http://darwiniana.com Sat, 17 May 2008 01:04:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Scienceblogs links to 'Neural Buddhism', see also Douthat & other links there. David Brooks' essay was a fishing expedition http://darwiniana.com/2008/05/16/neural-buddhism-and-softwarehardware/ Chalmers Johnson on Our ‘Managed Democracy’By Chalmers Johnson http://darwiniana.com/2008/05/16/our-%e2%80%98managed-democracy%e2%80%99/ Caroline Crocker on YouTube http://darwiniana.com/2008/05/16/rockumentary/ Richard Dawkins Interview on TVOntario http://darwiniana.com/2008/05/16/richard-dawkins-interview-on-tvontario/ The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing, ed. Richard Dawkins by Independent UK Thanks to SPS for the link. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-oxford-book-of-modern-science-writing-ed-richard-dawkins-828939.html http://darwiniana.com/2008/05/16/oxford-book-of-modern-science-writing-ed-richard-dawkins/ Evolution Academic Freedom Bill Submitted in South Carolina is Sixth this Year South Carolina Senator Mike Fair has submitted an Academic Freedom Bill into the South Carolina State Legislature. This is now the sixth academic freedom bill submitted this legislative session, as other bills have been submitted in Florida, Missouri, Michigan, ... http://darwiniana.com/2008/05/16/academic-freedom-bills/ Let the 2008 Tibetan Olympics begin Phayul[Friday, May 16, 2008 20:47] By Phurbu Thinley http://darwiniana.com/2008/05/16/parallel-olympics/ Bellicosity and Hypocrisy in Tel Aviv Lies of Aggression By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS On May 15, the White House Moron, in a war-planning visit to Israel, justified the naked aggression he and Olmert are planning against Iran as the only alternative to “the false comfort of appeasement, which has been ... http://darwiniana.com/2008/05/16/rumors-of-war-44/ via Common Dreams Published on Friday, May 16, 2008 by the McClatchy Newspapers Propaganda and the Media by Joseph L. Galloway Once upon a time, it was widely believed that one of the greatest sins the U.S. government or its temporary political masters could commit was to turn a propaganda machine loose on ... http://darwiniana.com/2008/05/16/propaganda-machines/ via Common Dreams Published on Friday, May 16, 2008 by The Nation Regime-Quakes in Burma and China by Naomi Klein When news arrived of the catastrophic earthquake in Sichuan, my mind turned to Zheng Sun Man, an up-and-coming security executive I met on a recent trip to China. Zheng heads Aebell Electrical Technology, ... http://darwiniana.com/2008/05/16/regime-quakes/ Exposure in the womb to common chemicals used to make everything from plastic bottles to pizza box liners may program a person to become obese later in life, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080514/sc_nm/obesity_chemicals_dc;_ylt=AuAfiia0B2DYRXDZxnywjOAhANEA http://darwiniana.com/2008/05/16/obesity-and-common-chemicals/ Genetic differences may explain why white men have a higher prostate cancer risk than Hispanic men, information which may help doctors identify men who are more likely to develop the disease, U.S. researchers say. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/15/AR2008051502365.html http://darwiniana.com/2008/05/16/genetics-and-prostate/ Using a rope treadmill, researchers have revealed that tiny species use no more energy climbing vertically than they do walking on the ground, a find that bolsters theories about the earliest primates. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/05/080515-primates-climb.html http://darwiniana.com/2008/05/16/monkey-climb/ Rather than just six, a group of tropical flies contains at least 52 species, suggesting that tropical environments are even more diverse than thought http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13913-dna-tests-open-a-pandoras-box-of-flies.html http://darwiniana.com/2008/05/16/pandoras-box-of-flies/ Achieving sexual climax requires a complex conspiracy of sensory and psychological signals—and the eventual silencing of critical brain areas http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=the-orgasmic-mind http://darwiniana.com/2008/05/16/the-orgasmic-mind/ From R-G by Robert Scheer truthdig.com (May 13 2008) Ah, yes, those torture confessions have proved so useful. http://darwiniana.com/2008/05/16/tortured-law-on-torture/ From R-G Big Oil Strike in Brazil has Tongues Wagging, but We Continue Towards Peak Oil By Pedro Prieto, Tlaxcala. Posted May 7, 2008. Since the 1980's, the world has discovered less oil than it has consumed every year. http://darwiniana.com/2008/05/16/oil-strike-in-brazil-peak-oil-still-inevitable/ Here’s what’s new at SocialistWorker.org... http://socialistworker.org ________ http://darwiniana.com/2008/05/16/sw-news/