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Photo: Becky Kazansky / techPresident Wondering what kind of articles we feature on Personal Democracy Plus, our subscription offering? Subscribers support this kind of original in-depth reporting — but because this piece is focused on Hurricane Sandy relief so soon after the storm, and to offer non-subscribers a look, we're offering it to everyone. Red Hook Initiative is still accepting offers of donations and volunteers. Researchers Suggest That Testosterone Promotes Honesty in Men. The results of a new study show that testosterone stimulates positive social behavior through the increase of honesty in male subjects. The hormone has already been associated with higher levels of aggression and criminality. According to a research team from Germany, testosterone could influence positive social behavior, in addition to its already known influences on muscle and libido. The study was recently published in the online journal PLOS ONE.
The lead author of the study, Dr Matthias Wibral, notes that “The disadvantage of many studies is, however, that they only correlate their subjects’ testosterone level with their behavior”, whilst adding that his current paper is a statistical one and not a clinical study that would provide the causes of this behavior. On a side note, Dr Wibral also said that behavior itself influences the levels of testosterone. Upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Milkproducts.svg. M83 Outro. Hand Feeding a Red Fox. Happy Fox. Smart red fox - Hunting under snow in an incredible way. Bummer and Lazarus. The Three Bummers.
Edward Jump's cartoon shows Bummer and Lazarus begging scraps from Emperor Norton. Bummer and Lazarus were two stray dogs that roamed the streets of San Francisco, California, USA, in the early 1860s. Recognized for their unique bond and their prodigious rat-killing ability, they became a fixture of city newspapers, were exempted from local ordinances and immortalized in cartoons. Background[edit] San Francisco, in common with other cities in the United States at the time, had a problem with free-ranging dogs. Biography[edit] Meeting and career[edit] Scientists Discover How Brains Keep Clean. Two-photon imaging shows how the brain flushes out wastes via a system of water channels (purple) in cells (green) wrapped tightly around blood vessels.
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Charts: What Your Trash Reveals About the World Economy. "The fastest way to reduce solid waste volumes is to have a recession," writes World Bank urban specialist Dan Hoornweg in a report on the state of trash in cities. Hoornweg elegantly sums up why garbage is and will remain a vexing problem. Here in the United States, we hear "zero waste" and think sanctimonious yuppies. Sigiriya. Sigiriya (Lion Rock Sinhala: සීගිරිය, pronounced see-gee-ree-yah) is an ancient palace located in the central Matale District near town of Dambulla of the Central Province, Sri Lanka.
The name refers to a site of historical and archeaological significance that is dominated by a massive column of rock nearly 200 metres (660 ft) high. According to the ancient Sri Lankan chronicle the Culavamsa the site was selected by King Kasyapa (477 – 495 CE) for his new capital. Half a heartbeat changes our response to scary images. Catherine de Lange, contributor (Image: Nightmares Fear Factory/Rex Features)
Scientists Invent Particles That Will Let You Live Without Breathing. How we die (in one chart) The New England Journal of Medicine looks through 200 years of back issues to understand how we die differently:
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Earliest music instruments found. Researchers have identified what they say are the oldest-known musical instruments in the world.
The flutes, made from bird bone and mammoth ivory, come from a cave in southern Germany which contains early evidence for the occupation of Europe by modern humans - Homo sapiens. Scientists used carbon dating to show that the flutes were between 42,000 and 43,000 years old. The findings are described in the Journal of Human Evolution . How to Travel Full-Time for $17,000 a Year (or Less!)
Wise Bread Picks For the last five years, I've been traveling the world full-time, and for less money than I've ever spent (and I'd wager less money than most people would spend) to live in one place.
My worldly possessions fit into one bag (just larger than carry-on size) and a backpack containing my laptop and computer gear. This small entourage (weighing less than 45 pounds in total) comes with me as I wander around the world, sometimes quickly, but mostly slowly. In 2011 alone, I traversed 13 countries and over 45,360 miles. Sounds pretty expensive, huh?