Scientists: End Capitalism / Consumerism or Face Extinction

Is our relentless quest for economic growth killing the planet? — New StatesmanScientific models

Is Spain becoming lame? Or just maturing?

While such a schedule might indeed be healthier, and questionably better for

Ongoing saga of contemporary NYC versus LA: musician Moby prefers LA

Musician Moby Favors Los Angeles: Here’s Why — Guardian UK “Moby: I left New York for

Note-taking via Pen & Paper in many ways superior to via Laptop

Note-taking by Hand versus by Laptop – Huffington Post”Two Princeton University psychological scientists wondered

Consciousness a Tangible Substance

Why Physicists Are Saying Consciousness Is A State Of Matter, Like a

A Projected Timeline of the Universe

Timeline of the Universe — BBC Future”What do we expect will happen in

Loneliness and isolation in North America

Life of solitude: A loneliness crisis is looming — Globe and Mail Too

Karma Payment Plan: What We Feel and Do NOW Gets Passed on to Our Future Children, Grandchildren etc says new study

Deepest Regrets of the Dying

Top five regrets of the dying – Guardian UK A palliative nurse

Unknown Parasites Cause Mental Problems

  How Your Cat Is Making You Crazy – Atlantic Monthly Jaroslav Flegr

Cry of the Collective Unconscious

Colorado woman punches, rubs her buttocks against $30 million painting —  MSNBC

Rats Get a Bad Rap

Observatory: Rats Have Empathy, Study Finds — NY Times A new study

Five Elements of French Culture

Five lessons learned from living in Paris – CNN.com Jennifer L. Scott

The cultural roots of malady

Brain fags and other mental problems you probably won’t get in America – Slate

Mind is matter: telepathy needs a conduit

Could Conjoined Twins Share a Mind? – NY Times Magazine The miraculous life of

Abandoned Cities

The World’s Creepiest Abandoned Cities “Some cities die. The people leave, the

People Is Evil

People Say They Won’t Shock Others for Cash, But Do – Wired  SAN

Rocking chairs of Fire

Olga Kotelko: The 91-year-old track star — BBC News Canadian athlete Olga Kotelko

“Some are born to sweet delight…”

Life as a ‘human horse’ in India’s city of joy — BBC News

Bacteria inside gut strongly shapes personality

Bacteria in mouse gut affect development and behaviour — BBC News The teeming

Mind is matter is mind…

Dream recording device ‘possible’ — BBC News Researchers in the US report

Aliens: thinking machines

Aliens ‘may be thinking machines’ — BBC News The hunt for aliens should

The Finite Infinite

Universe ‘likely to grow forever’ — BBC News A galactic magnifying glass shows

Does language influence culture’s influence on language’s influence on culture?

Does Language Influence Culture? – WSJ.com “New cognitive research suggests that language

Music of the Heavens

emerging and decaying Higgs particles sound like Schoenberg and the Viennese school

the Un-mindfulness of Technology

Attached to Technology and Paying a Price — NY Times SAN FRANCISCO —

Curtailing Plastic Bags

Yes.   California Moves to Ban Plastic Bags at Grocery Stores — ABC

the Precipitous Decline of Conversation

A little exaggerated, but fairly accurate…   Lamenting the decline of good

Actual Cloak of Invisibility

Invisibility cloak created in 3-D – BBC News The “cloak”, described in the

the Reality of the Mask

Our entire reality is like the illusion of the mask. We can’t

Ghostly dance of a Sea Dragon

BBC News – Ghostly ‘dance of a sea dragon’ At the end

Alexander McQueen, rest in peace

My favorite fashion designer. One of the few fashion designers who was

Cave of Crystals

BBC News – A rare glimpse of the cave of crystals Mexico’s

Ben Hur of the Ocean

BBC News – Octopus snatches coconut and runs Underwater footage reveals that

10 Weirdest Physics Facts

The 10 weirdest physics facts from relativity to quantum physics – Telegraph UK 

Money Just a Symbolic, Mutually Shared Illusion…

U.S. Economy Grinds To Halt As Nation Realizes Money Just A Symbolic,

A moneyless world…

BBC World Service – Daniel Suelo: The Modern Caveman He dines on

We’re wimps compared to the apes

Modern man a wimp says anthropologist | Reuters LONDON (Reuters) – Many

Yes, ‘nonsense’ is, in fact, important

How Nonsense Sharpens the Intellect – NY Times When things don’t add

Nadir of Western Civilization to be Reached…

Nadir Of Western Civilization To Be Reached This Friday At 3:32 P.M. — The

My new dance instructor

BBC NEWS  |  Birds show off their dance moves Footage revealed that