Archive for February, 2007

Warning: This post is about an atrocity that occurred in Tamil Nadu seven years ago & it supports the death penalty. Those not interested may skip it.
SALEM: Holding the causing of death of three young women in a bus-burning incident near Dharmapuri in Tamil Nadu in February 2000 as the “rarest of the [...]

Link For The Day.

Check out this great picture from Sharique’s blog Serendipity.
Read the explanatory note in the right lower corner of the image.

Thanks to TJ for pointing out that there was something wrong with Google.
[If you click on the link to see what TJ has posted, please check out her Valentine's Day post and the link for some interesting radiology images]

They still haven’t corrected their mistake after nearly 24 hours.

Now I really am beginning to believe (like [...]

I know I’m a day late to be doing a Valentine’s day post.
Following a link in a comment on Lakshmi’s blog got me to this good article by Dr. Dean Ornish on the
Healing Power of Love and Intimacy
which was posted as the article of the day for Valentine’s day at AugustAyurveda.com. Read [...]

Vote for Arunn.

A long time ago, I was actively involved in college politics. This brings back memories of electioneering for the student council.
Nonoscience, Arunn’s science blog has been nominated for the Best Indian Science/Technology Blog 2006 at Indibloggies.
Please vote for him.
Click on the button to go to the poll page.

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Another sleep-related research article.1
A six-year study2 of nearly 24,000 Greek adults found those who regularly took midday naps lowered their risk of dying from heart disease by more than a third.
Those who made it a practice of napping at least three times a week for a minimum of 30 minutes had a 37 percent lower [...]

A good night’s sleep triggers changes in the brain that help to improve memory, according to a new study led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center & Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston.1
The results demonstrate that an absence of prior sleep substantially compromises the neural and behavioral capacity for committing new experiences to memory. [...]