Speedlinking 10/21/06

Morning image is the Crab Composite:


BODY
~ Diet Can Provide Protection Against Development Of Certain Cancers.
~ Aspirin May Cut Head and Neck Cancer Risk.
~ Taste buds key to Thanksgiving — and health. "How we taste involves complex interaction of nose, brain and more."
~ Another Boost For Stem Cell Research. "University of New South Wales academics have proven that tumors can be prevented from forming when embryonic stem cells are transplanted."


PSYCHE
~ Brits Killed by Stiff Upper Lip: Stoicism Keeps Patients From Seeking Help for Heart Attacks.
~ Kids Are More Perceptive Than Adults Think. "Where it was once believed that the minds of young children are absolutely impressionable and open to all sorts of manipulation, a new study caps a long series clearly illustrating that children as young as 4 can distinguish fact from fiction more effectively than previously thought."
~ Women are diagnosed with PTSD more than men. "Trauma response varies not only from men to women, but between individuals therefore sophisticated diagnosis tools are needed."
~ Fear Helps You See Better. "The study of the influence of emotion on cognition and perception has really taken off over the last decade or so, which is a good thing, because cognitive psychologists pretty much ignored emotion for a long time, so we have some catching up to do."
~ Why Music Gives Us the Chills.
~ Sweet Young Things? No Thanks, I'm a Chimp. Seems male chimps like older women.
~ From Steve Pavlina, Manifesting Intentions Without Resistance.


CULTURE
~ On Atheists, Agnostics and Dawkins.
~ Have you ever considered atheism?
~ George Bush cursed by an Indonesian witch doctor. Cool.
~ Christmas & Consumerism.
~ White House Brushes Off CIA Report on Iran. Why does that seem so familiar?
~ Bill and Hillary Clinton’s War Plan. This article takes an interesting look at her possible run for the White House -- by Jonathan Alter with Eleanor Clift.
~ From Ryan at Integral Awakening: Jed McKenna and Buddhism.


HABITATS
~ Groups unite to condemn Japanese dolphin slaughter.
~ New Study Lists Top 10 Earthquake States. The list is based on the greatest intensity achieved each year.

1. Alaska, 6.70
2. California, 6.02
3. Nevada, 5.11
4. Hawaii, 5.00
5. Washington, 4.97
6. Wyoming, 4.67
7. Idaho, 4.57
8. Montana, 4.47
9. Utah, 4.29
10. Oregon, 4.24

~ Dark Energy Has Long Been Dark-Energy-Like.
~ Do We All Have To Live Like Hippies in the Woods to Save this Damn Earth?
~ Meatpackers Challenge An Agribiz Giant.


MATTERS INTEGRAL
~ From Andrew Cohen: Creating the Future, Together.
~ From Alan Kazlev at Visser's Integral World: The Integral Movement.
~ From ~c4Chaos: Four Simple Assumptions.

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