Why do birds suddenly appear…

15Sep10

Here are some links on an interesting topic I have been reading about: what are brains doing when they are in love? Helen Fisher, an anthropologist, discusses the evolutionary functions of the brain and love: Sure, falling in love and staying in love is fun, but it is also useful to survival and to the [...]

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Anti-information

27Jan10

A school district in Riverside County, CA had banned dictionaries from its 4th and 5th grade classes earlier this week, due to the presence of a definition for “oral sex.” Today, they have apparently rescinded the ban. Really, parents? Really?! The dictionary, incidentally, also has things like murder, mayhem, machine guns, machetes, marijuana, and methamphetamine. [...]

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Tags: crazy, education, information, kids, people, sex