SciTech Daily Analysis and Opinions tag:technews.com.org,2007:Srijith_SciTechAnalysis SciTech Daily Analysis and Opinions screen-scraped by Srijith K. Nair 2009-07-13T03:00:02Z Srijith K. Nair srijith@srijith.net Can science shed light on what it takes to flourish mentally? 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From judson.blogs.nytimes.com <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sUbtyVVEjTHoNstIRh7UbLGcmlk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sUbtyVVEjTHoNstIRh7UbLGcmlk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sUbtyVVEjTHoNstIRh7UbLGcmlk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sUbtyVVEjTHoNstIRh7UbLGcmlk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scitech_ao/~4/TE4PFBM1Vpw" height="1" width="1"/> tag:scitechdaily.com,2007:e125a4a2b4d24ab036e7559bf8da9cb3 2009-07-13T03:00:24Z http://judson.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/07/on-fire/?ref=science Cognitive misers make science communication a hard sell by relying heavily on mental shortcuts, values and emotions, often in the absence of knowledge From theaustralian.news.com.au <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jhk2SBPnGCBLwGvJ01hW4Z251q8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jhk2SBPnGCBLwGvJ01hW4Z251q8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jhk2SBPnGCBLwGvJ01hW4Z251q8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jhk2SBPnGCBLwGvJ01hW4Z251q8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scitech_ao/~4/nMCoei8H068" height="1" width="1"/> tag:scitechdaily.com,2007:32ccf4978fb074cbc9bd961d62314d60 2009-07-13T03:00:25Z http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25747761-30417,00.html Why is it that people who set themselves up as moral paragons seem to have the hardest time living up to their own standards? 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From slate.com <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AcTQovmjD1atD2KI2XfilALM0k8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AcTQovmjD1atD2KI2XfilALM0k8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AcTQovmjD1atD2KI2XfilALM0k8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AcTQovmjD1atD2KI2XfilALM0k8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scitech_ao/~4/DBN9FLSoL-E" height="1" width="1"/> tag:scitechdaily.com,2007:fe2e3c6da6a47fd25a841493e3f63748 2009-07-13T03:00:28Z http://www.slate.com/id/2221843/ Shaking a baby is not safe, but it may not be the only possible explanation for an infant death From health.msn.com <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2eWlY19mr2Pk-sHfgCfX6Y8B41c/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2eWlY19mr2Pk-sHfgCfX6Y8B41c/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2eWlY19mr2Pk-sHfgCfX6Y8B41c/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2eWlY19mr2Pk-sHfgCfX6Y8B41c/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scitech_ao/~4/ihNAcDWfhnU" height="1" width="1"/> tag:scitechdaily.com,2007:cbb8b54b3d55ff0132f1d2638677120c 2009-07-13T03:00:29Z http://health.msn.com/kids-health/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100235034 Will a research integrity advisory board help weed out dodgy science in Australia? From theaustralian.news.com.au <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hQTZBcj15LEgktsa5-QsG1-iRfU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hQTZBcj15LEgktsa5-QsG1-iRfU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hQTZBcj15LEgktsa5-QsG1-iRfU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hQTZBcj15LEgktsa5-QsG1-iRfU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scitech_ao/~4/ByTbMzgbZeY" height="1" width="1"/> tag:scitechdaily.com,2007:f0b2e5fdfe61f0097a735e2f092686a3 2009-07-13T03:00:30Z http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25714687-30417,00.html Can control theory save the economy from going down the tubes? From americanscientist.org <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gb8FR0ouxYbHxg7EZwmsObo1jIg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gb8FR0ouxYbHxg7EZwmsObo1jIg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gb8FR0ouxYbHxg7EZwmsObo1jIg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gb8FR0ouxYbHxg7EZwmsObo1jIg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scitech_ao/~4/XZvN5QrKhbI" height="1" width="1"/> tag:scitechdaily.com,2007:6de3d0ede6fe2fbd8f822bd55840bc10 2009-07-13T03:00:31Z http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/2009/3/everything-is-under-control