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Single Session Of Relaxation Response Practice Alters Gene Expression Involved In Inflammation, Energy Metabolism, Insulin Secretion

A new study from investigators at the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind/Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) finds that elicitation of the relaxation response - a physiologic state of deep rest induced by practices such as meditation,

The Curse of Reading and Forgetting

Recently, a colleague mentioned that she had been rereading Richard Hughes’s “A High Wind in Jamaica,” which was first published in 1929 and is about a group of creepy little kids who become the unwanted wards of sad, listless pirates. She praised it, and her recommendation sent me to Amazon.

It Doesn't Matter If We Never Run Out of Oil: We Won't Want to Burn It Anymore

Charles C. Mann is a great storyteller, but "What If We Never Run Out of Oil?" tells the wrong story and is marred by bloopers. Mann's story is entirely about quantity of supply, not price nor the more-efficient use it encourages.

De faciliteerstaat en de mythe van de eigen verantwoordelijkheid

OPINIE - De verzorgingsstaat is failliet, zo liet Halbe Zijlstra 16 mei weten in het NRC Handelsblad. Tot die conclusie was zelfs de SP al gekomen, zegt Saskia Ploeg.

Minorities wearing Google Glass

Revenge, ego and the corruption of Wikipedia

In the wee hours of the morning of January 27, 2013, a Wikipedia editor named “Qworty” made a series of 14 separate edits to the Wikipedia page for the late writer Barry Hannah, a well-regarded Southern author with a taste for the Gothic and absurd.

Unknowable : Rands In Repose

Each year, the race to get a ticket for WWDC is on. Even with early warning, the window of ticket availability shrinks with every passing year. 2013 being no different: 2 minutes.

The Cartography of Bullshit

With the gutting of foreign coverage by most U.S. newspapers and the need to populate infinite Web space with content, a new creature has emerged: the foreign affairs blogger. Max Fisher, who hosts the Washington Post’s WorldViews page, is a leading exemplar of the species.

At Google Conference, Cameras Even in the Bathroom

The future came crashing down on me this week at the Google I/O developer conference while I stood at a bathroom urinal. I had just wrapped up a conversation with a man who owned a pair of Google’s Internet-connected glasses, Google Glass.

Why asm.js bothers me

Please note that this post expresses my personal opinion and mine alone, not those of my employer or my teammates. I am writing it because I can’t hold my opinion inside anymore. My head was starting to feel like a balloon that is going to burst any minute.

“No to Profit” (Chile, Privatized Education)

Chilean students have been protesting the country’s for-profit education system since 2006. / Luis Hidalgo Parra Everyone in Chile can recite the following facts: adjusted for income, Chile has the most expensive higher education in the world.

Special Guest Edition: The Hawkeye Initiative IRL!

Original Post: I recently received an email from an anonymous fan sharing how she pulled a Hawkeye Initiative themed prank on her CEO to illustrate a problem with some artwork.

How a Career Con Man Led a Federal Sting That Cost Google $500 Million

On February 25, 2009, a then 34-year-old career con man named David Anthony Whitaker left the Wyatt Detention Facility in Central Falls, Rhode Island, and slid into the backseat of an unmarked government car. He was dressed in traditional prison garb—khaki pants, brown shirt, handcuffs, leg irons.

Exclusive: Inside Hangouts, Google's big fix for its messaging mess

How Google built its new messaging platform for Gmail, Android, iOS, and Chrome... and what took so long By Ellis Hamburger and Dieter Bohn Skydivers equipped with futuristic glasses live-broadcasted their descent into the Moscone Center in downtown San Francisco during last year’s Google I/O.

How to Convince People WiFi Is Making Them Sick

All it takes is an antenna on a headband. If you've got a breathless video report on the dangers of wireless internet connections, that will help your case. It doesn't take much, though, to turn an ominous hint into a real headache.

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