Only Things Were That Good:
The Global Innovation 1000: Why Culture Is Key. Booz & Company’s annual study shows that spending more on R&D won’t drive results. The most crucial factors are strategic alignment and a culture that supports innovation: http://www.strategy-business.com/article/11404?gko=dfbfc&cid=20111025enews
Disappointing Recovery, Not Much Growth in Sight:
http://knowledge.wpcarey.asu.edu/article.cfm?articleid=2045
Yet More Grim Inequality News from the CBO:
Gerry McGovern-The Customer Spring: Empowered customers rise up: http://www.gerrymcgovern.com/nt/2011/nt-2011-10-24-Customer-spring.htm
The economy in haiku:
From Cultural Offering- Exepundit’s greatest hits: http://culturaloffering.com/2011/10/24/execupundit-greatest-hits.aspx
Why should you keep it simple:
Managing Yourself: How to Cultivate Engaged Employees
The Dangers of Comparison shopping:
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Studying Depression: Researchers Demonstrate Rare Animal Model: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111024133030.htm
Human Brains Are Made of the Same Stuff, Despite DNA Differences: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111026143719.htm
Brain Scans Reveal Drugs' Effects On Attention
Religious, Spiritual Support Benefits Men and Women Facing Chronic Illness, Study Finds: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111026143811.htm
Natural intestinal flora involved in the emergence of multiple sclerosis: http://esciencenews.com/articles/2011/10/27/natural.intestinal.flora.involved.emergence.multiple.sclerosis
A More Modern Blood Thinner Researchers get closer to making the drug heparin without raw animal materials:. http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/39002/?p1=A2
Babies and toddlers should learn from play not screens: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-babies-toddlers-screens.html
How Cannabis Causes 'Cognitive Chaos' in the Brain:
Pythons' big hearts hold clues for human health
http://www.stltoday.com/news/science/article_afd18ce0-cb09-5c42-b810-73ad6884b2cf.html#ixzz1cBAksVXo
http://www.stltoday.com/news/science/article_afd18ce0-cb09-5c42-b810-73ad6884b2cf.html#ixzz1cBAksVXo
FOOD & COOKING
Fishing for sustainability: http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Food_Agriculture/Strategy_Analysis/Fishing_for_sustainability_2872
How many people in the world today are hungry?:
http://earthsky.org/food/how-many-people-in-the-world-today-are-hungry
Vertical Farming: Apple Store Meets Greenhouse Meets Skyscraper: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/12/is-the-world-re/
High-Tech Hydroponic Farm Transforms Abandoned Bowling Alley http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/10/gotham-greens-hydroponic-farm (with thanks to Jed Rothwell)
Scary Can Be Exciting When It Comes to Strange Traditional Foods: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111020105904.htm
'Magnetic Tongue' Ready to Help Produce Tastier Processed Foods: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111026122416.htm
Top 10 Low Calorie Healthy Recipes: http://lowcaloriecooking.about.com/od/lowcaloriebasics/tp/top10healthyrecipes.htm?nl=1
MISCELLANEA
A good read for weekends: http://www.thisistrue.com/
SELECTED NEWS
SPAM & SPYWARE
VIRUSES & e-CROOKS
Take the Web safety quizz:
Antivirus Testing: The Two Most Important Posts You Will Ever Read:
http://antivirus.about.com/b/2011/10/20/antivirus-testing-the-two-most-important-posts-you-will-ever-read.htm?nl=1
How to Check Out a Hoax:
The newest hoaxes: http://www.hoax-slayer.com/issue-120.shtml
WiFi
Biggest Ever Study Shows No Link Between Mobile Phone Use and Tumors: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111020191848.htm
Bob Rankin- Free text messaging services: http://askbobrankin.com/free_text_messaging_services.html?awt_l=4jAx_&awt_m=JOFXdH6388P6SL