Matt Willemsen

It looks like the fundamentals of the American political environment will be shifting, warming along with the climate. - Matt Willemsen

Another of Bulgaria's mysteries has been solved. The history of the ancient country is becoming more complete every day. - Matt Willemsen

A great article introducing some of the discoveries of animal communication and the origins of human speech - Matt Willemsen

More on the continuing destruction of Iran's antiquity and world heritage. Will destruction by modern inhabitants be the only legacy? - Matt Willemsen

From the page: "almost five Philadelphians were shot every day over the course of the study and about 1 of these 5 people died. The research team concluded that, although successful defensive gun uses are possible and do occur each year, the chances of success are low." - Matt Willemsen

From the page: "The Value Of Being Aloof: Or, How Not To Get Absorbed In Someone Elseâ€s Abdomen By Mark Changizi | September 10th 2009 08:12 AM | 7 comments | Print | E-mail | Track Comments . More Mark Changizi articles * The Hue Of Hefner: How Color Made An Empire Possible * The Braintionary - Our Brain's Mental Lexicon * The Topography Of Language All About Mark Changizi My Lab, My Blog, LinkedIn, Full Bio User picture for Mark Changizi Mark Changizi Male anglerfish are born with an innate desire to not exist. As soon as a male reaches maturity, he acquires an urge to find a female, sink his teeth into her, and grow into her. This evolved because anglerfish live in the dark ocean abyss with few mating opportunities. By giving up his life to be part of the female, the male can reproduce more often. Itâ€s not clear he can appreciate all the sex heâ€s getting, however, because much of his body and brain atrophies and fuses with her body. Nevertheless, thatâ€s where male... - Matt Willemsen

Thank God we have Hummer-huggers to protect us. Point your cars to the setting sun and just keep on going! Please! - Matt Willemsen

Foreign oil is the benefactor of our tax laws. From the article: The largest U.S subsidies to fossil fuels are attributed to tax breaks that aid foreign oil production, according to research to be released on Friday by the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) in partnership with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. The study, which reviewed fossil fuel and energy subsidies for Fiscal Years 2002-2008, reveals that the lion's share of energy subsidies supported energy sources that emit high levels of greenhouse gases. - Matt Willemsen

Wow! Huge stone tools. I wonder what giants made these. A paleolithic tool-making contest. - Matt Willemsen

This is a frightening discovery for deer. It appears there is nothing that can eradicate this disease. I'd hate to see the cervid family go the way of the Tasmanian devil. - Matt Willemsen

It's too bad people in developed countries still have to worry about losing insurance just when they need it. From the page: "An Australian study of families with genetic risk of bowel cancer has found that 50 percent of participants declined genetic testing when informed of insurance implications. "This indicates that people have a significant fear of insurance discrimination which impacts their decision to have potentially life saving genetic testing," says co-lead author Dr Louise Keogh, of the University of Melbourne's Key Centre for Women's Health in Society. The population-based study was led by researchers from the University of Melbourne and the Cancer Council Victoria, and published in the prestigious Medical Journal of Australia today. Researchers identified 106 people from 25 families in which there were genetic mutations that increase the risk of bowel cancer. All were offered the chance to learn their own individual genetic information at a Familial Cancer Clinic. "When... - Matt Willemsen

From the page: "Newly published research suggests that government use of torture has increased worldwide despite international norms discouraging it. "The results could not be clearer: there is no evidence that as more states have joined the CAT, states' use of torture has abated. "Indeed, if anything, the results suggest that levels of torture have increased." - Matt Willemsen

From the page: "The Republican national party has mailed a fundraising appeal suggesting Democrats might use an overhaul of the health care system to deny medical treatment to Republicans. A questionnaire accompanying the appeal says the government could check voting registration records, "prompting fears that GOP voters might be discriminated against for medical treatment in a Democrat-imposed health care rationing system." It asks, "Does this possibility concern you?"" - Matt Willemsen

Screenshot of Fake E-Postcard. Download image. * Fake e-postcards carry password-stealing virus * Virus considered the country's most pervasive BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Fake Internet postcards circulating through e-mail inboxes worldwide are carrying links to the virus known as Zeus Bot, said Gary Warner, director of computer forensics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Zeus Bot has been named America's most pervasive computer Botnet virus by Network World magazine, reportedly infecting 3.6 million U.S. computers. "These fake postcards ask users to click and download to view the contents, and as soon as that click is made the Zeus Bot malware has infected their computers," Warner said. "Once on a user's computer, Zeus Bot will give cyber criminals access to passwords and account numbers for bank, e-mail and other sensitive online accounts." - Matt Willemsen

Thanks for the warning! I have them in my spam folder as well but could controll my curiosity to look at them. - Ulla