Monthly Archives: January 2011

Mubarak – US cares about what the people of Egypt want

Posted on January 31, 2011 by rndsync

My interest in Chaos drew me to this topic. In my last blog on Tunisia where I observed that it was a prefect case study for unpredictability of chaos, I predicted that the revolution could spread to Egypt. Little did I … Continue reading →

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Genetically modified mosquitoes released into the wild – human manipulation like this has unpredictable results

Posted on January 29, 2011 by rndsync

Remember Jurassic Park? Ian Malcolm expresses the same surprise when he comes to know that John Hammond tells him how they took DNA of a dinosaur from mosquitoes preserved in amber since the Jurassic period. Ian says how could John … Continue reading →

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Book Review – Choke by Sian Beilock, PhD what the secrets of the brain reveal about getting it right when you have to

Posted on January 27, 2011 by rndsync

I mentioned this book in my blog several months back. It took me a while to read this book and get around to writing about it. Here are my thoughts on this book: Every few years a book comes along … Continue reading →

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Sound acts as a genetic trigger in case of developing wasps

Posted on January 25, 2011 by rndsync

Paper wasps are social creatures and have a caste system that’s decided at the time a larva developes into a wasp. They can be workers which build nests and care for the young. They can also be gynes which can become … Continue reading →

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The straw that broke the camel’s back or unpredictability of chaos demonstrated in the Tunisian revolution

Posted on January 22, 2011 by rndsync

Keep piling up load on a camel’s back. The stress will be mounting up on the camel’s legs or back but it’s not showing any symptoms of the stress. The master is oblivious to the fact that the came is … Continue reading →

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Effects of Pheromones – Women’s tears are a turn off for men?

Posted on January 9, 2011 by rndsync

It’s natural not be aroused when you see any one in tears. The emotional feelings aroused when someone is crying is strong enough to prevent us from any feeling other than sympathy and compassion. That’s to be expected. However, there … Continue reading →

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Anti-malirial drug artensuate alone or combined with other cancer therapy effective in killing cancer cells especially if used in short bursts with drug free periods

Posted on January 9, 2011 by rndsync

Scientists investigating the cancer-fighting properties of artesunate a drug commonly used to treat malaria have found early evidence that combining it with an existing cancer drug has the potential to make each drug more effective than when used alone. The … Continue reading →

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Love is unbound by time

Posted on January 9, 2011 by rndsync

A new study led by Bianca Acevedo, Ph.D., and Arthur Aron, Ph.D., of the Department of Psychology at Stony Brook University, and colleagues, compared the neural correlates of long-term married and in love individuals with individuals who had recently fallen … Continue reading →

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Dongue fever and West Nile virus possible prevention through genetics?

Posted on January 2, 2011 by rndsync

By preventing the growth and egg production, is it possible to prevent the spread of mosquito borne viruses? Expanded abdomen of female Aedes aegypti with disrupted blood digestion. The mosquito Aedes aegypti transmits blood-borne viral pathogens that cause worldwide scourges such … Continue reading →

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