The Corpus Callosum

As of now, Corpus Callosum will no longer be published on blogspot. The new location is at ScienceBlogs , sponsored by Seed Media Group , publishers of Seed Magazine . Photo by Tennessee-Ga...

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The two big news items today are : 1) the killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi , and 2) the sharp decline in stock markets around the world.  The two are not particularly related. The juxtaposi...

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A new report indicates that treatment with calcium and vitamin D might actually reduce the incidence of hip fractures.  This appears to contradict some other studies that were reported widely ...

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The LA Times (free registration required) has an article on the possibility of a shortage of physicians in the USA: > PHYSICIAN SHORTAGE LOOMS, RISKING A CRISIS, AS DEMAND FOR CARE >�...

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There is still time to make your plans: > Hell plans devil of a time on 6/6/06 >  >  >  June 4, 2006 >  >  HELL, Mich. -- They're planning a hot time in Hell on Tues...

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Seed Magazine, the originator of the web's largest conversation about science , has an editorial: The American War on Science .  There have been many such articles lately, but this one is diffe...

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In Chelsea, Michigan, the Chelsea Painters are having their annual art fair. It is closed for today, but will be up again tomorrow from 10 AM to 5 PM. It's on the grounds of Chelsea Communit...

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OK, this synopsis does not contain much actual information; certainly, not enough to be useful as a basis for medical decisions.  But it does provide an example to illustrate the process of ske...

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Due to the unseasonably hot weather, Corpus Callosum will not be going to Seed tomorrow. The ScienceBlog meteoblogologists inform me that they expect the new Seedlings to sprout in 10 days or les...

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From Wikipedia : Caffeine has a significant effect on spiders , which is reflected in their web construction. The question is, does this apply to humans as well?  After all, humans eng...

http://corpus-callosum.blogspot.com/2006/05/effect-of-caffeine-on-web-design.html

This is not really big news, but it makes me stop and think.  Escitalopram has been approved in generic form (5, 10, 20mg tabs, 5mg/5ml solution).  Previously, it could only be obtained as th...

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Pride is one of the seven deadly sins.  The others are greed and sloth and a few others I can't remember.  Pride is the one I remember best, because of its curious mathematical properties.  Th...

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Getting ready for the transition to ScienceBlogs, I've gone ahead an designed a new banner.  (I had help with the techincal aspects, but the design was my idea.)  I'm a little worried that they...

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These are pictures of Knoppix, a kind of Linux, in use.  See the previous post for the context.  The images are from the O'Reilly site, OSDir.com .   Knoppix, showing the browser.  Firefox...

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I know I've written about this before, so if you've read one of my prior posts on the topic, or if you already are familiar with the concept of a live CD, just skip to the bottom line for the in...

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...except on people who are not very influential. It was publicized pretty well, when the Administration increased taxes on teenagers .  This has been discussed elsewhere , so I won't go into...

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I can't tell you how glad I am to see this: > In Speech to Medical Graduates, Bloomberg Diverges From G.O.P. Line >  >  By DIANE CARDWELL >  Published: May 26, 2006 >  > �...

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From Nature News, we hear of another twist in the story of inheritance: > Mutant mice challenge rules of genetic inheritance >  >  DNA's cousin, RNA, may also pass information ...

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This is a smoke plume from a volcano in the Aleutian Islands, as photographed from the International Space Station; it's from the NASA Earth Observatory site. > Astronaut photograph ISS0...

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After messing around with XGL -- the most advanced graphical user interface there is for a computer operating system, I've now been using a much older and simpler interface: FVWM .  What is FVW...

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Dr. Emer has posted the latest Grand Rounds .  He even came up with a nifty logo for it.  As always, he has a nice layout/design.   At first, I was going to list a few posts that I found...

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I do think that XGL has promise, but it needs a few things.  First, it has to be more stable.  With it, I cannot run Firefox in KDE, unless I run it as root, which I am loathe to do; or, unless...

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Medscape News has an interesting item: Botox Injections May Be Useful for Major Depression (free registration required). > BOTOX INJECTIONS MAY BE USEFUL FOR MAJOR DEPRESSION >  Laur...

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This is sort of  a follow-up to a recent post , in which I discussed the correlation between administration of fluoxetine, and neurogenesis in the hippocampus.  In that post, I mentioned that ...

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Howard Kurtz, writing on the Washington Post column, Media Notes, has an update on the brewing impeachment issue.  It turns out that some Republican strategists have been hyping the threat of ...

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