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Xeni Jardin:
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This is a solid-state Tesla coil. The primary runs at its resonant frequency in the 41 KHz range, and is modulated from the control unit in order to generate the tones you hear.

What’s not immediately obvious in this video is how loud this is. Many people were covering their ears, dogs were barking. In […]

Most of us probably can’t take naps every day, but you can still get a bit of a boost with a simple meditation nap. Life Learning Today shows us how to do this with a simple writeup.
Basically, the aim here is to relax your muscles, calm yourself, and get rejuvenated in the space of 5-20 […]

Un Béninois vient de trouver un médicament pour soigner cette maladie génétique du sang qui tue 200 000 Africains par an. La France lui a accordé un brevet de découverte.
Santé - La drépanocytose bientôt soignée ?
Originally from RFI - Actualité monde

Used to be you showed the world your killer taste in music with a Clash T-shirt and a Ramones pin. Then came blasting your iPod playlist at parties and boasting that some obscure artist was your “friend.” But now that MySpace is overrun with posers, you’ll have to go elsewhere to impress audiophiles with your […]

Purnima Mankekar in Ms. Magazine:
As women gain more seats in public office, why is the world not a safer place for women (or, for that matter, for children and men), Zillah Eisenstein asks in Sexual Decoys. She suggests this is because some of these women, as well as some people of color, are sexual […]

Lumosity is a brain fitness program from Lumos Labs which is designed to improve cognitive function through a series of web-based games and exercises.
In developing Lumosity, Lumos Labs worked closely with leading neuroscientists from Stanford and UCSF to design and experimentally test the program. In a randomized, controlled study, the exercises were shown to have […]