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Is this evidence that we can see the future? - life - 11 November 2010

Parapsychologists have made outlandish claims about precognition – knowledge of unpredictable future events – for years. But the fringe phenomenon is about to get a mainstream airing: a paper providing evidence for its existence has been accepted for publication by the leading social psychology journal. What's more, sceptical psychologists who have pored over a preprint of the paper say they can't find any significant flaws. "My personal view is that this is ridiculous and can't be true," says Joachim Krueger of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, who has blogged about the work on the Psychology Today website.

"Going after the methodology and the experimental design is the first line of attack. Critical mass It describes a series of experiments involving more than 1000 student volunteers. April Fool. Wine. Pliages - papier. Pliages - papier. Autism. Is this evidence that we can see the future? - life - 11 November 2010. Making Marriage Work by Fighting Fairly" Some couples claim that they never argue.

Making Marriage Work by Fighting Fairly"

That's next to impossible in marriages where both partners feel free to express their differences. Other couples have frequent arguments that sometimes get very loud. However, the volume and frequency of fights aren't very telling — nor are the issues that a couple fights about. The most important question is: Are the fights fair? In marriage, you and your spouse have to referee your own disputes without help from a third party, so you need to hammer out rules and limits that work for you.

Understand what's really going on When you sense that a fight is about to erupt between and your partner, try to scope out the underlying cause of the argument: Quantum Weirdness. There is no question that we experience what we call time.

Quantum Weirdness

There is a precision with which we can measure the progression of events over time that is phenomenally accurate. Things age and particles decay over “time” and it is consistent. However, physical laws that use time as a reference work equally well for time reversal - going backward – a particle hitting another particle, generating other particles and emitting photons will work just as well running backward according to physics. We just have never experienced time reversal and this disconnect with the laws of physics seems to be a mystery. This disconnect is used by many to express the opinion that time exists. 10 Ways Geolocation is Changing the World. Social media has changed the world . It has revolutionized communications on a global scale, and the transformation continues with every status update, blog post, and video stream. The global citizenry has become a global network. Since becoming widely adopted just a couple years ago, social media has supercharged social action, cause marketing, and social entrepreneurship.

Indeed, the true value hasn’t been the technology itself but how we’ve used it. Today, a second wave of innovation is defining a new era and setting the stage for change over the coming decade. Mobile technologies will extend the global online network to anyone with a mobile device while enabling countless local networks to form in the real world. Dark Matter “Seen” By Gravitational Lensing. NASA Launches Google Phones Into Space as Cheap Satellites. Image via COED Magazine What happens when NASA geeks hangout with Google employees?

NASA Launches Google Phones Into Space as Cheap Satellites

Well, they duct tape their Android-based phones to a space rocket and blast it 28,000 feet into the air. Duh! It's the quintessential Maker Faire project! Coined the NexusOne PhoneSat project, its goal is to determine if low-cost mobile phone components can withstand space travel. Photo via Make "The purpose of flying the Nexus One is to find a low-cost satellite solution," says Thomas Atchison, chairman of the Mavericks Foundation. Interestingly enough, smart phones have 120-times the computing power of your average satellite, which are closer to 1984-era computers. 60 Things to Be Grateful For In Life.

“We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.”

60 Things to Be Grateful For In Life

~Cynthia Ozick How often do you pause to appreciate what you have in life? When I was young, I sort of took things for granted. I believe many other kids did so, too. After all, we were young and we didn’t know what life could be like on the other side. S Wallpaper Creator. Let’s create a desktop wallpaper for your PC!

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Let’s create a standby wallpaper for your mobile phone! Let’s create a Persona theme! Personas are innovative themes that allow you to easily change the look of your Firefox browser window. Just like you would change your PC desktop wallpaper and standby screen on your mobile phone to fit your style, you can personalize Firefox to your taste! New Tab King Firefox Extension - Forget about the blank new tab get the coolest Firefox tabs add-on: New Tab King. Buddha in peace. Losing Our Religion. The Data Liberation Front.

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Cult of less: Living out of a hard drive

But this trend in digital technology is now influencing some to get rid of nearly all of their physical possessions - from photographs to furniture to homes altogether. Let's face it - digital files, applications and web services are replacing the need for many of the physical goods that pepper our homes, crowd our desks and fill our closets. From online photo albums to virtual filing cabinets to digital musical instruments, hi-tech replacements are becoming ubiquitous. But as goods continue to make the leap from the bookshelf to the hard drive, some individuals are taking the opportunity to radically change their lifestyles. '21st Century minimalist' Virtual homelessness.