Here is what I am reading today: Panda poop biofuel? “Panda feces contains bacteria with potent effects in breaking down plant material in the way needed to tap biomass as a major new source of “biofuels” produced not from corn and other food sources, but from grass, wood chips and Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: fundamental discovery about neurons may alter how we think about them “A fundamental new discovery about how nerve cells in the brain store and release tiny sacs filled with chemicals may radically alter the way scientists think about neurotransmission — the electrical signaling Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: internet, distance learning and Amazon, oh my! “Teachers in Manaus, the capital of the Brazilian state of Amazonas, conduct lessons streamed to students in the village of Tumbira using an Internet connection made possible with a generator-powered radio signal. If not for “distance Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: What we call the ‘Betty’ effect in our family “While this might sound like a boon to day traders, coaches and gypsy fortune tellers, people with early stages of neurological diseases such as schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases could someday benefit from this Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: the social insecurity cycle “Tom likes Susan but he fears she does not like him. Expecting to be rejected, he’s cold toward Susan. And guess what? She snubs him back. His prophesy is self-fulfilled, his social insecurity reinforced. The miserable cycle continues. But Read more…