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Exercise changes the way fat is stored. John Piper - What if God doesnt exist? Matt Chandler - Irreverent, Silly Myths. The Office of Letters and Light Blog - Eight Ways Writing a Novel Can Broaden Your Horizons. Miriam Joy and Charley Robson are Wrimos, high-schoolers, and all-around all-stars, who’ve recently co-authored a book.

St. Mallory’s Forever! Was independently published this past month. As young writers themselves, they took the time to share just how writing a novel can enrich, empower, and edify: Though the title of ‘published author’ can take time to achieve, we’ve proudly been writers for years. But apart from the proper usage of various antiquated torture devices, and the effects of different types of alcohol, we’ve also learned a few more philosophical—and, one might say, surprising—things: Noveling has taught us to be interested in people, places and experiences that we would otherwise have ignored, to be sensitive to cultures we have no part in, and to be patient in our judgement of others’ thoughts and motivations.Noveling has taught us to deal with our emotions in a positive, creative way, instead of allowing negativity to become too powerful.

Opinion: China's positive spin on Africa. China Daily's Africa edition is the latest Chinese media venture on the continent.

New "Africa edition" of China Daily part of Chinese media influence on the continentIt offers "positive reporting" on Africa, say Harry Verhoeven and Iginio GagliardoneChinese media must avoid mistakes of Western press, they argue Editor's note: Harry Verhoeven is Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Oxford's Department of Politics & International Relations and is the Convenor of the Oxford University China-Africa Network (OUCAN). Iginio Gagliardone is Research Fellow at the Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy at the University of Oxford. (CNN) -- Last week, Beijing's leading English-language newspaper, China Daily, begun publishing a weekly Africa edition, focusing on financial news and targeting Africa's growing middle class. China's growing influence in Africa.

China keen to be part of African dream[1] Updated: 2013-02-22 07:41 By Li Lianxing (China Daily) Standing behind the continent's infrastructure boom, Beijing seeks closer ties to support the Africa's renaissance, Li Lianxing reports from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

When Chinese workers built the Tazara Railway connecting Tanzania and Zambia 40 years ago, people in those countries gained greater freedom of movement, and the link helped establish a larger market that provided a bulwark against the apartheid states of South Africa and Namibia. Now a large number of new cross-border networks are being built to unleash Africa's market potential, unite its peoples and establish a new role in international politics. Integration and unification have become the buzzwords of an era in which China can again play a crucial role.

The smart Dutch take on teen sex. A 2003 survey “found that two thirds of Dutch fifteen to seventeen-year-olds with steady boy- or girlfriends are allowed to spend the night with them in their bedrooms, and that boys and girls are equally likely to get permission for a sleepover.”

Schalet writes: Dutch parents, by contrast, downplay the dangerous and difficult sides of teenage sexuality, tending to normalize it. They speak of readiness (er aan toe zijn), a process of becoming physically and emotionally ready for sex that they believe young people can self-regulate, provided they’ve been encouraged to pace themselves and prepare adequately. Rather than emphasizing gender battles, Dutch parents talk about sexuality as emerging from relationships and are strikingly silent about gender conflicts.

For the love of science. “When I say, ‘I love you,’ it’s not because I want you or because I can’t have you.

It has nothing to do with me. North Korea and the “Axis of Evil” This article by award winning author, peace activist and Vietnam war veteran Brian Willson brings to light the process of demonization directed against the people of North Korea.

In the words of General Curtis Lemay who led the bombing raids during the Korean war: “Over a period of three years or so we killed off – what – twenty percent of the population.” According to Brian Willson: “It is now believed that the population north of the imposed 38th Parallel lost nearly a third its population of 8 – 9 million people during the 37-month long “hot” war, 1950 – 1953, perhaps an unprecedented percentage of mortality suffered by one nation due to the belligerance of another.” Let us carefully analyze the current context of confrontation between Washington and Pyongyang. This year’s US-South Korea war games in mid March involve a “hypothetical” US nuclear attack against the DPRK.

Office of History, National Institutes of Health - Timeline of Laws Related to the Protection of Human Subjects. Compiled by Joel Sparks June 2002 In the past, the role of human research subject has been fraught with danger and suffering.

In new bodies, brain cells find longer lives. The search for the fountain of youth is nothing new; we humans have long been trying to lengthen our lifespans.

In recent years, science and medicine have made great strides in increasing how long we live. The average life expectancy of an American is now more than 78 years, up nearly a decade since 1960. But as we live longer and longer, what will happen to the cells that compose our brains? If we are able to live to 120, 150, or longer, can our brain cells survive that long too? US private sector hopes to send older couple to Mars. 27 February 2013Last updated at 13:01 ET By Pallab Ghosh Science correspondent, BBC News Watch millionaire Dennis Tito's journey from space tourist to mission head A team led by millionaire and former space tourist Dennis Tito plans to send a "tested couple" to Mars and back in a privately funded mission.

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. Obama Administration backs open access to all federal research. Today, John Holdren, the head of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, announced that the administration is adopting a policy that would see nearly all of the science papers produced through federal funding made accessible to the public within a year of their publication.

