Archives for “Science”

group cohesion

Tweet Despite the limitation on oxytocin’s social reach, its effect seems to be achieved more through inducing feelings of loyalty to the in-group than by fomenting hatred of the out-group. The Dutch researchers found some evidence that it enhances negative feelings, but this was not conclusive. “Oxytocin creates intergroup bias primarily because it motivates in-group [...]


best scientific papers – great source for ideas

Tweet Looking for a new business idea? Try feeding your brain with this list of the best technical papers of the last few years. Via slashdot. imjustatomato writes “Top computer science conferences typically have an award given to the best paper submitted to that conference. This web page compiles the best paper awards for 16 conferences since [...]


Yali’s Question: why we had so little cargo of our own?

Tweet Yali’s famous question from the book Guns, Germs, and Steel: “All of those things must have been on Yali’s mind when, with yet another penetrating glance of his flashing eyes, he asked me, “Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea, but we black people [...]


Relativity Drive – I hope it works!


The Long Now – a 10k year clock