science
2015
New Fossil Dating Technique Casts Doubt on Human Origins
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Articles
science
anthropology
archaeology
evolution
Big news on the anthropology front. A new dating technique has raised serious doubts about whether humans are related to Lucy at all. It all comes down to the age of Little Foot, a fossil which now seems to indicate that either species might have been the human ancestor.
The Most Popular Antidepressants Are Based on a Theory We Know Is Wrong
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Articles
science
psychology
psychiatry
depression
An interesting, and apparently well-researched post from io9 on the status of research related to depression that illustrate how little we actually know. Though the title is little too linkbaity for my tastes.
Suppressing Old Memories Key to Learning New Ones
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Articles
biology
psychology
science
memory
This article from Ars Technica covers some interesting new research on the science of memory, and why our memories deteriorate over time. It is because we push them out of the way in order to integrate new ones.
2009
Wolfram|Alpha
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Articles
databases
future
science
wolframalpha
Quite simply, I think this is one of the greatest advances in library science and computing in recent memory. This isn’t just a toy or a search engine, this is a knowledge processor that makes any factual data in its system instantly computable.
2004
Pet My Coat, It Is Frightened
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Articles
tech
science
biology
Okay, I was just reading a Wired article about some Australian scientists that are trying to grow a “stitchless [and] victimless” leather coat from living human and mouse cells. You can find the article here.