The new rules would apply to any agency that has a research budget of over $100 million, and it would include measures for preserving any digital data that was associated with the research. A similar policy has already been adopted by the National Institutes of Health, and there were indications that the administration had been considering this measure for some time. The Next Frontier Is in Your Brain. US government to back massive effort to understand the brain. Over the weekend, The New York Times reported that the Obama administration is preparing to launch biology into its first big project post-genome: mapping the activity and processes that power the human brain. The initial report suggested that the project would get roughly $3 billion dollars over 10 years to fund projects that would provide an unprecedented understanding of how the brain operates.

But the report was remarkably short on the scientific details of what the studies would actually accomplish or where the money would actually go. News in Brief: Sleep loss affects gene activity. Quantum Reality. “I asked the Zebra, are you black with white stripes? Or white with black stripes? And the zebra asked me, Are you good with bad habits? Are electric cars bad for the environment? 9.40am: A study by engineers based at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology has questioned some common assumptions about the environmental credentials of electric cars. Published this week in the Journal of Industrial Ecology, the "comparative environmental life cycle assessment of conventional and electric vehicles" begins by stating that "it is important to address concerns of problem-shifting".

By this, the authors mean that by solving one problem, do electric cars create another? Short Book Reviews. There’s now a fairly long list of books that I’ve found worthwhile recently and wanted to write about here, making it unlikely I’ll have time to write in detail about them. Instead, here are some short reviews: More than seven years ago I wrote very critically here about Leonard Susskind’s The Cosmic Landscape. 'Smellivision' soon to reach your nose - IOL SciTech. Tel Aviv - Fans of sophisticated computer games may soon have to upgrade their hardware to cope with a new multimedia dimension - the aromatic PC! And if Israeli mathematician David Harel and biochemist Doron Lancet have their way, it won't be long before a range of olfactory experiences is available at a computer near you. Sweatshops still make your clothes. Genius Inventor Cracks Secret Of Trees To Harness Solar Power. Oh, And He’s 13.

DJ Fatboy Slim plays House of Commons gig. Hardware Synthesis equivalent to Massive. From idea to science: Knowing when you’ve got a good idea. Products I Wish Existed. First documented case of child cured of HIV. Researchers today described the first documented case of a child being cured of HIV. 11 heinous lies conservatives are teaching America’s schoolchildren. If recent elections have taught us anything, it’s that young Americans have taken a decided turn to the left.

How to Teach Media Literacy in Real Time to Kids. Olfaction Tutorial. Viewpoint: What if women ruled the world? Not so long ago, the idea that women might rule the world seemed slightly ridiculous - like something out of science fiction. But in an essay to mark International Women's Day, political analyst and former White House press secretary Dee Dee Myers argues it's now a topic that can be seriously discussed.

Women clearly lacked the intellectual capacity and emotional fortitude to make the difficult decisions that leadership required. Too Much Love, Never Enough: The Postmodern Culture of Infatuation : the church and postmodern culture. Exclusive Interview With Doug Wolens, Director of “The Singularity” Smell-O-Vision. Are We Standing at the End of Times or Before an Intoxicating Dawn? Iraq 10 Years: Photographs by Sean Smith. Focus Exercises - The Hearing Loss Clinic Calgary. How many Proteins exist in human body? Skrillex: Eight Wild Nights and Busy Days With the Superstar.

Idris Elba's How Clubbing Changed the World. Why Privacy Matters Even if You Have 'Nothing to Hide' - The Chronicle Review. The brutal truth about how childhood determines your economic destiny. The 7 Deadly Homemade Weed Killers. Is Gratitude the Antidote to Relationship Failure? R´ha [short movie] Timeline Photos. Smarter Planet - five in five - Past 5 in 5s. Fecal transplants cure diarrhea, modulate testosterone levels.

Kamen and Coca-Cola Take On World’s Clean Water Shortage With Slingshot Purifier. Google's Larry Page on Why Moon Shots Matter. Why Do People Sexually Use or Abuse Children? Just Whose Idea Was All This Testing? Installing GLUT on Visual Studio 2010 « Bruce Sterling Thinks Artificial Intelligence Has Jumped the Shark. Everybody! Everybody! Top 5 Songs with Lyrics That Make No Sense. Is Vandalizing Art also Art? Emine Saner interviews a prostitute about what her life is really like.

Could Burning Man replace religion? For real? Burning Man is a story field. Burning Man may be the future, but it’s not an escape. The Transhumanist Wager. Problem-Solving - The Top Ten Principles. Plug-In Hybrid Vehicle Has Wings. Twenty Fragile States Make Progress on Millennium Development Goals. The Top 5 Regrets of The Dying. Rise of the naked female warriors. 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, 'I Love Rock 'N Roll' The Luxe Life in ‘Gatsby,’ ‘Bling Ring’ and Other Films. Sloppy Seconds Sex Ed. The Wall Street Ponzi Scheme called Fractional Reserve Banking. A Feminist Approach to Good Loving in 5 Steps. Jay-Z on What Makes a Classic Track.

North Korea: What’s really happening. S. Brian Willson. The 50 Greatest Rappers of All Time. Daft Punk sits down with Pete Tong; ‘This time we are doing it for real’ Folding wine-rack material expands when squeezed. 30 Classic Dr. Seuss Quotes That Will Change Your Life. Again.