Archive for July, 2008
… but Johann Hari’s experiences with the ’smart drug’ Provigil make it sound a little bit enticing. But also creepy. Link. Excerpt:
A week later, the little white pills arrived in the post. I sat down and took one 200mg tablet with a glass of water. It didn’t seem odd: for years, I took an anti-depressant. [...]
Many of you would probably be familiar with the idea of online games like Second Life being fodder for economics research. Well, this article is the definitive thing I’ve read on the issue, full of fascinating real (virtual) world examples: link (pdf).
The Boston Globe has an interesting article about research into what it means for something to be ‘on the tip of your tongue’. It’s one of those areas where athe subject seems almost banal until you start to ponder it a bit more. Some of the experimental stuff is strange and cool:
A similar fragmentation is [...]
Rotifers are a group of microscopic animals that are very common and often very pretty. It’s been recently discovered that they have prolifically incorporated genetic material from other organisms into their own DNA. The Not Exactly Rocket Science blog has a good article about it: link. Excerpt:
But among the DNA of the bdelloid Adineta vaga, [...]
In 1988, the KLF (who had a hit in the late 80’s with their insipid remix of the Dr Who theme) self-published a semi-ironic guide to topping the UK charts. The text of The Manual (How to Have a Number One the Easy Way) is available online. It is an entertaining read, and full of [...]
