Musician and philosopher David Rothenberg is playing in a musical celebration 17 years in the making: the emergence of the cicadas. This summer, these noisy insects will come out in droves to molt and mate—filling the air with their characteristic buzzing. Explore the extraordinary mating rituals of these and other six-legged creatures to find out what their songs are saying, why they’re saying it, and how this knowledge is impacting our understanding of communication, behavior, and the ecosystem in Cicada Serenades: Music, Mating, and Meaning.
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A recent study has shown a connection between neural cells known as astrocytes and our brain’s ability to remember what we see. When we concentrate on visual input,…
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The scientific study of kissing is "philematology" 
Samantha O'Leary's curator insight,
May 3, 2013 4:06 AM
Instinct - it's powerful stuff. Given that there's some spring fever at hand, this may be interesting. It's a good piece.
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A radical theory predicting the existence of “time crystals” — perpetual motion objects that break the symmetry of time — is being put to the test.
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A few weeks ago, an article appeared in my LinkedIn feed that asked
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Pick up your smartphone. How are financial markets faring? Check Dow Jones or the S&P 500. Average temperature in the United State last July 4th? Steer your iPad over to the National Weather Service.
Sakis Koukouvis's insight:
Wait a minute. You can't measure global happiness, can you? Yep, now there's a website for that
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We found that individuals do overearn, even at the cost of happiness, and that overearning is a result of mindless accumulation—a tendency to work and earn until feeling tired rather than until having enough.
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New findings published in PLOS Biology reveal a hidden map within growing petals that directs how they are shaped as they develop. 
satish's curator insight,
May 2, 2013 6:44 AM
पाकळ्याचे उमलणे हा कवितेचा विषय होऊ शकतो, तसेच तो शास्त्राचाचही विषय असतो. त्यांचा आकार आणि पाकळ्याचे उमलणे हे नेहमीच मानवी मनाला भुरळ घालणारे ठरते, यात संशय नाही.
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The cannibalism strategy happens as part of a paternity struggle -- within the mother's womb. 
Annie's comment,
June 4, 2013 8:15 AM
This reminds me of Publishers Clearing House & readers Digest...they prey on the weaker (like seniors)...these organizations are true PARASITES
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The advent of the Internet has changed the way individuals and groups of individuals interact with one another and the world. In fact, an entire generation has been brought up with the idea that “socializing” includes an online component. Yet despite the recent technological advances in social communication, and the fact that social bonding is a crucial psychological aspect of being human, there are certain individuals for whom social interactions are difficult, leading to real-life anxiety
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Decades of clinical research has focused and shed light on the psychology of human suffering. That suffering, as unpleasant as it is, often also has a bright side to which research has paid less attention: compassion. Human suffering is often accompanied by beautiful acts of compassion by others wishing to help relieve it.
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The international Cassini spacecraft has found a powerful hurricane at Saturn's north pole, surrounded by the curious rotating hexagonal band of clouds.
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An introduction to the basics of Glass. Learn about the touchpad, the timeline and how to share through Glass. |
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What if Andy Warhol had it wrong, and instead of being famous for 15 minutes, we're only anonymous for that long? In this short talk, Juan Enriquez looks at the surprisingly permanent effects of digital sharing on our personal privacy. He shares insight from the ancient Greeks to help us deal with our new "digital tattoos."
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A tiny Wi-Fi development board. Arduino + Wi-Fi + ARM Cortex M3 + wireless programming + REST API = awesome. Via Andrea Graziano 
Geofrey van Hecke's curator insight,
May 4, 2013 3:31 AM
C'est un cocktail détonnant d'ingéniosité ce composent !
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You're about to see the movie that holds the Guinness World Records™ record for the World's Smallest Stop-Motion Film (see how it was made at http://youtu.be/xA4QWwaweWA). The ability to move single atoms — the smallest particles of any element in the universe — is crucial to IBM's research in the field of atomic memory. But even nanophysicists need to have a little fun. In that spirit, IBM researchers used a scanning tunneling microscope to move thousands of carbon monoxide molecules (two atoms stacked on top of each other), all in pursuit of making a movie so small it can be seen only when you magnify it 100 million times. A movie made with atoms. 
Peter A. Lake's comment May 3, 2013 6:34 AM
As soon as Tarantino finds out about this we'll see blood molecules.
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![Activity Levels Of Businesses On Social Media [Infographic] | Science News | Scoop.it](https://img.scoop.it/9qQ8RURpzwZK3uoVw5KA4jl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBVvK0kTmF0xjctABnaLJIm9)
Understanding social media is vital for any business. This infographic will give you a better view into business social media activity levels in the U.S.
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The one time not to start your child early: A new study finds that a pregnant mother's consumption of junk food can determine her future child's eating habits.
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Participants of group riots have since the end of the 1960s been viewed as rational individuals driven by a sense of injustice.
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With more than a billion active accounts worldwide, it can be easy to forget that some people don't use Facebook.
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If you want to help children explore, there is perhaps one thing you can do. Buy a pair of binoculars and leave them out.
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Encountering Connections May Make Life Feel More Meaningful
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An expert explains the psychology of conspiratorial thinking
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This Time Zone Converter calculates the time difference between several locations.
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Hack College is back with three ways to improve your Gmail experience, cut distractions and protect your data. |
