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Geology Links for April 3rd, 2009
The Geology News Blog — ... of the United States http://edc2.usgs.gov/geodata/index.php Geology Geography For Kids - By KidsGeo.com GYPSUM (Hydrated Calcium Sulfate) Technology Opens Promise, Perils of Ocean Mining - AP HEMATITE (Iron Oxide) GALENA (Lead Sulfide) HORNBLENDE (Calcium Magnesium Iron Aluminum Silicate Hydroxide) Exploring Earth Visualizations Geophysical Journal International - Journal Information Philosophical ...

Do animals think about their thinking?
Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) — ... in Current Directions in Psychological Science (one of my favorite reads for quick synopses of research areas) suggests that for some animals the answer is "yes." ...

The paper formerly known as “Voodoo Correlations in Social Neuroscience”
The Neurocritic — ... ) by Ed Diener, the editor. Also included are six Commentaries by assorted authors and a Reply to the Commentaries by Vul et al. ( ...

Whats up with nonword repetition tasks and language learning?
Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) — ... Today I ran across another small study that supports this finding--this time a strong link between NWR and vocabulary development (Gc-VL; lexcial knowledge under crystallized intelligence/comprehension-knowledge) in two year olds.  The article was by Stokes and Klee in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (50:4 [2009], pp 498–505. ...

Impact factors for sedimentary geology journals
Clastic Detritus — ... was so high. It’s a good journal and I like it, but I didn’t realize it was doing that well. Maybe I need to get something in there. I’m happy to see Basin Research so high — but maybe that has something to do with just getting a ...

“Green pea” galaxies found by Galaxy Zoo volunteers
Science Notes — ... At long last the ‘Peas’ have been submitted to MNRAS (The Monthly  Notices of the  Royal Astronomical Society,).  The ‘Peas’ were  discovered by users right here in   ...

Biology & Teleology
Systematics and Biogeography — ... They certainly 'run deep' in biological systematics and in the philosophy of biology as a newly published article in the Journal of Biogeography by ...

Autism And Genes, More Compelling Evidence Of Links
Health News from Medical News Today — ... Institutes of Health (NIH). "Common Genetic Variants on 5p14.1 Associate with Autism Spectrum Disorder." Wang K et al. Nature , published online May 3, 2009. "Autism Genome-Wide Copy Number Variation Reveals Ubiquitin and Neuronal Genes." Glessner JT et al. Nature , published online May 3, 2009. "A Genome-Wide Association Study of Autism Reveals a Common Novel Risk Locus at 5p14.1." Ma D et al. Annals of Human Genetics , published online May 3, 2009. -- Nature -- Annals of Human Genetics Additional sources: NIH/National Institute of ...

RSS feeds for geoscience journals
Clastic Detritus — ... Geophysical Research Letters (GRL)^ — http://www.agu.org/pubs/rss/gl_rss.xml Journal of the Geological Society (Geological Society of London) — no RSS feed available* Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR) – Solid Earth^ — http://www.agu.org/pubs/rss/jb_rss.xml Nature Geoscience — http://www.nature.com/ngeo/current_issue/rss/ Terra Nova –http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/rss/journal/118535585 The Journal of ...

Voyages of discovery or necessity? Fish poisoning may be why Polynesians left paradise
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories — ... . There were few options but to leave once the staple diet of an island nation became poisonous. "Our approach brings us a step closer to solving the mysteries of ciguatera and the storied Polynesian native migrations. We hope it will lead to better forecasting and planning for ciguatera outbreaks" says van Woesik. More information: The paper is available at http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=0305-0270 . Source: Florida Institute of Technology ( ...

Tusken raiders repelled by bee fence
Short Sharp Science — ... A pilot study in the African Journal of Ecology showed that a farm protected by a beehive fence had 86% fewer successful crops raids than a 'control' farm without such a fence. ...

Have Astronomers Spotted the First Exoplanet in Another Galaxy?
Discover Magazine | rsslist — ... –a planet beyond our solar system that is in orbit around an alien sun. Fast forward to the present day, and researchers have now spotted more than 300 exoplanets in our Milky Way galaxy, and the new topic of discussion is whether a group of astronomers has detected the first extragalactic planet in the Andromeda galaxy. A new study to be published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society explains that it should be possible to identify extragalactic planets with the technique of gravitational microlensing, in which a distant source star is ...

Is the Whaling Ban Really the Best Way to Save the Whales?
Discover Magazine | rsslist — ... change work, he says, would be to prohibit large-scale commercial whaling while permitting small-scale hunting for a local population. While the Japanese claim whaling as an important cultural tradition, it’s also a lucrative business: Marine biologist Scott Baker notes that adult minke whales can sell for more than $100,000 each. In a study that will be published in the journal Animal Conservation , Baker suggests that large numbers of coastal minkes are incidentally caught in commercial fising boats’ nets while they’re pursuing other fish. He notes that with ...

Daniel Nettle on cultural variation as an evolved characteristic
ICCI Home — ... In the JRAI (Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute) Volume 15 Issue 2 (June 2009), an interesting article by ...

Happy Thoughts Could Make You Sad
World of Psychology — ... As the researchers report in Psychological Science, those with high self-esteem who repeated “I’m a lovable person” scored an average of 31 on their mood assessment compared with an average of 25 by those who did not repeat the phrase. Among participants with low self-esteem, those making the statement scored a dismal average of 10 while those that did not managed a brighter average of 17. ...

Young People Doing Fine When It Comes To Saving Money
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories — ... ,” Hanna said. More information: http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=0022-0078 Provided by The Ohio State University ( ...

The greedy side of green consumers
Climate Feedback - Blog Posts — ... Mere exposure to green products can make people behave more altruistically, but purchasing those same products can have quite the opposite effect, suggests a new study in press at the journal Psychological Science. ...

Is the spell broken? Reflections on evolutionary debunking and religious beliefs
ICCI Home — ... Guy Kahane (in his forthcoming paper 'Evolutionary debunking arguments' in Noûs - draft available here) argues that evolutionary debunking arguments come in the following general form: ...

Immunity-Related Genes in Leafcutting Bee Uncovered
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories — ... defend themselves against disease. The research was published in the journal Insect Molecular Biology . Provided by USDA Agricultural Research Service