Category Archives: Research Fodder

Shades of Proud Mary

“Acquired Savant Syndrome” – See also: mathematicians with increased spacial understanding.

“Karma Nirvana, a British charity based in Derby, is advising youths who are worried they are being taken out of the U.K. against their will and forced into marriage to hide a spoon in their underwear. Doing so will draw attention from airport security, which will then give the young person a chance to express their concerns to authorities.” – via Opop

How to represent tradition in a changing age

Via the TT

Resource war: Stage 1

Until late November 2005, Hwang was criticized only for unpublicized ethical violations. Colleagues and media outlets asserted that he had paid female donors for egg donations and that he had received donations from two junior researchers, both of which were violations. Later controversies would center around scientific misconduct. His team, which cloned the first human embryo to use for research, said they had used the same technology to create batches of embryonic stem cells from nine patients.

When you need to train for a natural disaster – any natural disaster.