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POPSPoverty and the Brain "The point is that poverty isn't just an idea, or a state of mind: it actually warps the mind. Some brains never even have a chance." deserves a second thought
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POPSPalin in Monty Python Audition
Yes, scientists work on fruit flies. Some of the most powerful tools in genetics and molecular biology are available in fruit flies, and these are animals that are particularly amenable to experimentation. Molecular genetics has revealed that humans share key molecules, the basic developmental toolkit, with all other animals, thanks to our shared evolutionary heritage (something else the wackaloon from Wasilla denies), and that we can use these other organisms to probe the fundamental mechanisms that underlie core processes in the formation of the nervous system — precisely the phenomena Palin claims are so important. This is where the Republican party has ended up: supporting an ignorant buffoon who believes in the End Times and speaking in tongues while deriding some of the best and most successful strategies for scientific research. In this next election, we've got to choose between the 21st century rationalism and Dark Age inanity. It ought to be an easy choice.
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POPSPZ Lambastss Palin Palin (or her speech writer) trying to pander to the "low information voter" unfortunately uses a really bad example to make their point. And Parrot Palin evidently doesn't know enough about science to comprehend how ignorant she sounds. But I bet it plays well for the target audience it's aimed at. We really need to catch up with the times.
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POPSTV does the thinking for you So basically you're telling me that watching TV makes you dumb? As in your brain can't function as well when you're hooked on TV? Well by golly, no wonder I gave up on TV a long time ago. My brain was too busy THINKING for itself.
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POPSADHD - A Very Incomplete Puzzle Teaching children with ADHD can be a handful, to say the least, to their teachers. But what if all it took was a couple of minor adjustments to set them on the right track?
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POPSBed sharing 'drains men's brains' "Sharing the bed space with someone who is making noises and who you have to fight with for the duvet is not sensible. "If you are happy sleeping together that's great, but if not there is no shame in separate beds." He said there was a suggestion that women are pre-programmed to cope better with broken sleep. "A lot of life events that women have disturb sleep - bringing up children, the menopause and even the menstrual cycle," he explained. But Dr Stanley added people did get used to sharing a bed. "If they have shared their bed with their partner for a long time they miss them and that will disturb sleep.' Boy, talking about sleeping with your enemy.
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POPSMore than just supporting abortion "Killing alive unborn children in females’ bodies is bad enough, but Barack Obama went even further, to defend the killing via neglect of alive BORN children. It is downright ghoulish that he is proud of that record and is still trying to spin his deceit in the Saddleback interview."
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POPSThe Teen Brain Human and animal studies, Jensen and Urion note, have shown that the brain grows and changes continually in young people—and that it is only about 80 percent developed in adolescents. The largest part, the cortex, is divided into lobes that mature from back to front. The last section to connect is the frontal lobe, responsible for cognitive processes such as reasoning, planning, and judgment. Normally this mental merger is not completed until somewhere between ages 25 and 30—much later than these two neurologists were taught in medical school. There are also gender differences in brain development. As Urion and Jensen explain, the part of our brain that processes information expands during childhood and then begins to thin, peaking in girls at roughly 12 to 14 years old and in boys about two years later. This suggests that girls and boys may be ready to absorb challenging material at different stages, and that schools may be missing opportunities to reach them.
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POPS What Queen Rania wants for the world Beauty and brains ..."in the West, people look at the veil as a sign of oppression or weakness. This is not true as long as a woman is wearing it because of her belief."
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POPSHalf America would be on Death Row.
If it were up to the R party, half of Amer. would be on death row. I exaggerate but you have to ask...what’s wrong with these people? They can't see society for the people. Sick acts do occur that we’d like to cure. But with brains, one size doesn’t fit all. Many take a beating before maturity, so we wind up with depraved sins by sickos. If laws put all sickos to death there would have to be many death rows. Killing doesn’t stop such acts and sets an example that murder is an answer. Life without parole is cost effective. It takes alota $$ before a slaying occurs, life sentences are cheaper. (to those who tout PRISONS COST US TAXPAYERS MUCH MOOLAH, KILL THE BUMS!) Capital punishment is a fact in this brutal society and the judges must decide what it's slated for. It should only be for homicide. If it starts to pertain to other crimes, we slide backwards and kids will hang for stealing apples. Their legs must be weighted cause small bodies are too light to choke a life away. :-(
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POPSTop 10: Worst Male-Bashing Ads AT&T A guy is in Las Vegas, probably for a convention, and he’s never gambled before. He gets a taste for it, and loses money at the tables. Sounds like it could happen, right? Now here’s the AT&T version: same setup, but the guy calls his wife to report how much fun he’s having and explains in the naive tone of a kid going to school for the first time that he lost “chips” he wasn’t aware were worth money. Believable? Sure, as a science-fiction plot in which men are house pets. In the real world, even the crazy guy who bets his life savings has brains enough to know he’s not playing Monopoly.
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POPSLet's Start Using Our Brains I've not vetted this account but if true it is a particularly stunning example of gullible saps causing real damage by their irresponsible actions.
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POPSAggressive teens have mismatched brains
It is said, as it has been said for a while, that 'Kids are growing up quickly these days' and the speed seems to relate to the rate of technological progress, but 'growing up' is a double edged sword. While many have a remarkable ability to understand computers, and recently developed innovations, and crack some of the most elaborate codes, to the point where earlier generations can't keep up with them, emotional maturity does not match this advance in a similar way, and may in fact be stunted by the preoccupation of the brain with technical knowledge. An important question is rising which concerns the development of both children and adolescents, where growth will establish the bases of adult physiology and understanding - the relationships between emotional intellectual and physical development, and how they are changing. Of course nothing will ever make puberty a cakewalk, but if parents and other adults are going to provide the best support. When, and when not to get involved?
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POPSThe Great American Textbook Scandal Maybe we should not assume that students can't handle it. Or perhaps our kids wouldn't be dumb if we actually stimulated their brains while they're still developing. If they really can't handle the content, let's write them off as dumb; it's unfair to intelligent people to deny them opportunities to learn and grow smarter.
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POPSTaking Play Seriously Eliminating unstructured playtime from our children's lives may have unforeseen consequences. The stress amongst today's children is the obvious one.
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