An incidental finding of a gastric foreign body 25 years after ingestion — Waters et al. 2011 — BMJ Case Reports An incidental finding of a gastric foreign body 25
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Neat Stuff from Elsewhere Wed Jun 20, 2012
Buying life experiences to impress others removes happiness boost Buying life experiences to impress others removes happiness boost: “Why you buy is just as important as what you buy,†said
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Effects of Chewing Menthol Gum on the Alertness of Healthy Volunteers and Those with an Upper Respiratory Tract Illness – Smith – 2012 – Stress and Health – Wiley Online
Neat Stuff from Elsewhere Wed May 30, 2012
PLoS ONE: Globalization and Loss of Plant Knowledge: Challenging the Paradigm PLoS ONE: Globalization and Loss of Plant Knowledge: Challenging the Paradigm: The many effects of migration… interesting finding here
Neat Stuff from Elsewhere Wed May 23, 2012
PLoS ONE: Movement Behavior of High-Heeled Walking: How Does the Nervous System Control the Ankle Joint during an Unstable Walking Condition? PLoS ONE: Movement Behavior of High-Heeled Walking: How Does
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Insects that skate on the ocean benefit from plastic junk | Not Exactly Rocket Science | Discover Magazine Insects that skate on the ocean benefit from plastic junk | Not
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PLoS ONE: Public Street Lights Increase House Infestation by the Chagas Disease Vector Triatoma dimidiata PLoS ONE: Public Street Lights Increase House Infestation by the Chagas Disease Vector Triatoma dimidiata:
Neat Stuff from Elsewhere Sun Apr 01, 2012
Monkeys like Metallica Monkeys like Metallica: The results were a little strange.  While most of the music had little or no effect on the cottontops—they tended to ignore just about
Why wait?
Not the SOUL!
Me, upon entering the kitchen and finding the child on the floor at my husband’s feet, clearly in the middle of a ticklefest: Are you torturing our child? Him: Not
In Which I Read Stuff on Fancy Modern Devices: Fiction
So, yes, I caved in and asked for a Kindle for my belated birthday. Before this I read the first Book of Thrones volume on D’s Kindle, to see if
Neat Stuff from Elsewhere Wed Mar 07, 2012
The mean-girl advice of What To Expect When You’re Expecting. – Slate Magazine The mean-girl advice of What To Expect When You’re Expecting. – Slate Magazine: The questions are incessantly
Neat Stuff from Elsewhere Wed Feb 29, 2012
Richer people break the law, take candy from children – Healthzone.ca Richer people break the law, take candy from children – Healthzone.ca: Well-off people consistently cut off pedestrians or other
Neat Stuff from Elsewhere Wed Feb 15, 2012
(via Pictures: Shark Swallows Another Shark Whole) (via Pictures: Shark Swallows Another Shark Whole) Finding an optimal seating chart (PDF) Finding an optimal seating chart (PDF): We found that the
I’m not sure if I’m the one with the hammers or with my hand stapled to my face
Neat Stuff from Elsewhere Wed Feb 08, 2012
Men behaving nicely: Selfless acts by men increase when attractive women are nearby Men behaving nicely: Selfless acts by men increase when attractive women are nearby: For the second experiment,
Why We Are Married, part Infinity Minus One
Me, 10am: I didn’t sleep well and I still have the headache I had last night and my nose is stuffy and I have cramps and a backache and I
Neat Stuff from Elsewhere Wed Feb 01, 2012
Alice Bradley – Blog – On being an object, and then not being an object Alice Bradley – Blog – On being an object, and then not being an object :
Neat Stuff from Elsewhere Wed Jan 25, 2012
BBC Nature – In pictures: How elephants cool off overnight BBC Nature – In pictures: How elephants cool off overnight: Scientists from the University of Guelph, Canada have used thermal
“Débâcle”
Quotation of the Day for January 23, 2012 “‘No accident that _débâcle_ is a French word,’ observed my brother once…. The word _débâcle_ suggests the going-wrong of an elaborately conceived