Oklahoma Woman Proof That Youth Should Not Preclude Breast Cancer Screening — Me, too. I was 43 when I presented with fully developed colon cancer. I couldn't have gotten screened if I'd known to beg for it, as screenings for my kind of cancer aren't indicated for patients under 50, and so not covered by health insurance and not prescribed by most doctors.
We Aren’t the World — Joe Henrich and his colleagues are shaking the foundations of psychology and economics—and hoping to change the way social scientists think about human behavior and culture.
Depression Stems from Miscommunication Between Brain Cells; Study Challenges Role of Serotonin in Depression
An Unlikely Plan to Revive the Passenger Pigeon — Advances in genetic engineering have some biologists convinced they’ll re-create extinct species.
Who Made That Cellphone? — Ah, history. (Thank to Dad.)
Self-Healing Circuits for Deep Space — Huh. Wow.
Railroad Pageant: 1939 — Mmm, steam.
How Far Did She Fall? The Amazing Story of Vesna Vulović — I've read about this before. (Via David Goldman.)
A warmer planet means bigger hurricane surges — Not just in the future—the impact is already significant, a new study argues. Amazing, how liberal lies have affected even the behavior of the ocean itself. Thank God for Rush Limbaugh and the Republican party, otherwise those climate "facts" and "data" might have had some effect on US policy by now.
In Some States, Gun Rights Trump Orders of Protection — The judge’s order prohibited Mr. Holten from going within two blocks of his former wife’s home and imposed a number of other restrictions. What it did not require him to do was surrender his guns. About 12 hours after he was served with the order, Mr. Holten was lying in wait when his former wife returned home from a date with their two children in tow. Yep, I definitely feel safer with gun rights so thoroughly protected. Don't you? If you're a gun culture person, why is this all right with you? (Via Marta Murvosh.)
What we Lost: Top Ten Ways the Iraq War Harmed the US — This is what conservative leadership and ideals brought us.
QotD?: Cough much?
3/19/2013
Writing time yesterday: 1.5 hours (WRPA, working on Whole Genome Sequencing presentation)
Hours slept: 9.0 hours (solid)
Body movement: 0.5 hours stationary bike
Weight: 240.0
Number of FEMA troops on my block building solar arrays to undermine the American fossil fuel industry: 0
Currently reading: Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett