Iâm not sure if this really qualifies as a Friday Science entry, but I found it on SEED. I think it falls in to the social science category. A group of researchers at Yale have discovered that humans arenât the only ones to exhibit irrational decision making. The political economy study was designed using our
I know I didn’t get a Friday Science done for last week, but I was on VACATION. I had been planning to take a week off just to get some things done around the house that I never get done on weekends, but my working vacation turned into an actual vacation. Trust me; no one’s
Researcher Ray Baughman has developed artificial muscles that are powered by chemical energy which is fueled by alcohol. Current machines that mimic natural muscles are hydraulic or gear powered and fueled with electric currents, but Baughman’s artificial muscles are made of an elastic metal called “shape memory wire”. Baughman says that these artificial muscles can
Chris and I were wandering around the local thrift store looking for a trivet when we came to the book isle. We stood there looking past the Harlequin Romances for anything good (which isn’t easy because they don’t believe in alphabetizing there). Fuzzy vision was beginning to set in when Chris reached across for a
I am sitting at the computer avoiding the trip to Sam’s. I want to run away to Mexico. I wish my family was whole. I love Chris, Hooper, my Prana pants (Magic Pants). I miss J and Friday at Stonewall’s. I fear that my boss will decide to retire and I’ll have to find a
I have a few friends who are vegetarians and therefore probably eat a lot of beans. I tend to eat vegetarian lunches that contain lots of beans, so even I understand the dangers of beans. Beans are hard to digest and they produce embarrassing flatulence, but now thanks to two strains of bacteria beans may
